Show 0 3 3 V 1 il 2 1 k 3 Z aik 35 ft it 3 az 4 1 1 1 I 4 4 64 1 IZ 4 0 0 1 awk 1 R 10 fru ROL all 1 y 1 by ST GEORGE X author of cf little MAs millions ons the spiders ders web aless mss t 1 caplice Cap C tice dr jacks jacka widow I 1 to tc etc 5 I 1 W f 1901 by street and smith new york C v t y Z 14 11 tit 1 ii 1 it l v 1 l M ftc rv at 15 it opt 1 4 as 1 ak 1 t 1 iff 1 11 ft ft mt mft i ft lit ILI TI it I 1 the game grows borows warmer out of tile the trying pan into the fire charlie had anid jut taken leave of the professors wife and had not made two turns front from the little parlor ere he ran directly up against the enemy stood the professor glaring at him like a wild beast I 1 will vill you deny tile the truth villain lie he slid sald endeavoring to calm hIr lest he lose tits hla voice charlie surveyed him alth ith amusement yes this time I 1 confess it was mas your charming wife whom I 1 hao hake just left do vou krow tint that two to women your wife und and lur hr ausin degarde have played a very mat little game ST mo upon youa you what sho she and IfIl degarde upon roe M pray with what ilal oba ta to abiouse your to 11 make IA k V aou realize how dear to your heal heair t this same eaic wife la is to take tahe you out ol 01 sour our books and induce ou to devote a fair pait of your time almo to the noi oman 1 ian who nilo has givan up tit her life to you the professor seenie stunned man can tills this be true lie he gasped As heaven itself site bhe is ia in yon let lei go and leacil for yourself lott oa will receive a warm welcome forgive as you wish to be forgiven professor pio fessor sir a thousand pardons I 1 shall take your kind ad advice vice our duel then Is ot off oh ob what an ws ass I 1 hive have been I 1 and charlie quite with him I 1 bo ends the seene lit in the drama now for another which may not have quite iao bo pleasant a flola again he boro bore down upon tile the functionary who kept kelt watch and waid over the books when he had bad coi 01 the clerk ho he made his ic quest known and a messenger was sent to to find and the countess and request her pies pica once ence in a neaily bailou parlor minutes passed still no one came to summon him tired of waiting he walked directly to t the he doar doc ir of the little parlor and stepped anilde involuntarily a groan welled up from hla his heart lie ile had entered this room to meet the countess that charmer of men who played with ambassadors and as though they were pawns upon ft a chessboard and now lie he had found foun l arline brand there she brood him mole moie beautiful than oven his ardent decol lection had painted tier her a smile of welcome dimpling tier her cheeks the azure eyes glowing with e yes it was ailene allrand ye gods it if she and tile the countess were oe lie he coull coni I 1 comprehend how hoa mca werf wen icardi efad to give up honor aud and fortune tor for the hope or of bir luo lue and favor faor almost a minute they stood thui thu rich elch e evidently busy with a tiala ol of thought arline was aas the alist to lecover she dropped the cm cui tallis acia ad danced toward towana him ali ah I 1 you have conic mr stuart I 1 she oriald lie ile took tier her hand and pressed it coldness 13 oldness was it seemed yes I 1 promised iou ou know nud and I 1 I 1 have ivllon j of faults at last my word nord Is 13 its as go gunil j aa ts my bond iliac pi ay be seated offering offe ring her a chair lie he was quite himself now and that meant a vide awake ingenious ous young man ready to meet and wiest lo with os as they arose just opposite to hei lie ho sat down it was nas at least a rare pleasure plea suie Is to he bo bo near tier her in this conal lenthal mood iho delicate violet odor that d tier her bustling ling was ille e a birath of and tin thi of 0 tier her pr LaniLe almost in hlin him I 1 iou oil havu bren w bondi ond lill i in NN hit allt ht as dai h tin in of r ri i i 11 blot biou it I 1 j ill jilt i n ant lit s ill i h I 1 i 1 h 1 pl p i ill it 11 i 11 I 1 nil it I 1 I 1 dunicon duni dull uon t I 1 i 1 il 0 11 A ith a 1 lui 1111 i tt 11 I 1 t i tit i 11 t I 1 i 1 0 eyt ey vf f haill st t it i t 1 Y I 11 vis 10 lo sj 1 it 1 i at i bit 1 it it was riot not mout I 1 I 1 I 1 1 nh n li ir r i 1 bornis d t ji il i 1 t t in spatt aptt ol 01 0 11 i 1 i 1 1 I i 1 ile he wati I 1 c I 1 jut jilt I 1 lo io ti ill 1 I 1 I 1 lor or or lt hi i t did c i ti t c that she 1 auw to 1 oi 01 i kiil in lit ILI n akil ikil b 1 the 1 ai nion oil nl vant hat other r i n ai i I 1 aou soua 81 s c e i I 1 I 1 n t iti 1 I 1 i the nadu I 1 il i to ti i 1 t f I 1 iti I 1 again rl it v w i 1 11 1 hsiun ion N w I 1 H n t blame me BIP lu lo io 0 Iler lipi I 1 im ho il i 1 n 1 on oil 1 I 1 nc it il ready FO RO 91 9 1 it it il nl lit 1 it I 1 r acau e v nt ith i ir c i t liln 41 1 l aster or i ven d hn i n n t i to I 1 0 i it mi lit le betti it vou volt rl r 11 t ii lie he detected a 0 1 noff in this and it ma a i i I 1 it t v is 1 U up 1 in arm arms i at onre 1 ailara I am not antl in 11 I 1 I 1 i it t it f adv one 1 I 1 n i I 1 i haps it ma ins ii 11 i 11 I 1 t il IP or eon en danger to me t i q qui ua u tance she bebern 0 de i 1 1 it I 1 t d 1 1 bv lib words oi ona m i 1 l L 1 i ii 11 th iti 1 n ii 0 mr mir bluatt koupf nse 1 I fi fa 1 i s ali other way it Is a ra e tor for me ine to aerne ou oil and yet 1 can haid v i 1 h iu it seaven I 1 inoes nov s I 1 a i n nit 1111 and need a frend it if ever it a woman did compose yourself your Belf I 1 bog beg and begin please charlie believed lie he was wag about to hear some news of mole moie than ordinary importance Import anie in imagination lie he could picture tho the remarkable young widow who treated created such auch a furore all over europe she might resemble arline in fix many ways but surely such a channor of men out not possibly assume the air of Inno innocence ence which this young woman carried with tur at the sanle same time almo ho he fat ft lt ilij impelled cited to relate tile the lie he had experienced with the professor and even mention that ho he had been solemnly d by the baron when she heard hear that be llevad hr to be the celebrated adaven she bhe hung lier her licad head chaille Clia ille was nas with confusion sion I 1 have cased you and yet I 1 brg beg you to bileve I 1 meant it all kind hind ly ay it M u ig 11 a hilly tiling thing for to do 00 but even the shrewdest t of men of tits hla stamp nuke nithe blunders sometimes ills ilia last famous one cost russia h hi i war cir Ile remember member I 1 never tol foi once taik any block lit in tits his ridiculous idea it was all a mistake then the dinall looked ill up her eyes avie sparkling ling with leal tears but charlies a haste to assero her of hid positive belief lit in her innocence of the harge charge had bi ought brought a smile to tier her face it Is dreadful even to be taken liken for such a notorious woman ion don t you thinly but perhaps I 1 should look at it seasonably le ani believe tho the biron has made an excusable bI blunder LInder iteal ly IY some borne of the bacans bacons heie in the hotel tel have addressed me as countess oun tess and I 1 have ben been puzzled to account for it until now so we must look alike I 1 a demure little english lassie and sho she a clever designing dip loiet charlie nodded eagerly what she said bald seemed so very cry reasonable and she took it touch much better than he expected hut but lie he could easily deseo discover er that arline was aas not wholly at tier her else eise eloquently she ehe cast quick glances in the of abc door this fact had come to his attention some time bick but chaille did not find the least beason to suspect that the baron ila hal I 1 a light abight to do with it sho she seemed to hesitate perhaps knowing just how to begin her allow me to remark in the beginning said charlie that atlo while I 1 am ready and anxious to servo serve you and stand blind iundy to do all that may become a roan man it ir owls Is adv reason why you should wish ish to kipp keep these things se el ciet pt I 1 hlll III try to it ap you ou c even en N while hile groping in oni ignorance oil oh no she quickly it Is not thit that lou ou are entitled to the fullest confidence I 1 was nas only endeavoring to collect my thoughts fco bo tint that I 1 know lust iii it how flow to begin and besides des I 1 bie a natural feel feeling ng of shame shaine because bi cause tile the person who has I 1 sadly fear been plotting in secret me Is one who should be my bist friend upon enith eaith ina m father loung though she as this beautiful girl had I 1 non non ii what it was lo 10 0 o sup with poverty to be left alone and fi endless fil bendl 4 in fit tho the oila and to meet N w ith the most and glorious to her story even when hen briefly told was as a series of dl di surprises surprise such ns as are well foi the stage yet hocur so BO in i leil e it life she barely hir earlier deais eais ae to tell how tier her f father it tier a tva tea captain hid h ul ban b on lost as it was at si at i and with hir mother blip ili fought the flip mi ahti in wolf in lon toil ilon wini us its aoi stopie in or of n anc im tit it 11 lu in I 1 it to licit o it do do in I 1 i lo it i in i n billil 1 1 11 n i it 11 1 i 1 ii 11 i 1 s d it ih I 1 I 1 tol fol I 1 N t I 1 I 1 N hoi hei hill i 1 11 lit nr nf it lin t tile the N cil ci 1 I 1 i i I 1 c p 1111 th ill 1 1 is f i I 1 i on in 1 01 I I 1 ti it nil I 1 in who s med ined 1 I I 1 t i I 1 I 1 i I 1 1 I 1 i v JAM 11 allatt i if 1110 1 and disgust toil tock alln i 1 I 1 1 N I 1 1 i tin il I 1 in bi nt lit it 11 11 t ti n 11 1 1 i 1 fai fill I 1 fl fit I 1 ik k ol 01 fortune afi H lit it kilim i i i tont ut inita w ith in ir c ditl te 1 tl I unit who N ho NN was as exceed v it i t i 1 d I aro sro rot N i I 1 line inc a mother had ni mill ii 11 lid 1 liar and from il 1 li in ill I 1 hl t I 1 I 1 it at h I 1 i 11 I 1 to hei bet i it 1 vl 1 ni 1 i 1 kind hind 1 1 11 tin 1111 N w tl f il loi it mil ann serl un 1 st pahl 11 1 i 1 t horbas of t tin lit 4 i it i I 1 id 11 NN alriq illi and she 1 t on in 1 d I let ic 1 that til U tins tills t ii li 0 i 1 11 h ind and blood a cm nil I 1 I 1 it 11 I 1 gnp i v for the girl spang pi ang up tip 11 in 1 lu 1 t ml old li til ill winch re t I 1 11 hor adol tin this niece as hr c if 1 h in q s I 1 ii I 1 lit it i rino bereft I 1 i r V it i I 1 it I 1 1 ii I 1 K i 1 I 1 ito it 1 e and rand li ii 1 adf atif one onci moie ilono ilone in the i I 1 I 1 ill I 1 i tit tin i po li of a most 1 11 it I 1 I 1 lo ID t tin ine 1 it v is M ii 0 ibi of i i mon cliot C ptiip brand ap 1 1 p 1 n tl p e rene pene II if ii and a athi a liling stor to tell of 1 da Is ILlin delill in it a rile off 0 ar f lean iran coat hl his narrow frape fini iiii 1 d I aning nf b ng ns ashore I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 anan lo 10 ii ai i i balcon into 4 lat lpt N mt ian iol i ol oi I 1 bjae N eais cat s later to it a tilbe of the great sahara so BO that he finally drifted to dahomey where through the assistance of the faithful vonian voni ai he had been forced to marry lie c eventually oil t ua 1 ay made a bold and success fill fail calape though ills hla comp anion gave up tier her life in thi throwing owing herself in front of a spear that was meant tor for him at ailene line accepted it all as gospel truth and would have at tl the ie time believed even a much mote miraculous mita culous series of adv could such have been by any means invented by this modern munchausen hausen tills was before she knew captain drand brand so BO well she spent money with a liberal hand ile he was enabled to indulge hla his love for fine clothes to its full bent ile he smoked the finest cigars drank the most expensive liquors and she feared he frequently indulged in gaming thus thua EL a year went ent by captain brand had ceased to beg tor for money ile he demanded it as his right and in fit sums suma so large that arline was glowing alarmed ile he had tried to influence her to in make ake her will leaving all her wealth to him something might happen to hei though forbid and she would not like to think of the he great plop eity going to strangers while her poor papi papa was left for aril arllie ie refused to to do its aa lie he something within warning her against it some home time after the dreadful suspicion pic ion had flashed into her brain that captain brand wai having a will forged to suit hla his ideas governing the casi lve i then she avid not realized reali sed what tills this might portend how flow should an Inno innocent ent tiu trusting sting oung girl of bestowing all seasonable iea benefits upon the ni in sho he had come to believe was her father how should she suspect that this ungrateful man could con conspire pire with unprincipled ates to actually tale tal e her life yet by ir cani as would make it seem a catiel accident while lit in ant antwerp ei p he had professed a keen desire to visit the dungeons of the en and et always made it appear as aa though ehe bhe were the one most InteL interested ested in the abode of ghostly memories an all ei cil edition was wag accordingly planned ailine never could tell just how bow it camo callo about she captain brands brand a enthusiasm in leading her deeper into the recesses lec esses and how he suddenly disappeared while she was waa examining some object of interest how she waited tor for him to ic appear until glowing alarmed by the diminishing size of glicr ht r candle sho had endeavored dea deavo Nored red to find her way back to the part parta how bow she tripped and fell losing her light then she cried out in terror as the awful darkness dar liness closed around lier her but no anwer answer came rhen she realized that the others had gone that this cruel hearted man she rho called father hid desei ted her pretending to believe no doubt that she hart had gone above with a portion of the party upon whom the borrois of the du dungeon ligeon soon poon palled ile he could also take it for granted she ehe had gone away with her new found and not show any alarm tor for hours it was nas a cleverly concocted and dla diabolical scheme which had tor for its ultimate allt outcome anle the dethronement of lier her reason Dou doubtless Aless captain brand had ar ranged it so that in such a case he be appointed the pro and guardian of his afflicted child and thus of course have the handling of tier her fortune charlie was aghast ile he had never neer heard so terrible a tiling in all ills his life ile he almot doubted his senses I 1 have hane made up tip in mind regarding one thing miss bland he said positively which Is to the effect that I 1 do not believe this man mail to be ba our father to be continued |