| Show ND itin it IN D 0 1 im BY ar PAY aa 1901 CA SYNOPSIS miss patricia and miss helen her niece were entrusted eni ruled to the airo ot 0 f I ic ro novan a writer surn mering near port annandale Annan dile miss confided to donovan that a she he reared feared her brother henry wilo aulne ruined d by a banic failure allure biad constantly threatened tier ber for money from lis ills fathers will of miss vatricia yas was guardian they I 1 hey carne to port annandale Annan dalo to escape henry donovan sympathized with the two women lie learned ot or miss li helen elens an guitar donovan discovered ll comred and an intruder who proved to bo bi 1 allies le for tho the hand ot of ati miss as i helen len holbrook Holb Gi digap reared the follow following inc A rough sailor bailor appeared appealed and was ordered away donovan saw alisis holbrook and her tather father meet or on friendly terms donovan ought uri nn italian I 1 ito met the man inan tie he supposed Bup pond oed was holbrook but who baid ald lie he was wag fl artridge a canoe maker alter after a bhore discussion donovan lett left shrilly su rilly was waa discovered b by Y donovan an presenting henling a country church w with ili OW admitted hu he know knew of hoi 1101 dooks brooks pro presence Bence miss rat acknowledged to Do doncan noan that miss helon helen tied been for or ft a few hours whilo riding in a It Aunch tho the italian sailor bailor attempted to ito molest the tha trio but failed bliss pat announced her intention intonti ot or fighting henry holbrook nol brook and not on another giffing place donovan met inet helen in garden at inight duplicity of 0 helen was wa confessed conte aal ty the young lady 0 sho she admitted conniving wit with it her athor her aunts dipre ca in a gilt ng with von uon ev anvan tho the three went for a long rado tho the day that i 0 a aa s IL diun tiun helen mole from rom t the Is house hauae bile aha met ven eginald who told tier lir hla his love gillespie was ai confronted confront od by donovan It helens elens lover escaped at the town next lefflie helen unseen except by done an al i e d a draft into the hand band of the italian I 1 t n ballor ko ar slie she also alo signaled her father miss pitt pat and donovard Do novara took in tho the vanoe c carnival CHAPTER XI continued helen had not appeared and I 1 now made bold to ask ash for her lot let jrp JP the maid to tell her you rou are re said bliss pat and we walked to the floor coor and tho mald quickly reported that miss begged to bo be excused she Is a little afraid ot of the damp might air ot of tho the garden said miss bliss rat with so kind an intention that I 1 smiled to myself I 1 felt from her man ner that sho she wished to detain me no ono might know how her heart ached but it was less the appeal ot of her bar gentle nesa aiese that wove won me ine now I 1 think than the abe remembrance that lashed flashed upon teo line ot of her passionate ol urit after our meeting with tho the und and that demea very long ago te had been magnificent that day like a queen down tha te gauntlet as aa though she had countless counties battalions at her back indecision took flight before shame it wag vas a privilege to know and to serve lierl lerl miss holbrook wont you come out to too bea the iho water feket we can look upon cupoli it in security and ana comfort from tho the launch tho line of march is from port Anna annandale adale past here and toward tho the village then back again you can acome home whenever you like I 1 had bad aped miss helen might come too but I 1 beg that will take compas ston upon my loneliness lonal luesa L had flung oft off my cap with tho the ex manner I 1 sometimes used with heri and she aho dropped pie ing acour a courtesy with tho the prettiest graco grace in tho the world q 1 I shall be with you in a moment my joral she reappeared quickly and re Inar marked kod as I 1 took her wraps that helen was jety sorry borry not to tonao come the pardoner gardener was ou on duty and I 1 called ijima to help wita tho launch brightly decorated boats were already visible la in the direction of port annan annall dalo dale even tho the tireless lake laka tramps with a special flourish and were radiant in vart varl colored lanterns lanterna athla is an ft but thoro there should be music to mako make it complete letO observed miss bliss pat as aa wo we stole in and out among tho the gathering fleet and then tie na though in answer a launch near leaving a trail ot of knur ibur chords behind tho the mournful throb of bf thin lie guitar the resonant beat 0 ot o timid banja string ati lusa nothing can bo be so BO rooth soothing log to the troubled spirit as music over water and ana I 1 watched with delight ilass ilsa pats deep abdor tion la in all the ehg nights and sounds bounds of tho the lake laka tho th assam bl ig canoes flashed out ot tee iho dark ilko fire files not even tho spirits that troad trend the air come coma and go idoft magically than ban ue the canoe that Is by a trained band the touch ot of tho the skilled becomes but a caress ot or the water to havo have stolen I 1 across saranac by moonlight to paddled tho the devious course of the york tork or when the tha sea aeu inland tor for acot or to dip up detara in lovely Anas annandale indale of such suca ox ex Is knowledge bornt born L I 1 took caret cara hitt we kept well to our aelcea for bliss alsa put pat turned nervously wk nover a 1 boat crent prep ton near multi will 0 barkl alag told held thi power wll in hanl haid I 1 hail had th nl at sundown for or si bla ans 3 of ot tho the stiletto bietto SI etto but it bad riot not veo vonal erwi I 1 hi lower lake alt all day kocl and there wha se scarcely rcola 1 1 air barring to rume the water we can anward the prize tor for our here at the asirit mi of the ha loop I 1 remar keu as wo WA tuto and paused at a about a mile oll 08 34 nam kere ivere canic a file flotilla f the tha must la 13 almost an 14 ente ence lovely ns s it Is tho the real song of r M aka car caribo la Is dipano dip and gilde dip and glides said alaa pat I 1 the loop once duclo we now looked i upon A double line bright on to th alio picture pic tuve the ca jiboa aoe whoa you af p it bittle iff i i tp a C tot el QUI L 0 L 3 f the sole bole occupant of the canoe was a girl f it for or tho the decorator its lines are E io 0 h trim lm and so eo founded upon rigid simplicity vil city but many zealous hands hart had labored for the magic of this hour slim masts supported lanterns in many and charming combinations and suddenly as though tho the toy lamps had taken wing rockets rackets lung flung up their stars and roman candlen their golden points oltha DI the line lne and broadened the scope of the ale ture A scow placed midway of the loop now nom lighted lie ho lake with red and green fire the bright graceful ar costes slipped by like beads upon a rosary when the last canoe had passed miss bliss pitt pat turned to me sighing softly it was too pretty to last it was a page out ol of the book of lost youth I 1 laughed back bach at her and signaled IV hjlma to go ahead and then as the water churned and foamed earned and I 1 tools took the he wheel heels we wort were startled by an exclamation cla mation matlon from some soma ono one in a rowboat near at hand the last of the peaceful armada had passed but now from the tha center of the lake unobserved and unheralded stole stale a canoe fitted with slim roasts masts carried high from how bow to stern with delightful daring the lights were set in globes of green and gold and high oyer over all its support quite la invisible visible shone a golden star that hat seemed to hovar and follow the shadowy canoe we all watched the canoe intently and toy my eyes now tell fell upon the figure Us of the shipper of this fairy craft who was set forth in clear relief against the red fire beyond the sole occupant of tho the canoe was a t girl there was no debating it 11 she flashed by within a paddles length of us and I 1 heard the low bubble of water under her blade she paddled kneel kneeling lag indian fashion and was lessening the breach between herself and the last canoe of th the 0 0 orderly r line itne which now swept ort on toward the casino the prettiest one ot of all began aless pat then ceased abruptly she bent forward halt half rising and gazing intently at tho abo canoe what she saw and what I 1 saw was helen hot 1101 brook plying the paddle with practiced stroke and as she passed she glanced aloft to make aura that tier her slender mast of haq was unshaken and then title she was gone her star twinkling upon us I 1 waited tor for miss pat to speak but she aha did not turn her head WWI until the canoe itself had vanished and only its gliding gilding star marked it from tho the starry sisterhood above an exclamation fal tallied kored on my loy lips it was it was like it was 1 I belleve believe we had ha better go now said atsa pat and I 1 thought a little brokenly but vi wo stilt adil followed the star with conr eyes and wo saw it gain the tha end ot of tha ho procession v fleek on ot at its own paci pace past the casino cashio and then turn abruptly and drive straight for glen arm pier liter it was waa now between us and our own shore it a moment against our cur pier lights the the tha and tha fairy lantern lante rus beneath it vanished i one attar after another and the canoe disappeared as utterly ly as aa though tt it had never been I 1 purposely a zigzag course bourse laick back to st agathas since helen had seen fit to jo play this tal trick nor har au fished to give her ample time to of her canoe and return to the school it we wa had becu struck by a moro mera resemblance why did the ca ngoat decao not so ou on to we tuc casino and enjoy tho the fruits or of her Ilc victory tory t to imagine gillespie a party to tho the escapade but I 1 could not fit him into it I 1 babbled on with bliss pat her phrases were however a trifle stiff and not in her usual manner I 1 walked with her from the pier to st agathas stater sister margaret who had bad observed lb the e procession front from lin an upper tipped window ivin dow throw open the door for us how Is nolen helen asked miss bliss pat at once she Is very comfortable replied the sister 1 I went up only a moment neo ago to see if she wanted anything miss pat turned and gave m me her hand in her pretty fashion you see it could not have been it was not helen our eyes deceived us thank you very much mr donovan there was no mistaking her relief she smiled upon roe me beamingly as I 1 stood before at the door of coursel on a fete feta night ono one can nover never trust ones e eyes esl but it was all he be beautiful you are most compassionate toward a poor old woman in exile mr donovan ddnovan I 1 must go up to helen and make her sorry for all she has missed I 1 wont went back to the launch and i sought ought far and near upon tho the lalie lake lot for the canoe with the single star I 1 wanted to see again the face thit that was uplifted in the flood of colored light tho the head the erect shoulders the arms that drove the blade so easily and certainly for it if it was not helen holbrook it was her shadow that the gods had sent to mock me upon the face of the waters CHAPTER all the of mr gillespie Gillesp le I 1 laug laughed hect a moment ago when in looking over my notes of these affairs I 1 marked the swift transition from those choso peaceful days to others of renewed suspicions and strange events I 1 had begun to yield myself to blan dIsh ments and to feel that there could be no further interruption of the idyllic hours honra t was wag spending ill hi helen hoi 1101 brooks blocks company I 1 still maintained to be sure the guard na it had been established and many pipes I 1 smoked on st agathas pier in the fond belief that I 1 was merely fulfilling my office as protector of miss pat whereas I 1 had reached a point where the very very walls that held helen holbrook of such stun stuff as dreams are made of the only ling lingering cring blot in the bright calendar of t those days was her meeting with gillespie ou on the pter pier and the tact fact that she had accept accepted eill money from him for her rascally father nut but even this his I 1 excused it was no easy thing for a girl of her high spirits to I 1 bo be placed in a position of aut antagonism t to iter her own father and as for riv gilles pie he was tt t I 1 kait ait a friend abundant ly y able to help her in her position and it if through his aid sha abe had been amo abla to get rid of her father the end had certainly justified fled fied tra th e means I 1 reasoned that an educated roan man of good antecedents who was de desperate 0 enough to attempt murder for draft in this enlightened twentieth century was waa cheaply got rm rid ot cl at any brict and it vas extremely ext mely decent of aills plo pie so t I 1 argued to have taken h hima im self bolt away after providing was the th means ut of the eltas re release leaie I 1 kersta persuade dai my belt eloquently on those lines line I 1 i exhausted tho the rc sources of in providing entertainment for both ladles there had bad been other breakfasts on the terrace at Gl glenara glenarm Gle nann and tea almost every day in ili tho the shadow of st agathas and one on dinner of 0 state in the great glenara glenarm dining room but more blessed were those hours in which wo we rode nelen helen and 1 I through the sunset into dusk or drove a canoe I 1 over the quiet lake by night miss bliss pat I 1 felt sure sura lu in so often leaving me alone with helen was favoring my at tensions tent lons ions and thus thua the days passed alko bubbles on flowing water she wag wad in my thoughts as I 1 rode into annandale to post some letters and I 1 was about to remount at the post office door when I 1 saw a crowd gath gathered ored la in front of the village inn and walked along the street to learn the cause and ana there calmly seated on a soap box was gillespie clad in amazing checks engaged in the I 1 delectable occupation of teaching a stray village mongrel grel to jump a stick the loungers seemed highly entertained and testified their appreciation in loud guffaws I 1 watched the performance for mance for several minutes gillespie meanwhile laboring patiently with the dull dog until finally it leaped the stick amid the applause of the crowd gillespie patted the dog and rose bowing with exaggerated gravity gentlemen he said 1 I thank you for or your kind attention let my slight success with that poor cur teach you the lesson that we may turn the idlest moment to io some noble use the education ot of the lower animals is something to which too little attention Is paid by those who through the pro bosses of evolution have risen to a higher species I 1 am grateful gentlemen for or your forbearance and trust wo we may meet again under circumstances more creditable to us all including the tha dog the crowd turned away mystified while gillespie feeling in his pocket for his pipe caught my eye and winked ali ah donovan he said coolly and so you wore were among the admiring spectators I 1 hope you have formed a high opinion of my skill as a dog trainer once Jw have you know I 1 taught a plymouth rock rooster to turn a summersault summer sault are you quite alone you seem to be as big a fool as everl ever I 1 grumbled in disgust vexed at finding him in the tha neighborhood gallantly spoken my dear fellow 1 you are an honor to the irish race and mankind our meeting however Is not inopportune as they say in books and I 1 would have speech with you gentle knight the inn though humble is still not without decent comforts will you honor me ile he turned abruptly and led the way through the office and up the stairway babbling nonsense less for my entertainment tain ment I 1 imagined ahta for farahe the befuddlement fudd lement of the landlord who leaned heavily upon his scant desk and watched our ascent |
