Show 10 T t 61 0 J 1 q bromil coreil w LILLIAN MILLAN r iel OY 07 ILL ED C D I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 10 CHAPTER at 17 gail gall breaks a promise the whitecap would have been un d der er way except for the delay of the gay little mrs airs babbitt and her aamir ing husband who sent word that they could not arrive until after dinner so the yacht long and low and slender and glistening white lay in the middle of the hudson river while her guests bundled warmly against the crisp breeze gathered in the forward shelter deck and watched the beginnings of the early sunset I 1 like doctor boyd in his yachting cap commented lucile as that young man joined them with a happy mother on his arm it takes away that deadly clerical effect laughed arly hia his long coat makes him look like the captain and lie hes is ei ever er so much more handsome I 1 don t blind being tha tha topic of dis cussIO cuss lono nAo long as I 1 Im n present corn com mentee rev smith boyd glancing around the grola groi p as it in search of someone it rather restricts the conversa hah mrs airs helen davies observed the cherub cheeked marion ken neth glanced wistfully over at the rail where dick rodley vying with the sunset in splendor stood chatting with easy ted teasdale and the stiff ger aid ald fosland rosland 5 here a gall demanded the cherub cheeked one its time that young lady was w as up on deck decided arly and rose she a probably taking advantage of the opportunity to dress for dinner surmised mrs dales in tact fact I 1 think it its s a good idea for all of us but the sunset was too potent to leave for a few rao foments ments and she sat still where indeed was gall in her beautiful little curly maple bed and digging two email small fists into the maple brown coverlet the bailor pallor of the morning bad had not yet lett left her tace face and there were circles around the brown eyes lyet which gave them a wan an pathos there ws a creage crease v r pst p in and worry aa 00 oo in the white ludw iga agail I 1 gall had bad 0 come to tag t greatest crisis in her i i o so far she had told no rne ane of what had occurred that morn ing when she had rushed into the rector study he had sprung up and seeing the fright in her face and that she was tottering and ready to tall fall he had caught her in his strong arms and she had clung trustfully to him half taint until wild sobs bad had come to her relief even in her incoherence bo ho N ever even in her wild disorder of e no tiou she realized that there was dan it ger not only to her but to evera ever one she loved in the man from whom tic he bad lad run away and she could not tell abe young rector any more than tl at she had been frightened it was strange bow ow instinctively she had headed for smith boyd s study strange then but not now in that moment of flying straight to the protection of his arms she knew something about her self and about rev smith boyd too she knew why by she had refused those others who had wooed her willis cunningham and houston van aloon and dick rodley poor dick and al at lison and all the others she frankly and complacently admitted to herself that she loved rev smith boyd but she put that add worry into the background it could be fought out later she would have been very hap py about it it if she had had time al at though she could see no end to thai that situation but unhappiness where could she turn tor for advice or 01 whom could she get to share in thi the burden which she felt must eurel surely 1 crash crush her there was ho one it I 1 was a burden she must bea bear alone unless she could devise some plan of effective action and the th sense ol 01 how tar far she had been cespon bible cible tor for this condition of affairs was ene one which oppressed her and humbled her ber and deepened the circles about her woe smitten eyes gall gail took her fists from their prea pres ture sure into the brown coverlet and held her temples between the finger tips of either hand and the brown hair springing ringing tp into wayward ringlets from the salt breeze khizh blew in at the halt half opened window rippled down over her ber slender hands ks its it to soothe and comfort them sho sh had been wasting her time in introspection and self analysis when there was need for decisive action fortunately she had a d respite until monday morning in the past few days of huge commercial movements which so vitally interested her she had become acquainted with business methods to a certain extent and sh avy vw v w that nothing could be done ja saturday afternoon or sun day dar ner etore uncle jim was sate safe tor for two nights and a day then allison would duld deny the connection of her uncle jim 4 road with the A P and the beg lofting of the destruction of the tit family would be thor hughly accomplished she had been given a thorough grasp of how easily that cald be done what could she do is ir two nights and a day it was past ber her ingenuity to conceive bhe must have hane help but 1 hom could she receive if tod boyd the same reason which 11 L 1 4 swiftly place him last her uncle jim too hot hotheaded headed her aunt gracea too inexperienced her aunt helena too conventional luclle lucile tid ti d dicka she laughed arly there was a knock at the door and arly herself appeared selfish chided arly we were re all wanting you that a comforting smiled gall chave I 1 have just been being all alone in the world on the most absolutely de seated island of which you can con belve arly sit down I 1 want to tell you something the black hair and the brown hair cuddled close together while gall gail her tongue once loosened poured out in a torrent all the pent up misery which had been accumulating within her for the past tempestuous weeks and arly her eyes glistening with the ex cit ement of it all kept her eions of surprise and fright and indig nation and horror and everything elie ele strictly to such to low w tables as would not impede the gasp ing narration I 1 d like to kill him said arly in a low vo ce ot of startling intensity and lumping jumping to her feet she paced up and down the confines of the little stateroom among all the other sur arises of recent events there was none more ing than this vast change in the usually cool and sarcastic arly who had not until her return from gail a home permitted herself an emo tion in two years the only way in which that person can be prevented from attacking your uncle jim which would woul dobe be his first step is to atack attack him before he cn can do anything said arly pacing up and down her fingers clasped behind her slender back her black brows knotted her graceful head bent toward the floor he Is too powerful protested gall that makes him weak returned arly quickly in every great power there is one point ot of great weakness tell me again about this tremendously big world monopoly patiently and se searching archin her meia mem ory cry for details gall gail recited recited over again all aich allison bad told her about his wonderful plan of empire and even now angry and humiliated and terror as she was gall gail could not repress a feeling of admiration tor for the bigness of it it was that which had bad impressed her in the beginning it B wonderful commented arly catching a trace of that spirit of the exultation which hangs upon the un folding of fairyland and she began to pace the floor again why gall it is the most colossa colossal piece of thievery the world has ever known A and d she walked in silence tor for a time that Is the thing upon which we ne can attack him we are going to stop it gall call rose too I low how 9 she asked arly we couldn t just we two girls why not demanded A arly aly stopping in front of her any plan like that must be so full of criminal crook edness that exposure alone Is enough to put an end to it exposure faltered gail and struggled automatically with a life long principle it was told to me in confidence arly looked at her in astonishment I 1 could shake yoa she declared and instead put her arm around gall gail did that person betray no confidence when he came to your uncle uncles s house this morning moreover he told you this merely to overawe you with the glitter of what he had done he made that take the place of love lovel conal dence dencel ill never do anything with so much pleasure in my life as to be tray yours right now it if you don dont t expose that person I 1 it if there theres s any way we can damage him I 1 in tend to see that it Is done and it there a any way after that to I 1 want to do it I 1 for the first time in that miserable day gall gail felt a thrill of hope and arly at that moment had to her the aspect ol 01 a colossal figure an angel of brightness in the night of her despair she felt that she could afford to sob now and she did it do you suppose that would save uncle jim she asked when they bad had both finished a highly comforting time together it will save everybody declared arly I 1 hope so pondered gall but we can t do it ourselves arty arly whom shall we get to help us the smile on arly s lace face was a post tive illumination for a moment and then she laughed gerald she replied you don t know what a dear he is and she rang tor for a cabin boy CHAPTER gerald fosland makes a speech gerald fosland known to be so for mal mat that he had once dressed to an ewer an emergency call from a friend at the hospital because the message came in at six clock surprised his guests by appearing before them in the salon just before dinner in hia his driving coat and with his motor cap in his hand L sorra he be informed them nith 0 n stiff bow but an errand of such im that it cannot be delayed causes mrs fosland and myself to return to the city immediately for an hour or so I 1 am sincerely apologetic and I 1 trust that you will have a jolly dinner Is gall going with you youa inquired the alert mrs airs helen davies ing gall gail in the gangway adjusting zer furs she has to chaperon me dwle ger aid Is busy arly glibly explained you re it aunt graeb sou you and uncle jim have to be hosts good by and she sailed oua ou to the deck tol fol lowed by the std troubled gail who managed to accomplish the laughing adieus for which arly had set the precedent prec Prece edert dept A swift ride in the launch in the cool night air landing a brisk walk to the street then gerald hav ing seen the ladles ladies sate safe under shelter even it if it were but the root ot of a night haw taxi stopped at the first saloon there he phoned halt half a dozen mes sages there were four eager young men waiting in the reception room of the bosland house when gerald geralds s party arrived and three more followed them up the steps gerald aided in divesting the ladies of their wraps and slipped h his is own big top coat into the hands of william and saw to his tie and the set ot of his waistcoat and the smoothness of his hair before he stalked into the rece recep P tion and bowed stiffly gentlemen he abse ved giving his mustache one last first of all have you brought with you the written guaranties which I 1 required from your respective chiefs that in whatsoever comes from the dinorma ln orma tion I 1 am about to give you khz names of your informants shall under no cir cuni curn stances appear in pint p int one luckless young man a tat fat cheeked one with a in the cor ner of his lips where his cegar should have been was unable to produce the necessary document and he was un der a scrutiny too close to give him a chance to write it sorry announced gerald with polite contrition As this is a very strict condition I 1 must ask you to leave the room while I 1 address the re gentlemen the remaining gentlemen of 0 whom there were now eleven grinned applee datively ciati vely hickey would have been the best newspaper man in new york if he were not such a careless slob he was so good that he was the only man from the planet the others had sent two and three tor for geralds mes sage while very simple had been most effective he had merely an bounced that he was prepared to pro vide them with an international sensa tion involving some hundreds of 0 bit hone lions of dollars and be he had given his right name hold the stuff till I 1 telephone begged hickey say it if I 1 get that written guaranty up here in fifteen min utes will it doa gerald looked him speculatively in the eye it you telephone and can then as sure me on your word ot of honor that the document I 1 require shall be in the house before you leave I 1 shall permit you to remain he decreed and hickey looked him quite soberly in the eye tor for halt half a minute III have it here all right he de aided and sprang for the telephone and came back in three minutes with his word of honor they could hear him from the library yelling from the time he gave the number until he hung up the receiver and it if there was ever urgency in a man mans s voice it was in the voice of hickey gerald fosland took a commanding position in the corner of the room where he could see the countenances of each of the eager young gentlemen present he stood behind a chair with his hands on the back ot of it in his favorite position for responding to gentlemen edward E allison Is about to complete a transportation system encircling the globe the ac so ot of the foreign railroads will be made possible only by a war which is already arranged the war which will be between germany and france will w ill begin within a month france unable to raise a war fund otherwise will sell her railroads the russian line Is already being taken from its present managers and will be turned over to allison a world syndicate with in a week the important steamship lines will become involved in financial difficulties which have already been s set et afoot in england following these events will come a successful rebel lion in india and the independence of all the british colonies you will w ill probably require some tan gible evidence that these large plans are wre on the way to fulfillment I 1 call your attention to the tact fact that last week the russian duma began a violent agitation over the removal of olat olaf who was tha the controller of the entire russian railroad system day before yesterday was bately assassinated and the in the duma subsided this morn ing I 1 read that france is greatly in censed over a diplomatic breach in the german war office and it Is corn com dented that the breach Is one which cannot possibly be healed kindly take note ot of the following facts from the first to the eighth ot of this month baron von Sl achten who Is directly responsible tor for germany s foreign relations was seen in this city at the fencing club under the incognito of henry brokaw chevalier Chei Chet alier ducham beau director of the combined bank ing interests of france was here in that same week and was seen at the cercle he bore the name of andre the grand duke jan of russia was here as ivan St james wellington hodge tha tb inq cpr if tbt hirl dinv r practically all the horld 1 outside the united baates was here as E E cl aimer prince nito ot of japan yu hip lua v china and count cascioni Cas sioni of acme were here at the same time and they all called on edward E alii alit SCIA a furthermore gentlemen I 1 will give you now the names of the eight finan ciers who with edward E allison are interested in the formation ot of the in ter national transportation company which proposes to control the corn com merce of the world these gentlemen are joseph 0 claris clark eldridge babbitt W T chisholm richard haverman arthur grandin herbert rorbert E taylor A L vance I 1 would suggest that it if you disturb these gentlemen in the man ner which I 1 have understood you to be quite capable of doing you might secure from some one of them a trace of corroboration of the things I 1 have said this is all he paused and bowed stiffly gentlemen I 1 wish to add one word I 1 thank you for or your kind attention and I 1 desire to say that while I 1 have 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