Show BY IA Y W qa TER alpar ey CA SYNOPSIS S patricia patrilla Pat riela Ir illbrook rind hiss alias helen tier hep niece were entrusted to the caro care of laurance Ui urance T donovan a n r a writer ring ro rr roar ar port A n n oan I 1 1 Q was patricia confided to donovan that she ahe feared tier her brother henry who ruined by 11 B bank failure had constantly conot antly threatened h her e donovan discovered arid ami captured an intruder In trudor who proved to lo be bald gillespie suitor for the land hand of helen Dorin van saw alias Irol holbrook brook and her fa flier meet on friendly rt endly terms donovan donov n ought an italian assassin allu TO met tho the man he supposed was wag Holbro cik but who vald ild h hm wua wits Il artridge it canoe maker alias rat pat announced her intention of fighting henry onh and not seeking another hiding place donovan mot met helen in garden at night duplicity of helen was confessed by the lady ady at night on am a raun mun arelen stole from the tha baume she met reginald gillespie who told her I 1 love gillespie was confronted by donovan novan at the town ico hiten unseen except by donovan all aped a draft for her father into tho the han hand of tl alie 1 e italian sailor bailor A youns young lady resembling alias helen holbrook Holb was observed alone in a canoe when helen was thought to havo been at ai home homa gillespie admitted giving helen lot for ber fattier who had then left to upend spend it alias helen and donovan met in tha file night shot told him gillespie was nothing to her ile ho confessed hla his love tor for her donovan found gillespie Gilles gie gagged and be bound nd in a cabin ikhil tied bv the all gainous italian and holbrook lie ile released him roth hoth gille aple and donovan adi admitted I 1 lovo ova for li helen telen crin calling ng he herself r a I 1 rosalind a voice oril t to donovan donovan for help she told him to go to tho the canoe melkers inn hers homo home arid and see that no injury befell him ire ha went to ned ked at the tha canon canoe makers home donovan f found 0 und the ihn brothers bro thore arthur and henry 1 colbrook Iol brook wh who had fought each 4 ther other in consultation appeared artnur averted a murder mur dir donovan returning met alone in ili ilia ihei doad dx ad of night on lie ha found henry holbrook the sailor and idies helen engaged in art an argument ar it was settled bottled aal anil the hey departed depar donovan met the 10 real I 1 rosalind who bybe by niga night h t lie had sup cup r lo coed sed to bo be MI miss T helen le n 1 ol brook she bhe rev aled the tha mix alx up her tather father arthur liol brook was waa the eanno n marer inker while ll hlen Iena fattier father wait wa henry holbrook the arring brother tho the cousins helen and rosalind were vi era na as much alike as twins thus TI Tl elena elens supposed aup duplicity was waa ex helen visited donovan asking ashing liln 1114 assistance istance in miss patricia at ricia holbrook and henry brining to brook to together her for a witt lement of their money affairs aft alra chich had kept them apart tor for many bonotan refused to BH ald ile he met pla and planned a coup ily making alil Oll lemli 0 I 1 r t II 11 aft e A bumber coy 0 of forged notes to rosal who 0 he ha supposed eup posed was waa helen oll mi lin alcaly d ald ld they mavin n ble each donovan cleared the woy way for a it tt lemont of the holbrow Hol broT troubles brou trou blea a all I 1 nellice had sved the tha only evidences or of Is in CHAPTER continued I 1 1 I have abna tiree three la lan and hals alit drowned in ot others ors an awards have been ofte reil tor me do you t think im go going ang down before a mere matter of beaux yeull think better of ma ine ulan than but sho she ta Is treacherous french erous she eho will deliver you to the hie philistines without losing a heartbeat she could miss patricia but she montt she he has every intention ot or marrying gillespie hoa hes the richest man she bhe knowal 1 I 1 swear to you that she shall not marry Cille spiel sho would do it to annoy md me it tor for nothing olae else I 1 took both her hands they their were IMO rose leaves those dear slightly tremulous hands 1 now aliss pat im going to call you miss pat pal because were such old friends and were just contemporaries anyhow now miss pat helen Is not halt so wicked as she thinks she is Gilles plo and I 1 are on oa the best of terms ilos HOB at a thoroughly good fellow and not hall the tha tool fool be 10 looks 0 ks and ho he will never marry Ile helenl leal 1 I should like to know going to prevent tier her from marrying him she demanded as aa I 1 stepped back and turned to go oh I 1 am it t you must knowl know I 1 havo hare overy every intention ol of marrying her myself I 1 ran away from tho the protest that was faltering altering upon her lips and strode through h the garden I 1 had jima reached Gle glenara glenarm narni gaio eato on ray my way back to the boathouse when a womans comans voice called and stater marga ret hurried round a turn ot of tho garden path i mr donovant there was anxiety in the voice and more anxious still was waa slater sister margarets face as she came toward me la in her brown habit her hands hand s clasped tensely before her she had evidently been watching for me find and drew back from rum tho iho gate into a quiet recess ot of tho the garden iler her usual repose was gone and hor her face under its white colt cok showed plainly tier her distress 1 I have bad news miss holen helen has gone im afraid something has happened to her she cant have gone fur sister margaret when did you miss her I 1 asked quietly but I 1 confess that I 1 was badly shaken my confident talk about the girl with miss hiss pat but a moment before echoed ironically in my memory she did not come dowa dow bior breakfast with her aunt or me but I 1 thought nothing of it ae I 1 haven have urged both of them to breakfast upstairs miss pa tricia went out tor for a walk an hour ago I 1 tried door and found it balock unlocked d and bar room empty when or hoi she ace left I 1 dont know she looms to have taken nothing with her can caa you till a lie slator sister mar man tarot she stared at mo ma with so sa shocked an bit that hat I 1 laughed A lie in a good causo I 1 miss pat must not know that her niece has bus gono gone imsho it she has aha bas baa talen taken 10 f 1 fa tz log it Is Orda ordained ned that we continue tho the game of last night ono one of tho the canoes candos for a morning paddie or wo will a sume that she has baa borrowed one of the he Gle Gi narin horses as she has every right to do for a i morning gallop and that sh she has hag lost her way may or gone farther tha than en she intended thero there are a thousand explanations dut but they hardly louch loucht the be fact act that she he was gone all night or that a strange man brought it noto note nedr soi in 16 lle heena ens handwriting to hor bar aunt only an hour ago I 1 and I 1 laughed aloud as the meaning of her disappearance flushed dashed upon mot mol 1 I dont IWO your way of treating matter mat terl I 1 said eald sister margaret loty the girl maydie may die before she ahe can be ie brought back no she wont my word for it slater margaret please give me the let letter terl I 1 but it la Is not for you oh yes it la you have miss pat pal subjected to the shock ot of a demand for ransom worse than that miss pat ilat has little enough faith in helen ns as it Is and such a move an ai chis would be ba final this Is partly designed as aa a punishment for mo me and I 1 propose to take care of it wl without i blout letting alias pat know she shall nover never knowl know I 1 sister margaret only halt convinced drew draw an envelope from her girdle and gave it to me doubtfully 1 I glanced at tho the superscription and then tore it it across repe repealing aUng the process until it was a mass of tiny particles which I 1 poured into sister Alar margarets garets hands burn them 1 now miss pat will un ask for her niece at once I 1 suggest that you take care that she Is not distressed by Il helens elens absence it if it la Is necessary to reward your tor for her discretion I 1 said with hesitation oh I 1 disarranged helens Ilo lons bed so that the tha mald maid knowl and sister margaret blushed splendid I 1 can teach you jou nothing slater sister margaretl please help me this much further get ono of miss helens 4 dresses that blue ono one she plays tennis in ili perhaps and put it in a bag of some kind and give it to my jap when he bo calls for it in ten minutes now listen to me die carefully sister mar alai I 1 staret aret I 1 shall meet you here bore at 12 0 with a girl who shall be to all intents and purposes helen holbrook in fact she will be b somo some one else now I 1 expect you to carry os oft the situation through luncheon and until nightfall when I 1 expect to bring helen the real helen back here meanwhile toll tell miss pat anything you like quoting mol mel good ayt by I 1 left her abruptly and was running toward house to rouse ijima when I 1 bumped into gillespie who had bad been told at tho the house housa that I 1 waa somewhere in the grounds doing he ha demanded MILU ded nothing buttons Dut tona ira im just ine ills ilia white flannels were AS aa freih frech US aa tho morning and he be wore a little lettla blue cap perched saucily on the side of his bead I 1 linked my arm in his and lei lea tho the way toward glenara glenarm iloise there was wag much to be done before 2 1 could bring together the warring members of tho the house of holbrook and gillespie could I 1 ut t lt bo be relied on la in emer genc lej lie ho broko broke fofiu fertit at ones once 1 I want to see her ivo ive got to see hert herl who helen heien then have to wait a while tor for ashes gone tor for a paddle or ti la gallop im not sure sura which and wont be back for a couple of hours houra but you have grown too daring miss pat Is still here and you cant expect me to arrange meetings kr tor you every day in the year notto not to aaa liar her he bo repeated nad and hla his tone was waa utterly joyless loyl 1 I 1 dorot dont understand her donovan man alan la Is not expected to understand woman my dear Dut buttons tons at the casino last night everything was waa as gay as an octogenarians birthday coke cake ile he stopped in tho the shadow of the house bouse and seized my arm you told her something about me last night she was all right until you took her away and talked with her at the casino on the way home she was moody and queer a different girl altogether you are not hot on the square you are arc playing on too many sides ol of this game 6 youre in love all these suspicions and apprehensions are leading symptoms up there at the casino with the water washing beneath and the stars overhead and the band playing waltzes waltz esA a spell apell was upon you both even a hardened old sinner like me could feel eel it IL ive had palpitations all lay day cheer apt up in your own happy phrase everything points to plump plus 1 1 I 1 tell you she turned on me and that you are responsible for or ltv and lie ha glared at me angrily now buttons youre not going to take that thab attitude attl tudo toward me after all I 1 have done for you I 1 really took some trouble to arrange that little mooting meeting last night and hero here you come with sad eye and mournful voice and rebuke mot 1 I tell you sho she was different she had bad never been so kind to me as she was thero there at the casino but as we caino back she changed find and was ready to ling fing roe rno aside I 1 asked tier her to leave thlu ahls place and marry ine today and she only laughed at mell me nay buttons you are letting your imagination get the better ot of your common sense it youre going to ink take e your idys la ilys moods so eo hard better give up trying to understand the ways af 0 woman its ita wholly possible that helen w was tired and wint want to bo be mado love to it seema to me that you are singularly lacking in con consider considene atlon but I 1 cant talk to you all alo morning aning I 1 have hava other oiher things bilings to do but it you will find a cool corner ot of tho bouso and look at picture books unta 1 l im treo tree ril ill promise to be best man for you v en youre married and I 1 predict your marriage before beford christmas mas a happy union ot of the ancient hoists of 0 holbrook and gillespie run along like a good boy and dozet dont let bliss pat catch eight of you f do you keep a goat a donkey or a mule auy any of the tha more mora ruminative ani mats he be asked with his saddest in loa the cook keeps a parrot and theres a donkey la in one ot of the pas turea good aro are hla ble powers of tion unimpaired first rate I 1 occasionally hear hit vesper reaper hymn iles hes la in good valce 11 cheum imay I 1 roay speak to him soul to goal it I 1 find that I 1 boro bora myself I 1 wo climbed the steps to the tha coo cool ot of tho terrace terace As we v stood a moment looking out on the lake wo we saw far away toward the northern shore the stiletto that seemed just to lave slipped out from the lower take tho humor of tho tha situation alcased me helen wan wag off thero there in the sloop playing at bellia kidnap eil to harass her aunt into coming to term with henry holbrook and she was doubtless doubt lesa rejoicing in ili the fact that she had effected a combination of events that would make her fathers case irresistible but are there was no time to lose I 1 made anade gillespie comfort comfortable ablo indoors and sent ijima to gec get the bag I 1 ila had d asked for and a few minutes later tho launch was over the water vater toward the canoe makers hou bouso so at red gate CHAPTER the rocket signal rosalind was clit cutting ting sweet peas in the garden where they climbed high upon a filmy net humming softly to herself A penny tor for your thoughts thought sl I 1 challenged she snipped an imaginary flower from the air in my direction keep your money I 1 was not thinking of youl you you wear sir an intent commercial air have you thread and needles in your pack it Is ordained that we continue tl t game of last night today to day you tire are to invade the very citadel and deceive your aunt your cousin has left without notice and the situation demands prompt notion I 1 was already carrying tho the suitcase suit case toward the house explain explaining lag as we bilked walked along to together torether but was I 1 so EO successful last night was ho be really deceived ar did he just play that lie he was ilea hed madly in love with you you stole away all his senses but bat he thought you changed toward him unaccountably on an the way home dut but why she tell him she must have told him oh I 1 took care of that I 1 rather warned her against betraying us and now ashes trying to punish me by being kidnap edl rosalind paused at the tha threshold gathering catherine tho the steams of tuo diio bleet peas in her hands do you think she ahe began do yon think he be really liked me I 1 mean the real mo me like youl you that la Is not the right word for it iles hes gloomily dreaming of you the real you at this very moment over at glenarm glenara Gl but do hasten into these wings things that sister margaret picked out for you I 1 must see sea your father before I 1 carry you off W weve 0 to no time to waste I 1 can tell the canoe maker heard beard my story in silence and shook his head bead it Is imps impossible sible we should only get into deeper trouble I 1 have hava no great faith in this resemblance it may have worked once on young oil gil leople but women have sharper eyes but it must abe be tried I 1 pleaded wo VO are approaching the end of these troubles and nothing must be allowed to interfere your sister wishes to see you this Is her birthday so 00 it Is so it Is exclaimed the canoe maker with feeling helon helen must be ba saved from her own folly iler her |