Show C am ima inn 9 W waa d 1 sal v v arcelis ar coal relIS JL AJL by JOSEPH C LINCOLN copyright by D Apple appleton tn al co THE CAPTAIN REFUSES TO GIVE UP THE TRUST THAT HA HAS S CAUSED HIM SO MUCH TROUBLE synopsis atwood graves now new york lawyer r ROCS goes to south dens borot boro batio cod to sou see captain I 1 ifshin warren caught lit in it a terrific while on tho way ili he meets caien warron warren by accident anil goes koa with tit the latter to ills his evue tho the lawyer informs caan warren that eliat ills his brother leoin lie ho lind not seen for eighteen years has died and named jilin him jig guardian of ills two to children caroline aged twenty nod ana stephen aged nineteen eti tile tho captain tells 1 braves lie ho will go to now new york and look over the situation before deciding whether liu lie will nocost tile trust the captains in new york causes conster im atlon unions ills wards and their aristocratic friends tile tho captain ginakes friends will james pearson Ien it reporter then lien he consults with sylvester head of graves inn firm the captain decided to accept ills brothers tawit sylvester Is pleased plen sed but orates craves expresses disgust and dismay dic may pearson calls and Is surprised for lie lad had known tile alie warrens an and their father caroline carolina asks tile ho capt captains old aid for a servant whose father was hurt by an auto the captain indi finds that malcolm dunn till had caused tho ilia injury and makes lafin help in paying the he sufferers exl expenses pil ts until 11 ll its ills death pearson tells the ilia captain of a difference he had find with rogers warren because lie refused to help tell ilia it latter in a chady transaction the captain plans a bIr birthday celebration for CAirol caroline lne but the lie totter latter iho with stevo steve had been spending the day with the dunns danns falls to return for dinner the dunns give tile young warrens a colored view of pearsons differ differences enges with their father they upbraid both their uncle and pearson CHAPTER XI continued 11 oh oh steve she cried and turning to her brother sobbed hysterically on hla his shoulder oh steve what shall we do a stephen put his arm about her waist its nil all right bis lie said soothingly dont cry before him I 1 I 1 guess with a glance at his uncle youve sold said enough to malc make even him understand at last captain ellsha looked gravely at the pair 1 I guess you have he be said slowly 1 I 1 guess you have caroline anyhow I 1 cant think offhand of anything youve left out I 1 could explain come things but the use and with a sigh you may be right la in a way perhaps I 1 have come here to live if only told me plain afore J just how you felt id maybe id but therel there I 1 I 1 know 1 I know you see I 1 thought however I 1 guess that part of your troubles e s to Is over but he be added firmly wh wherever e rever I 1 am or where wherever vec I 1 go you most understand that im your guardian just the same I 1 considered long spoil spell afore I 1 took the place and I 1 never abandoned a ship yet once I 1 took look command of her and ill stick to this one 1 yes sir ill stick to it la spite of tho the devil or the durins dunns either cither till you and your brother ore are of oge age im goin to look out for you and your interests and your money and bothin nor nobody shall stop me As for forein my company on you though that what he h shouted houtan hou tad you mean he ha quit well different I 1 ballate cal late you wont have to worry any more good night he be thrust his hands bands into hla his pockets and walked slowly from the library CHAPTER XII A surprise for pron pearson T tho the man a of f the family S STEPHEN was the only member of the household servants excepted who slept soundly that night conscious of having done ills hla duty in the affair with pearson and his bla guardian and somewhat fatigued by tho the disagreeable task of soothing his hysterical sister he was ivas slumbering peacefully at 0 the next morning when awakened by a series of raps on hla his bedroom door ahl abl what well what Is it he demanded testily opening hla his eyes I edwaards la Is that you what the he devil do you mean by making such a row the voice which answered was not the buti bailers ees but Caroll carolines nes oh st sl cried do get up and como come out come something has bas happened what la Is it cant tell you here please dress ud iid como come to roo me as aa quick as you can stephen found ills slater standing by tho library window a letter in her hand she S ho looked troubled aud and acx lous oh steve site she exclaimed hes gone robie V I 1 gone who captain warren lies iles gone gone gone whore where caro you dont ikenn war lies dead no hes gone gone and left us her ter brothers expression changed to incredulous joy what lie he shouted you menn mean hes quit cleared out left here for good yes I hurrah lurrah I 1 excuse me while I 1 gloat I 1 hurrah I 1 wo we got it through ills hh skull it at last la is it possible but but hold OAI perhaps its too good to be true are you sure how do you sou know lie he says so see sao silo him the letter it was addressed to my dear caroline und and in it captain 11 isha stated ills his intentions succinctly after alie plain speaking of the previous evening lie ho should not of course burden thim them with his society tiny any longer ile he was leaving that morn mornings ingi and ana as soon as lie ho 10 located permanent moorings somewhere else would notify his niece and ew cw of his whereabouts F for or as I 1 told you ou although I 1 shall not impose impede my company on you I 1 am your guardian same as eyel eye I 1 will see ate that your allowance come canies s tz t you regular including enough for al all household bills anil and puy pay tor for the hired help and so BO on it if you need any extras at any time lot me know and it if they seem to me right and proper I 1 will send money tor for them you will stay where you are caroline and stevie stele must go back to college right away tell him I 1 say so BO and if he does not I 1 shall begin reducing his allowance according as I 1 wrote hlin him lie ile will understand what I 1 mean and caroline I 1 want you and st 0 vie to tent that I 1 am your anchor to 0 o dward and when you got in a tight place it you ou ever do you can depend on me last nights talk basino has no bearing on that whatever goodby then hen until my next WARREN stephen read this screed to the end then crumpled it in his list and threw it angrily on the floor the nervel nerve ho he exclaimed lie he scams to think im a sailor on one of 1 his ships to bo be ordered around as ho he sees fit ill go back to college when im good and ready riot not before caroline shook her head oh nor nol she said you must go today iles hes right steve Ws its the thing for you to to do ile he and I 1 were agreed its as to that and you stay and make it harder for me would you dear ile he growled a reluctant assent 1 I suppose I 1 shall have to go he bo said sullenly my allowance la Is 00 too oo beastly small to have him himi cutting it and the old shark would do that very thing hed take delight in doing it confound him well he knows what we think of him some comfort she did not answer lie he looked at her curiously why hang it all caro he be exclaim elf ed in disgust what alls ails you blessed it I 1 shant begin to believe youre sorry lies bea gone you act as it if you were no im not I 1 ot of course im not im im glad ile he stay of course but im abrald afraimi afra idI I cant help feeling that you and I 1 were too harsh last night wo we said bald things dreadful things bo be hanged banged I 1 we say may halt bait enough oh dont be a fool caro I 1 I 1 was waa just junt beginning to be proud of 0 your grit and now you want to take it all back answer roc me now are you sorry lies hes gone I 1 no no im not really but II 11 I 1 I feel somehow as if as aa it if everything mas on my shoulders shou youre going away and hes gone and what la Is it Fd edwards wards the fuller butler entered with a small email parcel in lila ills hand band 1 11 I beg your pardon ulsa miss caroline lie he sold said 1 I should have given you this last art evening it was by your place at the table I 1 think captain warren put it there miss lie he bowed ani and retired the girl sat turning the little white box in bar hands no ila left it for me she said what c CAU ji U I 1 it t be e 1 ver per brother snatched it impatiently dont you open it anti and flud find out lie ie demanded perhaps iva its his latchkey hero here I 1 ill do it myself ila iio cut the cord and removed tile the cov sr or of 0 the little box inside was the jewelers leather case ila ho took it out ind and prost pressed sea tho the spring tho the cover flew bevy up whew I 1 ho he whistled its a prey int ent and rather a decent one too by fadl adl look carol ile he handed her the lie open case she looked at the chain spread carefully care rully on an the white satin lining inside tho the cover was fitted a card she turned it over mid and rend read to my niece nice caroline with wishes tor for many happy returns and much love from her uncle ellsha elisha warren silo she sat gazing at tho the card stephen bent down real read tho the inscription and then looked up into tier face what ho he cried 1 I believe youre not crying I 1 well ill bo be litin hanged geill I 1 SIB you tire a fool I 1 0 the weather that morning was fine and clear james Ici irson standing by tile window of ills hla tit it the boarding house looking out at ilia snow covered roofs sparkling in tho ilia pun was miserable ini rable when lie ho retired the night before it was with a solemn oath to forget caroline warren altogether to put tier her and tier lier father and annl the young end tier glicr brother utterly from ills his mind never to ile bo thought of again why why had lie 10 been so weak as to yield to captain elyshas Ells has lias advice why had lie he not acted like a sensible self elf r respecting man inan done what ho he know knew was right and persisted in his refusal to visit the warrens why because he was an idiot of clursea cour sea hopeless idiot who had got exactly what ho he deservedly deserve dl which bit of philosophy did not help make ills his reflections less bitter after breakfast lie he went to his room r seated himself at ills his desk and took the manuscript of hla his novel from the drawer ile he was still sitting there twirling a an a idle pencil between ills his lingers when lie ho heard steps outside his door some one knocked well what Is it ho he asked ills landlady answered I 1 air fr pearson Pc arson she said bald may I 1 see you ile he throw threw down the pencil and to r A ing walked to pe ie door and opened it mrs hepton was waiting in tho the hall suo she seemed excited mr pearson rc arson she eho bald will you step downstairs with mo me for or a moment I 1 lave have a surprise for you A surprise what sort of a sur bur prise oh a pleasant one at least I 1 think it Is going to be a pleasant one for till all of us dut but im not going to tell you what it Is you must come down and see for yourself on tho the second floor mrs lira stopped and pointed its in there she said pointing there was tho the room formerly occupied by mr saks tho the long hatred haired a artist since his departure it bad been vacant mrs birs hepton took pearson by tile tho arm and leading him to tho the door throw threw the latter open here lie ho Js Is 11 she said bald hello dimill jim 1 hailed captain ellsen warren cheerfully ship thoyl glad to see you lie ile was st standing linding in tho the middle of the room ills hat bat on the table and his bis hands handa in hla his pockets pearson was surprised thero was no doubt of that not so BO much at the sight of ills his friend lie he bad expected to see aeo or hear from tile captain before the day was waa over as at seeing him in that room lie ile could not understand what he was doing there captain ellsha noted ills his bewildered expression and chuckled come aboard dimill ho be commanded come in and inspect ill sec sea you later mrs birs II epton he be added and give you my final word I 1 want to hold offices council with mr pearson hero here fusel fust pearson began to get a clew to the situation captain warren ho he demanded have boudo you mean to say bay youve taken thle alila room to live in no I 1 aint said bald all that yet I 1 wanted to talk with you a little afore I 1 said eald it but that was wais ray my idea it if you and I 1 agreed on sartin mattera youve come hero here to live I 1 youve left your your lleces house 11 ive left that la Is I 1 left the way the irishman left the stable where they kept the mulo mule ila ho said bald there was all outdoors in front of df him and only two feet behind about the way with me ibave your nephew and niece urn um liml they hinted that my room was better than my company and take it by and large I 1 guess they was waa right for the present anyhow I 1 set up till 3 it over and then hen I 1 decided to got get out afore breakfast this inor nin I 1 walt wait for any good goodbyes goodbys bys thoyd been said or all I 1 cared to hear lour captain Elis eliphas has smile disappeared for nu an instant last evenin the dose was sort gort of bitter but it had bad the necessary effect at any rate I 1 hanker for another one I 1 remembered what your landlady told me when I 1 was ivas here afore about this stateroom byln vacated and I 1 come down to look at it it sulta suits me veil enough seems like a decent for an old salt water derelict ail like 0 me the price Is reasonable and I 1 gregs likely ill take it I 1 guess I 1 will mosill why do you guess by george I 1 we you willi will do you sou im much obliged I 1 know but after last night after ho be scrape I 1 got you sou into you might feela well ell sort cort of as if seen enough of me thu the young man mail smiled limited bitterly it your sour fault lie he said it was anino ch entirely im quite old enough to 0 o decide matters for myself and I 1 should havo decided na as my reason and not tny iny inclinations told inc ilia you to blame yes I 1 was if youre old enough im too old I 1 ballate cal lato late but I 1 did think ho however theres heres no use gohil over that I 1 dont want you to think that ive ilo love have overboard that 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 an olt it your fault ho he said aid ty I 1 was ft oa so easy and fresh about ank in on my shoulders its there hero yet set all and ill see you sou squared with caroline afore this la Is over if I 1 live ills ilia friend f i lend frowned I 1 you mind he said 1 I preter prefer that you drop the whole miserable bu business well maybe but jim youve talc tak on en hold bold of these electric batteries batte ilca that doctors have sometimes we its awful easy to grab tho the handles of oe ono one of I 1 those contraptions but when you want to 6 drop em cm you cant they dont I 1 drop easy I 1 took hold field of tho the handles 0 of f bajos affairs aff afra alra irs and though it wight might bo be plea pleasanton santor to drop lem cm I 1 crint cant or I 1 wont then youre leaving your nephew and niece mean that youve given up tho the guardianship captain Ell Elis shaa aw set squarely 11 1 I dont remember kayln that it did ho he answered with decision then ills his 9 good nature returning lie ho added well jim theres just one thing more havo I 1 disgraced you so a good deal aal biln around with you and chum chumming chumm min ln in III with you the he way I 1 have that Is do you think ive disgraced you sou are you ashamed of me 1 17 I ashamed of you youre jok no im serious understand now im not apolo apologizing gizin my aly ways are arc my ways and I 1 think there just as good no na tile next fol fellers lers whether nos lies from south edenboro or well broad street ive got a habit of chinkin th InkIn for myself and for myself unit when I 1 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