Show AT tad BY we BY PAY ca SYNOPSIS mims patricia holbrook and wis helen hir her hi r niece wre wore entrusted to the th cart care ot of lafranc Lau ranc donovan a writer um moring near port annandale An 3 ellsa iss atrilla confided to Do donovah Don novat that she ahe feared eared hr her e brother henry who ruined mined by al bank failure had constantly threatened liar for or money from ida hl fathers father will of 0 which miss patricia wa was guardian cuard tan they came to port fort annandale An to henry donovan with th lano two women he e learned of 0 wits mas helen ailt len is annoying altor and captured aured an intruder who ho proved roved to be te dinald nu altor tor for or the hand of ala Is 1 helen le a n holbrook illes a disappeared p aafred the th fol lowin arnin A rough bailor gr api dpi eared anc and was wa ordered away donovan saw aw atham and lier liar father meet nn fric fricda friendly di terms term donovan fugit ain italian assassin ire he met the matt man he ha supposed was Holbro olt but who mild he h WM was Il artridge a canoe maker after a short discussion donovan left av avrille rIlly ur llly GlIt espia was wa discover etli br by don ovan even pre presenting a country chucci chi ircle with gillespie admitted no h know knew of 0 holbrooks presence nce ailse ilat acknowledged to in donovan that mix helen had been for a tow fw hours houra while riding in a launch the alio italian sailor bailor attempted to molest the tha trio but failed miss pat ft 4 her intention of henry holbrook itol broox and nl not seeking another hiding viner donovan met helen in garden at night duplicity of helen was confessed conte BWl bight by t the lie young lady sho she admitted conniving ll 11 walh yah lier lather father despite her taints precautions i in a night meeting with donvan the thren three went for or a lony long rids the tn fol lowin day that ni night ht d as aa a nun 1 n helen heft n tol fro from m t the 8 house she bhe met we ginned who told her herliert his lova ove was confronted by donovan CHAPTER IX continued it was plain that he saw nothing out of ohp th way in thus conniving with helen holbrook against her aunt and that ho be had not been struck by the enormity 0 0 the girls conduct in taking money mone from him lie ile drew in hla his banoo debated with myself what to do with him Yo youve uvo got to leave the lake I 1 said bald youve got to go then thea im going thank you ile ho sprang into the canoe driving it far out of my reach his paddle splashed anil and he was A as gone Is that you air called ijima behind me PI 1 I thought I 1 heard some one talking it Is IB nothing noth tac ejima 1 CHAPTER X the flutter of a handkerchief i W the next morri luCt at q I 1 sent it a n note ot to ta miss pat asking if she find end the other ladies of her house would not take breakfast with me nt at nine and she replied on her quaint visiting card inan in an old fashioned hand band that she abo and isolen would be glad elu dt to come but that sister margaret begged to tn be excused it had been in my mind ind from tha the first to ask them to tine aino at alou olenard Ol arm and now I 1 wished so 10 too see this girl to test weigh study bier as soon as possible after her with Gill opple I 1 wished to see aee how she aho would bear near herself before liar aunt and me with that dark trans faction on her bar conscience r breakfast seema to be in common experience the most difficult meal of the day and yet YA that baur hour hangs hanga in 1 i nemory still as aj one ona of the brightest I 1 belver ver spent the table was set on od the torraca corrace andeits and ita white napery the beat olenard silver and aad cryst crystal nl and a bowl ot f rod fed roses still salil dewy from the night all blended coolly with the morning an A the straw strawberries berrios were passed I 1 felt that the little table had brought us together togo lher in a now new intimacy it was delightful to sit face to tace with miss rat pat and not less leaa agreeable to have at t ray right hand thir bewildering 9 girl arl whose ayos laughed at me when when I 1 sought shame in their depths alias pat poured tho the coffee and when I 1 took my cup I 1 felt that it carried benediction with it I 1 was glad to see eo her so at peace with tho the world and her heart was not older I 1 could hava sworn than the roses before hen 1 I 1 shall refuse lotuso to leave when my iny time Is up she aha declared do you think you could spend a n win winter ter here helen len 1 I 1 should love itt the girl replied it would be perfectly splendid to watch tho tha seasons march across thip the lake wo we can both enroll ourselves nt at st agathas as postgraduate post graduate students and take taka a special course in weather hare it 11 I 1 sometimes hear bear trains p passing sang annandale Annan dalo in the night I 1 mould hould s forgot forget that theres a great busy world oft off there somewhere said bliss pat 1 I am ashamed of myself for having been so BO long discovering this spot except one journey to california 1 WAS nev never er west vilest of 0 philadelphia until I 1 came cama here helen stood by the una line or of scarlet geraniums ara nhim that marked the balustrade at a point whence the best beat view of the tha lake laka woj her ber clasped behind her her bead turned thero thera is no one quite like her exclaimed miss pat site she it Is beautiful I 1 pat talked albod on quickly na as though our silence night might cause causa helen to turn andtius and thus deprive us tit of tho the should you iou like to look joel over the houbolt hou ouse BoT I 1 asked a little later when celea had corne come back to tg the tha dahla U R la Is said bald to bi be atle ot of the fluehe hoertt in ia interior america and there them are gome bonis good it we shoula br very glad said MI alm h pat assent aa r but W we 0 aust not bany itty too long y aunt has atal ave i VI W v i kv amr n C there Is no one quite like herl affairs we must tot tax tar hta his ty too far and we are going to send bamo bomo iome letters oft off today to day it II it asking too much I 1 should like to drive to the village later sald said miss pat Y 1 I hould like pa or pins and a new magazine sat said 4 whittle Wl a little ittle a very little eagerness la in her tone certainly the stable Is at your disposal and our entire marine but wo we roust must see the pictures first said miss pat and we went at onto once into the great coot cool house coming at last to the gallery on the third floor Whist whistler lerl ellsa pat exclaimed in delight before the famous lady in the gray cloak 1 I thought that picture was owned in england it was but old mr glenara glenarm Gl rd had to have hava it that la Is supposed ed to be in parts paris but you see its pot he here its wonderful wonder full said miss pat she returned to the tha whistler and studied rapt attention and I 1 stood by enjoying her pleasure helen had passed on while miss luss rat pat hung upon the whistler row how beautifully those draperies a are re suggested helen that Is one of tho the best beat of all his things dut but helen was waa not beside her as she eho had thought there were wera several recesses roc ossea in the room and I 1 thought the girl had stepped into one of those these b but u t just then I 1 saw her shadow outside s ide Holbro oli la Is on the balcony I 1 said bald oh very well wo we must go 90 she ahe replied quietly hut but lingered before the picture I 1 left miss pat and crossed the room to tho the balcony As I 1 approached one of the doors I 1 saw helen standing tiptoe for greater height slowly raise and lower her handkerchief thrice as though signaling to some one on the water I 1 laughed outright as I 1 stopped beside her its better to ie be a picture than to took look at one miss holbrooks allow rn rael e 1 in her she had bad dropped her handkerchief and when I 1 returned it she slipped it into her cuff with a murmur of thanks A flash of anger lighted her eyes ayea and she sha colored all slightly atly but she was composed in an instant and looking oft off beyond the avater tower I 1 was sot not surprised to see tho StI stiletto lOttO quite near ou our r shore her white sails oiling filling lazily ta in the tha scant wind A tiny flag flashed recognition and answer to the girls signal and was hauled down at we were vera both as we wa watched it 11 tb then in I 1 turned to the girl who bent her head a moment tucking the hand kerchief a trifle more securely into her sho smiled with a compression of the tha liag alpe I 1 the view here Is ia fine idill tu we WB regarded each other with entire good humor I 1 heard eard miss pat within slowly crossing the bare floor of the gallery you are I 1 ex claimed verily a dau daughter guter of at janus has baa COOKI come croons us usa the best pictures pi ciurea are put outdoors doors after all commented comien commented ted atlas alias pat and after aurther a further ramble about th the house bouse they returned to st agathas we were tot a drive together to annati annan addo 0 o aalf imam an hour 13 r aih f i i t i I 1 went to the stone vat wate e rt r t 0 w 0 r and scanned the movements ot of the stiletto with a glass while I 1 waited the sloop was tacking slowly away toward annandale nan dale her skipper managing his sheet with an expert hand it may ugly ba alaBa la which this tha pretty toy was ivas engaged or it may have been the lazy deliberation of her oblique progress over the water but I 1 felt then and afterward that there was something sinister la every line of the stiletto tho the more I 1 deliberated the less certain I 1 became of anything that pertained to the liol holbrooks brooks and I 1 tested my memory by repeating the alphabet and counting ten to make sure that my wits were still equal to such ouch exercises we drove into annandale without incident and with no apparent timidity on miss pats pata part art helen was all amiability mid and mor cheer I 1 turned perforce to address her now and then and to find that the lurking smile about her lips and a challenging light in her eyes woke no resentment la in roe me I 1 left miss aliss pat and helen at the general store while I 1 sought the hardware merchant with a list of trifles required tor for glenarm glenara Gl I 1 was detained game borne time longer than I 1 had expected and in leaving I 1 stood for or a moment on the platform before the shop gossiping with the merchant of village affairs I 1 glanced down the street to see it II the ladles ladies had appeared and observed at the same time my team and wagon standing at the curb in charge of the driver just as aa I 1 had left them while I 1 still talked to tho the merchant rele helen came out of tha general store glanced hurriedly up and down the streets street and crossed quickly to the post office which lay opposite I 1 watched her na as I 1 made mada my adieux to the shopkeeper and just then I 1 witnessed something that interested awat ma at once within the oper L door of the post office tho the italian sailor lounged idly helen carried a number of letters in her band and as abe entered the post office I 1 was sure my eyes played me no der demy almost imperceptibly an envelope passed troia train her hand to the Ital italians laus lie he stood immovable is as he had been while the girl passed on into the office she reappeared at once re crossed the street and met her aunt at the door of the general store I 1 rejoined them and as aa we wa all mot met by the walling waiting trip trap the italian left the post odice and strolled slowly away toward the lake I 1 was not sure sura whether aless pat saw him it she sha did she made no sign but began describing with much amusement amus ement an odd countryman country maa she had seen in the shop you mailed our letters did you helen t then I 1 belleve believe we anio hia quite fint finished shed mr ain Donovi in I 1 llo your little village I 1 im in disposed to love about this beautiful lake yes yea oven the town ball liall where the old georgia minstrels seem boom to have appeared for or olm night only some tamm last deamber de Imber moer Is ft a helne worthy of 0 pilgrimages 11 remarked helen and stamps cost vo DO more here than in stamford oriL I 1 had really expected that they would ha be a dearer I 1 laughed rather more than was required for choso wonderful eyes of her hen wore were filled with something akin to honest tun fun she bho was waa proud of ct her self calf and was waa e ey 7 01 flushed the least bit with her niccola aa s v 0 j an we passed the village pier I 1 saw tho stiletto lying at the edge ot of the inlet that made a miniature harbor f for or the village and rowing swiftly tow toward rd it his oars flashing brightly was the italian still plainly lily in sight whether miss pat saw the bout boat and ignored it or failed ailed to see aee I 1 did not know for or when I 1 turned she was studying tho the cover of a magazine that lay in her lap IRP helen tell fell to to talking vivaciously ot of the tha contrasts between american and english landscape and so we drove hack back to st agathas thereafter for the matter of ten days nothing happened I 1 brought the ladies of st agathas often to glen arm and ami wo we went forth together constantly by land and water without interruption ter tor they received and dispatched letters and nothing marred the quiet order of to vanished from my horizon and lay so ijima learned for me within the farther lake henry had bad I 1 made no doubt gone away with the draft helen had bad secured from gilles pie and ot of gillespie himself I 1 heard nothing I 1 itt CHAPTER XI the carnival of canoes I 1 had dined alone and was waa lounging about the grounds when I 1 heard voices fees near the glenard glenarm wall there was no formal walk there and my steps were silenced by the turf the heavy scent of flowers from within gave me a hint of my whereabouts there was wag I 1 remembered at this point on the school lawn a rustle rustic bench embowered empowered ered ai IH honeysuckle and was pat and helen were I 1 surmised taking their cottee coffee there I 1 started away thinking to enter by bythe the gate eat and join them when helens voice rose angrily there was no it and she said tn in a tons tone that rang odal oddly on my oars ears dut but you are unkind to hiet you are unjust it to Is not fair to blame father for his ill fortune that la Is true helen but it la Is not your fat fathers bers ill fortune that I 1 hold bold against him all I 1 fosket aak at him blia i li to b be sane reasonable to change his manner of life and to COMO come to me in a spirit of fairness but lie Is in proud just jint as aa you are and uncle arthur ruined him it was not father but uncle arthur who brought all these hideous things upon us ua I 1 passed rapidly on and resumed my walk elsewhere it was a sad business the shadowy father th the criminal uncle who had bad as helen said brought ruin upon them all the sweet motherly older stater bister driven in desperation to hide and not less melancholy this beautiful girl the pathos of whose 7 position bad struck me increase increasingly angly perhaps miss pat was too severe and I 1 halt half accused her of I 1 know khow not what crimes of rapacity and greed tor for withholding her brothers money then I 1 set my teeth hard into my pipe as my slumbering loyalty ts to miss a pat warmed my heart again its the night of the carnival sir 11 hjlma reminded me seeking gme me at the water tower very good ijima you lock alock the boathouse I 1 may go out I 1 later ater the cottagers at port annandale hold onca cries every summer a canoe tote fete and this was the appointed night I 1 was in no mood tor for gaiety gayety of odny ny sort but tt it occurred to mo me that I 1 might relieve the strained relations between helen and her aunt by taki taking 11 g them out to watch the procession of boats I 1 passed through the gate and took a turn 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