Show K zvy PAY r md SYNOPSIS laflas patricia and miss velen helen her niece were entrusted to lie he care of laurance donovan ii writer sumina ring near port annandale Ann andAM atlas Patt fla lela to donovan that she cared her brother henry who ruined by i bank failure had constantly threatened 1 er donovan discovered and captured M n intruder who proved to be ba It ranald eOnald illespie suitor for the hand of 0 helen donovan odonovan saw alaa Holbro olt and tier her father meet on friendly terms donovan rought an italian it iia e met the man lie he supposed was holbrook Holbro olt but who a aid tit ha was IT artridge a canoe makar 1 MRs MIM pat announced tier her intention of henry holbrook Holb and not seel seeking kinic mother L n ther hiding place donovan met helen I 1 in no garden at night duplicity of helen was confessed by the mounir lady at n ekht as an a nun youna aelen stole from the she met gil leople who told her his love gillespie was enn confronted fronted by donovan Po novan at the he town helen unseen except bk by donovan slipped a draft craft tor for tier her tat father er into vant ahn hand and of the italian sailor A young lady resembling miss helen holbrook was s observed alone alno in a canoe when helen was thought to have been canoe al k home conle e s p ilee a admitted riving giving helen for lir her f father a who harl hail then left to epand it Ms affia liela helen e n and donovan met in n the night she bhe told him gillespie Gillesp le was nothing to in her ile ho bonfe confessed wd his love far her donovan donova n found gillespie ragged gagged ed and bound in a cabin inhabited liv hy the tha villainous italian and holbrook Holbro olt he released him noth both alili aple and nonovar ad love for helen calling herself rosalind a voice appealed to donovan for help she told him to go to the canoe makers homand see bea that no injury ha ba fell him ite he went to red oate late at the he canoe makers home homa Inn donivan the brothers arthur and henry ITol brook who had each other in appeared arthur averted a nuner nun pr donovan return ins inc met alone in the dead ot of on investigation ha fouret henry the tha sailor and allsta ile helen I 1 en en kakol in an it was settled sett leil 1 aal I abey deri departed arted donovan met inet the tha real rosalind who hv bv night b t lie hail had rosed t to be miss helen 1 ol brook she rhe I 1 led the mix iiii hp her father arthhr was the while bolt ns father wan henre holbrook Holh ruoh the erring brother the c helen and were as aa much allice as aa twins thua li helens elens supposed omed duplicity was wag ex helen visited donavan Donn van asting pis ha tance in bringing atlas patricia IT albrook and henry holbrook tor ther for B R settlement of their anane money ar affairs fairs which had ak kent t them apart lor for c many venra donnon to aid ile he not met anti and FL a coup by making nil trola tie give it a rumber of forked notes to rosalind lind who he supposed was hren ato i clo closek Eely did they resemble each other denonn 11 cl cleared anred the wnm for it a settlement of the leli gil 1 ftp hid pos bored the boniv evid evidences PriceS of the nour dis ernee tb the evi derive Is s reu rely hidden helen i suddenly df ats oppen ved donavan prepared prep areil to t tr for lor lo lir r for a irne the ruse admirably aunt rat lat eventually y pr pred I it however however arthier his hd to send up a rock rocket ft if in danger 8 suddenly u ddenny donovan AP nw tile tho nara flare of mhd ll 11 ka W tuf and gill le rushed to 0 o arthur Holh rooka cabin henry had find arr str his bits brother down arthur was rev revived iier ved CHAPTER continued 1 I will hear what you yon havo have to say arthur said miss pat and I 1 knew that there was no arresting the iho tide I 1 snatched out the sealed scaled envelope and turned with it to arthur and ho he took it into his hands and turned it over quietly though hough his bis hands trembled tell me the tha truth gentle menti and miss pats voice thrilled now with an anger g er trickery moro more trickery MORO were stolen from frelent blurted afen ifen henry his eyes on the envelope hut but wo we were ni for the canoe malcer maker to speak sneak and henrys words rang emptily in the shop arthur looked at his bla brother thep then he faced his sister henry la Is not guilty he ha sam said calmly he turned with a quick gesture and thrust the envelope into the flame of one ot of the candles but helen sprang forward and caught away the he blazing packet and smothered the flame between her hands bands we ve will keep the proof she said in a tone ot of triumph and I 1 knew then liow how completely she bad believed in tier her father 1 I dont know what ta Is in that packet 11 sald said gillespie slowly speaking for tho the first arst time it has never been opened my lawyer told me that tather father had sworn to a statement about tho trouble with holbrook brothers and placed it with the notes my la a ther wad waa a peculiar man la in some ways continued gillespie embarrassed by tho the attention that was now riveted upon him Ws lawyer told me ma that I 1 was to open that package before before marrying into and he be grew red and stammered helplessly with his big eyes on the floor before marrying into the holbrook Hol brool family I 1 kave ave up that packet arid and he hesitated coloring and turning from helen to Ro rosalind by mistake dut its ming mine and I 1 demand it now 1 I wish aunt pat to open the envelope ve lope said rosalind very white menry henry turned a loan ionic of appeal upon hla his brother but mass 1 pat took the envelope from hole helen A and toro it open and we stood by as though we waited for death or watched earth fall all upon a grave she bent down to one of the candles nearest her and took out the notes which were wrapped in a sheet of local legal cap A red seat seal brightened in the light and wo we heard tho slight alight rattle of the paper in her tremulous aln gern as she readi suddenly a tear lashed flashed upon the white sheet when the she had quite finished she sha gathered statement anti and tho the notes in tier her hand and turned nud nad gave them to henry but she aha did not aarak to or meet hla his eyes she crossed to there arthur tood stood beside me hla his icart bowed anil and as she advanced he ha euel away but her firms stole etolo over is a shoulders and she sald arthur itice ce anil and rigali very vea softly I 1 if 4 C n we douht to have brought henry here tonight to night I 1 1 I 1 think she sha said turning toward ua its all with her bar sweet dignity her brave air that touched mo me as at first and always beyond any words of mine jo to describe ge scribe but strong and beauli beautiful tul and swee fand d thrilling through mo me now liker bugles blown at dawn 1 1 I I think that we wa do well arthur to give henry his bis money and now it was wag arthurs voice that roselin in the and it seemed that he spoke of his brother as aa of one who was wag afar off wo we listened with painful intentness to this man mag who had suffered much and given much and who still in his simple heart asked no praise borwhat tor what he had done ile he was strong and I 1 was weak and I 1 did for him what I 1 could and what I 1 gave I 1 gave freely for it to la not often in this world that the weak may help the strong lie ile had the gifts pat that I 1 hadnot had not and troops of friends and ho be had ambitions that in III tny my weakness I 1 was not capable 0 of f so BO I 1 had bad not much to give dut but what I 1 had pat Y I 1 gave to him I 1 went to gillespie and confessed I 1 took the blame and I 1 came hero and worked with my hands with my hands bands and ho he extended them ss as though the proof were asked and kept repeating between hla his sobs with my iny hands CHAPTER daybreak at midnight gillespie and I 1 discussed the days affairs on tho the terrace at Gl glenardo glenara Gle narro there were long pauses in outtalk such things as we wa had seen and heard that thai night in tho the canoe makers shop orr the little creek were beyond our poor range of words and in the silences my own reflections i were not wholly happy jt jf miss pat and rosalind had not foil followed ow ed me ma to the banoo makers I 1 might havo have spared helen but looking lack back I 1 would not change it now it if I 1 could helen had returned to st agathas Agat haa with her bor mint who would havo have it san bt and we wa had parted at the school door miss pat and helen gillespie and 1 I with restraint heavy upon pis in all miss pat had it seemed summoned her lawyer from new york several days before to discuss the final settlement ot of her fathers estate and lie he was expected tho the next morning I 1 had asked thern them all to Glen glenard glenarm aryn for breakfast and arthur Holbro oli and rosalind and henry who had broken down at the end had agreed to come As we balked talked on gillespie and I 1 there under tha by stars he disclosed all unconsciously new and surprising traits and 1 afelt felt my heart warming to him film atos lloc a good deal of a man inan that arthur holbrook Holb he remarked after a long pause iles hes beyond me cats tile tho roan man who runs the tha lines to bring relief to the garr garrison lson or the leader of a forlorn hope la iv tame after this I 1 suppose the world would call him a foot undoubtedly I 1 answered put hut ho he do it for tho the world ho he did it for himself wo we cant applaud a thing like that in the usual phrases no gillespie added only got down on our knees atz vow bow our heads in n the dust before lt it ile he row rose and paced the long therace te irace erace in Ms his boat shot enoca and white flannels innels fl ha h noiselessly hack back handforth and forth like a ghost at in the star dusk lie ile ahot pusa paused d tt at the he western balustrade and looked off at st agathas then he passed roe me and paused again ga razing la koward through tho woo wood as though li turning from s 4 aind r know that hat it was with li r fsr 6 the water in the atto cottage al ftc gate ante that his thoughts though ta lingered nut dut when he came and stood beside mo me and rested ills bis liand land on my shoulder I 1 know knew that ho he wished to speak of helen find and I 1 took his hand and spoke to him to make it easier well old inana man 1 I was thinking of helen lie ho said so was 1 I buttons nut tona they are different the two they are ara very different they are as liked an aa god ever anade two and yet they are differ ent 1 I think you understand helen I 1 never did he bo declared mournfully you dont have hava to I 1 replied and laughed and roso rose and stood behind him and now theros the ros something mom ething I 1 want to speak to you about tonight to night helen borrowed somo rome motley money of you a 01 little while ago to meet one ona of her fathers deni demands ands I 1 expect a draft for that money by the mall mail and I 1 want you to accept it with my thanks and hers and the incident shall pass pasa as though tt it had bod never been about ono one tho fee freshened illi and the trees flugg out their arms like ilke runners rushing before it and from the west marched n storm with banners of lightning it was A 0 splendid spectacle and wo we went indoors only when tho the rain began lo 10 0 o wash across the terrace we still watched it front from our windola after wo we went upstairs tho the lightning now blazing out like sheets of flame from a furnace furnaca door and ngann cracking about tho the house like a fiery whip wo we ought to have brought henry hore here tonight remarked gillespie afes alone over there on tho the island filand alth ith that dago tind and likely celebrating by getting drunk 11 the getting guting on your nerves po go to bed I 1 called back the storm left peace behind and t was waa abroad early eager to have tho the first shock of the borni nga over greeted nia me cheerily and I 1 told him to follow when iro ie was ready I 1 went out and paced the walte walk between the house and st agathas Agat haa and BS as I 1 pecked through the liou gate gata I 1 saw miss pat conic come out of tho the houss and turn into the garden I 1 beame came upon tier her walking slowly with her hands clasped behind her sho she spoke first as an tho to avold avoid any expression of sympathy rutting putting iut her hand band filmy laco at the pave gave to liar her hands a quaint touch akin to that imparted by tho tha cap on her white head I 1 was struck aart afresh sh by the background that seemed always to bo be sketched in for or her and just now beyond the bright garden it was a candle garret with trunk ol of old letters tied in III dim ribbon rib liong and lavender scented chests cheats of and silks in forgotten patterns 1 iam I am well quite well larryl 1 I ram bladl I 1 wished to be sure DO not trouble about rao me I 1 am af glad of everything that has happened glad and relieved and I 1 am grateful to you I 1 billave 1 I havo llave served you III enough I 1 I 1 stumbled hi fit the dark much of tho the time I 1 wanted to spare you miss pat 1 I brow that and you tried to save helen sho she was blind and misguided sho she had believed in tier her father and the last blow crushed tier her everything looks dark to tier her she refuses to over this rooming morning she aha can not face tier her uncle liar har cousin or you again but sho she must come I 1 said it vv wilt III bo be easier today to day than at any later time theres gillespie GIllesp to calling ma now iles going across tho the lako lake to moot meet arthur and rosalind I 1 shall ahall take the launch over to the island to bring henry we should vill all be back at Glo narro in an how please toll tell helen that we must have her that no one should way stay away miss vat looked at mo oddly and nd tier her lingers fingers touched a stalk of hollyhock beside her as her oyes eyes rested on anino larry sho bho salt bald do not be ba sorry mr helen it if pity to Is all you have for her I 1 laughed laught li and seized her hands handa aless pat I 1 could not fool pity tor for any one so BO skilled with tho the sword as aa she it would bo be gratuitous sho put up ft a splendid fight aind its to her credit that sho she stood by her father and resented roy my interference Interfere as she had find every right to to sho was not really against you alsa pat it merely happened that you wore were in tho the way when 06 struck at mo me with tho toll oil dont you see not just hat flat way larry and she continued to gazo gaze at rno nio with a sweet distress in lier her eyes then rosalind la is very different she added 1 I have observed itt tho the ways tn in which they are aio utterly unlike aro ro mark ablo but I 1 keep Gilles gillispio pio waiting goodby good by for a little whilst and some foreboding told rois mo that sorrow had not yet done with her sli shouted impatiently as aa I 1 ran toward him blin tit at tho the boathouse its the stiletto lie ho called pointing I 1 ng to w where I 1 iero the tha sloop ly lay midway of the lake os jr in a bad way the storm blow blew tier her out I 1 sug bug f boat luff badly as aa though vai elal struck mo me ominously T wod wed better pick her up ho he said ad and lie he was already dropping ono one of tile tho canoes into the water wo ave paddled swiftly toward the sloop the lake was still fretful from the storms lashing but the sky was without fleck of law the earliest of the he lule steamers was wa crossing from the tha village la go her whistle echoing and reecho beecho ing round tho the lake tho the sloops about dono dona for said Ollie solo over his Fh and wo drove our blades deeper the stiletto was floating goa tink stemon stern stem on an and rolling rollene log gily but retaining still I 1 thought something of the sinister air that sho had worn on her strange business through those summer days she went 0 lo 10 o bed all right isca 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