Show WARRIOR boida by ST borowi 1111 11 BORNE I 1 litile mato Mill toni aa shuw pr ir joel a hilo HH IV vi atlas caprice rief daa ta ii street mil and smith now N yai thai I 1 lut F it Y X the game came of I 1 fox ox anil and geese events clow clouding dIng upon each others other B heels harlie charlie while bile had been something C that gave him lalni quite a this was A as nothing more nor less than ft a lobely lov ely woman with golden hair and blue es ees in a tar ar ilage taking an air ing while at tier her side stiff lind and stein look looking irig the baan hat charlie bowed politely the coun tess teas gave him a aoh look of cutlo sity and c aft e of her lavishing smiles so she passed out of hla his lift luck lucky Y man the eight bight of charlie recalled to th ohp e baron B s mind the promise he had made with regard to capt baand accordingly h he e took adian advantage tage of his first hour off to set get tile the wires in motion and lesin ertain certain facts regail ing the worthy captain charlie relying on oil th the baton kocor to cor ral ml the captain had made arrange ments menta tor for sailing upon the next trans trana atlantic steamer ile he had engaged passage for arline hei companion artemus and himself the captain having paid a man to keep upon stuarts found out what was wae in the wind lie learned that the ciesla had nr ar rived whatever he proposed pio posed doing must be put thi caugh with all possible opted since pro ere many hours houra clapped those against whom A hom ills hla lic hemen were A ere directed would rould be upon the sett aea and mayhap mit beyond his reach artemus Arter nua had heard enouf enough h to know the three sch Bc em en were planning to do hla his friend an evil turn but strain hla his ears as he would he baill nut been able to catch the particulars of the game earue owing to certain sounds in the hotel that muffled even the bold voices vt ef captain brand a champagne bibbing rands all he could do was waa to warn stuart on general principles and it cau can be set down as aa an assured fact that he car ried rid out oat this dramatic little episode quite to the queen a taste it would not have been artemus oth charlie promised to kee his er eye open for squalls qualls B ile he hoped hla his early departure from antwerp would serve to entirely dla dis concert the beggarly plans of his eno ene and leave the fellow in III the lurch about this time there wits wan consider able hustling being done among am g the various forces circling clr cline around arline brand just juat as aa the planets A hirl about their central sun the baron tried to drive front from 10 hla mind the startling ph antonia antonis that had been conjured into being by tile the mys gerlous power of isolde countess of drabant and its as this could only be done by means of if work lie he gave him belt up tip to the mission of tile hour with redoubled zeal it was re ft a question what ahat the scramble would te atit in whether charlie oi 01 the le doubtable captain would come out of at it lit in ci evitable creditable edi table shape and how artemus ellit faie in the shuffle bady lady ailene had an aim interview with her kapta during which she an her determination of crossing the atlantic on oil business rind and that she had provided liberal tor him her ter absence as he would find upon up ap plying in person to tier her banker tit in I 1 on oil don the interview was mas bly not devoid of df dra dramatic mittic features al ai tennis as aa on guard near by and hoard hard the old ald sea dog blustering moio oi 01 loss less in its his usual wiy but he had evidently lost much of 0 the power he fainted foi merl possessed over I 1 lady ady arline lie he canie came forth from the rooms looking like an all eni aged hyena because hail had foice d him to bottle up tip hla his biath N I 1 ath to artemus chaille delegated delegate the task of seeing lady arlino arllano and ekr rnald maid abard the ocein greyhound giey hound thero liero he would mould join thain litter later it m ana ns night again time and tide N valt alt for no man and ocean steamers lime have to put out very frequently at unreasonable houis in order to cross the bar on oil the flood the baron and captain brand pla blaed ed a game of cross purposes pui poses as it were nere foi A w hile the CK 1 sailor shadow e I 1 char lie with intentions that m apie pie both dark and desperate sperate le lie he nag aa at the same time under the of peter hoff cods hods a emissary em issar the bill aaion on himself be ing too busily emp employed loved catering to the comfort of hla his fair prisoner in III reality tits his captor to personally inject his big individuality into the gamp captain brand knew gnp he was as fol loaded lowed and perhaps could ghe a guess as to the N why hy and NN wherefore hei afore dut but it was N as not his matuie to be de spon dent ile he bellei believed ed in utilizing whatever teNer came in his big way nay as one ot of the foi es that might bring success when a man can thus twist throat threat ening into faiming factors he Is indeed hard to beat lit in tile the game of life charlie waa nas feeling unusually visually un bold and lighthearted light hearted on this night which ho he supposed would mould be his last on im eu soil boll presently he expected to be on board a stanch german liner cleng the low shores of the old world horld with GOTO com ency for at his side would lie lady ailine and left behind as aa a memory of the acad past such RB as tle profess oi and ills his m wile ile daia dai a isolde countess brabant and captain brand of the I 1 asla ile he iving h ing capt brand tue full cf lii monty men y anil then by a fluke lim him tit in son tie mitlon nit lon tion of old antwon 1 while ho he helni if took a fly and dime to lb linding stage in time to t catch atch the sta inlet perhaps this thia might have been cai ai ried out had eh n net t united to arrange vents events in fit the tha captain a favor charlie had ills his fun fain lie ile dragged tits lila p pursuer over a good gitil of antwerp now they were on foot and anon chasing in vehicles tit nt a pace to act tile the old burghess burg heia heis ascog with nith and con on blei atei 11 nation 1 outside a beshe to line a little sport m with ith his friend the his sole bole in III lea loading fling iliana hi and this wild gom g wt hase chase was to kt tcp p his at upon hini self while ahelf I 1 lady ady ar line and left the hotel for somehow charlie had a fear lost lest the le ex sailor bailor might its use force to piment hla his supposed da 1111 ter from departing some daileg pleat pica that tier her inland was sis affected and having herel who would duloc that hat she be in in nn an asylum ahse things might appear loua hut but suh have ome to pass eit eio now and lie he to have pert pe rHonal ional knowledge of at kast one similar case ase whither or not charlie were foolish in thui conj mIng ill ap phantoms that could not exist was as a question that should hould not ho be decided hastily ile he believed brand to he be a de desperate speratO man against whom he could as yet hardly appeal to the law since tance arline would A oil III not give her consent lie ile was convinced that baand did not desire the heltness to get beyond hla deac reach it and would hardly hesitate at any end lit in order to hold her until ills sli sinister llster plans could be worked marked out I 1 hence fence it was as after all in a spirit of self 3 that charlie undertook to hae baie a little run fun with capt apt hrand brand and led him this fine chase up tip and down the crooked streets of antwerp all would have been well but for two cronies of hrand brand they to be standlee stand stan diral lne at a lark dark corner where the lie otter er hid agreed to meet them and hearing ills his signals uron chailee ere hi he comprehended his don dan ger As a rayule lie h way was struck senseless by a blow front from some blunt weapon when capt brand arrived on the scene ills his first act was to sprinkle a powdery white pigment in the young man a hair to give him the appear ance of age and to smear his hl face with a little dirt in order to disguise ills his fe attlies then foi the benefit of the man whom hom he knew hovered near by a lit tie one act drama was carried out the two men clia chasing brand hither and yon then as the barons spy came ame in sight two nien men running away while a doimi lay on oil the lt it worked like a charm the emis 8 sary a ry of balton Iet Ilet erholt erhoff hastened up tip as people began to open the windows of houses to team what tile the disturbance might nian nit an there lie he found one who ho appeared to he be tile the old fellow lie he had been set to wath watch the man called a vehicle placed the limp figure in its intel lot loi entered him pelf felt and an hen stared baart J to aport the I 1 of ills his espionage 10 id aaion himself while bupt baand te joining hla his On freres down doan the shadi sheet set act off in hot hate haste to to get aboard the st steamer entner in another hour or so would mould lie be moling down own the rivet hound bound rot foi the baroff far off distant tit of ameilla Ai artenius tenius stood on the hurr hurricane iane deh deck of the meat bettt lied 1 ocean lanei and looked bak back in the coining sunlight to the distant and nd fast reeding receding coat coast of belgium Ilonie Ilo waid bound la Is always a plea pleas lit in this thought and Alte illus it with enghu enthusiasm baqui so far as lie ho knew chortles charlies plans hid nil all light the ogre was mas left behind lan lamenting tEntIng lit in the land of the Bell lans and clear sailing seemed all ah aid ad then tits hla thoughts ran back to tile the events of the tha pl clevious evious night lie he buckled tickled li to the adroitness NN with lit NN willell h lie he had spen seen I 1 laly it ly arline ile hei companion and their luggage on oil beat blaid d the walling alting steamer while N hile thai list lie ile N was as h leading tho the ogle ogie a wll wil I 1 goose chase around antwerp palely to amuse himself and at the same time keep illand III and occupied up ill to neat the sailing bailing tinie time the wn aa v heie was charlie 9 it was nag strange that lie ho failed to show shon 11 up 1 in time to so goo the last of belgium a ahoi eat 1 ad acl ailine and tier her companion acie walking lh tie dc k ith ji soy and go golf if cape to kf ke 1 p off the stinging chill III go and mouse tin s bald ald At tinius to himself ills ilia little guint about town toan must hane hae woin him 0 out lit not the first ca case cao o of its kind hind I 1 r ithai gu ts a mith uh a shil stet leat at ills hia wit mit ho a lie he went below belon llie door of chashes Chai liea was just opposite hn hit own onn a single step across acikas thu the little passage As aa lie approached appio ached lie he heard the sounds of loud moiling from v within on the spur of the iti moment cament he be decided to tits his friend with a sud slid den shout or by the adent of a con shoe tossed across the little I 1 loom artenius artemus had tie neer er vi N holly out dionn his college days when ahen lie he gained the reputation of being the champion practical joker of his class so he quietly opened the door which was mas unlocked through Thio ush tho bull 1311 B s eve windows e tough of the mot ning light crept to allow allo a fair of the miniature apartment one of the first things artemus saw was mas a shoe that had been tossed aside As aa ho he seized upon it eagerly he fallt faitel fait cl d to note its ita go generous gon crous nerous as con contrades traded with tho the neat footgear too teer which chaille Crix ille stuart affected feted af such buch trilled tie ilo not repress upon the mind ahen han things are demanding now foi aarti d i shot lie turne I 1 hla his attention to th the lover clowar beith which v us as occupied lay ay a human form farm just then the rasal aasal sounds came cama to a sudden batup walh ith a bavage and the sleeper whirled over on oil tits hla stile side tile the act brought hla his face directly within lange iange of the morning light that struggled through the small email opening 4 beyond no wonder artenius artemus crouched there thera as if floen tall about the magle magic toch of the berill when had such buell a wonderful ti anat loll 1011 avei taken place be tot foie P for one to retire as prince Cli chaille allie strait gay handsom hind sonio and debonair to awal acalin t it in the gulso guise of grim and grilled old captain brand was a mys tery that almost paralyses paralysed the seeker after sensations Bensa tlona A I 1 tent its tool took oil one last fear fearsome bome tool look at the smooth anil and led physiognomy of the passed out ont and then softly closed tile the door only when alien safe within hla his own toom loom did he give alvo nent ent to its ills ca avei ei feelings reeding in it fi whistle great jupiter aliat beats beati every thing I 1 ver ever saw baw instead of chailee the ogre what does it mean there Is treachery afloat I 1 seem to detect it lit in tho the very air around but the question arises Is chaille and shall I 1 have to take tahe lit his place as hei wai alor bold and A will III it be feces sary rot foi tile me to give up my liberty lib eity poor floor fellow ile he did not know whether to look on it as a huge joke joka or a glim gilm reality ile he thought of warning arline 8 stia he ought to know her ter dear papa was on blaid and that lie had refused refilled to lit 11 eak the paternal bonds that had be come so no very ery strong since his return from exile artemus Artem ti buckled on his armor it lie was to be pitted against the old ogre it would mould be a fight capt brand might amigh have chtive succeeded in outwitting was too frank for deep diplomacy but he would find it quite another thing when lie ran up against the new knight who had shied his castor into the ring ahl ah A gentle tap at the door At astenius tenius almost fell over oer himself in its his eagerness to open a satchel and cluth clutch a little affair of steel and nickel which lie he cailler can led there and armed with which litch lie ho called ailed come ilip hie doot opened and a figure whisk ed in immediately closing the same again artemus gave a try the half halti I 1 alsed arm fell useless at his side there was as more witchery he had expected the old ogle ogie aimed with a shoe and bent upon tinning the tables upon him instead he ha saw why charlie of couise though at first artemus reck boned it his ghost charlie with a fin ger pressed on oil bis big lips a la favorite style of corn coni mulli cating a secret and his face wi father in what appeared to be a bicad glin at any late barnaby was delighted to see him in the flesh and as soon as he could get ills hla wits into thinking or der he I topped the weapon and held out an all pagel hand chis I 1 his is a beat my iny dear boy after eeling that grini grim old trojan in your bunk what V hi t it hae at e iou done di Bi ought caught him a pil I 1 reckon reckons all ah I 1 dian didn t falp you enough credit I 1 tear fear boit ou see my alist was waa he had outwitted ou oil and turned the ta hies bles on altemus was mas boiling over with curl casia what had taken place ashore especially when allen his rilend de laical with a wiy face that capt iliana lid laid indeed onto omo neat proving too much for him the stor aas soon told to be continued |