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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI, UTAH. S, could have told In volumes of corre She knew, also, that Tom was lost forever "Now tell me," said the countess the Instant they entered the Courtney apartment She gripped both of his arms with her firm little hands and looked straight into his eyes, eagerly, She had forgotten Mrs. hopefully. Courtney's presence, she had not taken the time to remove her hat or spondence. 1 GREEN FANCY & GEORGE DARK. Jacket m (MMJN "Let's all sit down," said he. "My knees are unaccountably weak. Come along, Ede. Listen to the romance of my life." And when utfor mf "CRAUSTARK." --THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND "THE j, PRINCE OF CRAUSTARK." ETC the story was finished the countess took his hand in hers and held It to her cool cheek. The tears were still drowning her eyes. "Oh, you poor dear! Was that why you grew so haggard and pale and hollow-eyed?- " CHAPTER XX Continued. 15 Barnes listened at the door until he heard the waiter clattering down the stairway, and tlien went swiftly down the hall to No. 30. Mr. Prosser was sleeping just as soundly and as soundingly as at midnight ! "By gad!" he muttered, half aloud. Everything was as clear as day to him now. Bolting Into his own room, he closed the door and stood stockstill for many minutes, trying to picture the scene in the cottage. He found a letter in his box when he went downstairs, after stuffing the tin box deep into his pocket. Before he slit the envelope he knew that Sprouse was the writer. The message was brief: "After due consideration, I feel that It would be a mistake for you to abandon your present duties at this time. It might be misunderstood.. Stick to the company until something better turns up. With this thought in view I withdraw the two days' limit mentioned recently to you, and extend the time to one week. Tours very truly, "J. H. WILSON." "Gad, the fellow thinks of everything," said Barnes to himself. "He Is positively uncanny." He read between the lines, and saw there a distinct warning. It had not occurred to him that his plan to leave for New York that day with Miss Cameron might be attended by disastrous re- results. But the Jewels? What of them? He could not go gallivanting about the country with a half million dollars' worth of precious stones in his possession. He spent the early part of the forenoon in wandering nervously about the hotel upstairs and down. The jewels were locked in his pack upstairs. He went up to his room half a dozen times and almost instantly walked down again, after satisfying himself that the pack had not been rifled. For the next three days and nights rehearsals were In full swing, with And so scarcely a moment's let-uthe time crept by, up to the night of the performance. Miss Cameron remained in ignorance of the close proximity of the jewels, and the police of Crowndale remained In even denser Ignorance as to the whereabouts of the man who robbed Mr. Hasselweln of all his spare cash and an excellent "gold watch. No time was lost by the countess In getting word to her compatriots in New Tork. Barnes posted a dozen letters for her; each contained the tidings of her safety and the assurance that she would soon follow in person. Those three days and nights were nil of joy and enchantment for Barnes. He actually debased himself by wishing that the Rushcroft company might find it imperative to go on rehearsing for weeks in that dim, enp. chanted temple. He sat for hours in one of the most uncomfortable seats he had ever known, devouring with hungry eyes the shadowy, interested face so close to his own and never tired. On the afternoon of the dress rehearsal be led her, after an hour of almost Insupportable repression, to the rear of the auditorium. Dropping Into the seat beside her he blurted out, almost In anguish : "I can't stand it any Inger. I cannot be near you without why, I I well, it Is more than I can struggle gainst, that's all. You've either got to send me away altogether or or let me love yon without restraint I tell yon I can't go on as I am now. Ton know I love yon, don't yon? Yon know I worship yon. Don't be fright-en- i. I Just had to tell yon today. I sWuld have gone mad If I had tried to kep It up any longer." He waited brea Jilesflly for her to speak. She sat liens and rigid, looking straight before fcer. "Is it hopeless 7" he went en at est, huskily. "Must I ask your forglriness for my presumption and and go away from yon?" She 4rned to him and laid her hand upon hp arm. "Am i net like other women? Why should. I forgive yon for loving me? Doesn't every woman want to be loved? No. no, mjr friend! Walt! A notcrnt ago I waa so weak and trembly that I thought I oh, I was afraid tit myself. Now 1 am quite calm atttl sensible. See how well I have myself in Land? I do not tremble, I am strong. We may now discuss ourselves calmly, sensibly, Oh ! What are yon doing?" "I too ua strong," he whispered. "I tm sere vt my ground now, and I am tot afraid." He bad clasped the hand that rest' ed on his sleeve and, as be pressed It to his heart, his other arm stole over ber shoulders and drew her close to r. For an Instant t( r.rKn' she resisted, and then relaxed into complete submission. Her bead sank upon his shoulder. "Oh!" she sighed, and there was wonder, Joy even perplexity, in the tremulous sigh of capitulation. "Oh," came softly from her parted lips again at the end of the first long, passionate kiss. if! CHAPTER XXI. The End In Sight Barnes, soaring beyond all previous heights of exaltation, ranged dizzily between "front" and "back" at the Grand opera house that evening. He was In the "wings" with her, whispering In her delighted ear; in the dressing-room, listening to her soft words of encouragement to the excited leading lady ; on the narrow stairs leading up to the stage, assisting her to mount them ; and all the time he was dreading the moment when he would awake and find it all a dream. There was an annoying fly in his ointment, however. "I love you," she had said simply. "I want more than anything else In all the world to be your wife. But I cannot promise now. I must have time to think, time "Why should you require more time than I?" he persisted. "What Is time to us? Why make wanton waste of to" it?" "I know that I cannot find happiness except with you," she replied. "No matter what happens to me, I shall always love you, I shall never forget the joy of this. But I cannot promise now," she finished gently and kissed him. Between the second and third acts Tommy Gray rushed back with the statement The gross was $359. The instant that fact became known to Mr. Rushcroft he informed Barnes that they had a "knockout" a gold mine, and that never in all his career had he known a season to start off so auspiciously as this one. Three days later Barnes and "Miss Jones" said farewell to the strollers and boarded a day train for New York city. They left the company in a con dition of prosperity. The show was averaging two hundred dollars nightly and Mr. Rushcroft was already booking return engagements for the early fall. He was looking forward to a tour of Europe at the close of the war. Barnes' sister, Mrs. Courtney, met them at the Grand Central terminal. "It's now a quarter to five." said Barnes after the greeting and presen tation. "Drop me at the Fifth Avenue bank, Edith. I want to leave something in my safety box downstairs. Sha'n't be more than five minutes." He got down from the automobile street and shot across at Forty-fourt- h the sidewalk Into the bank, casting quick, apprehensive glances through the five o'clock crowd on the avenue as he sprinted. In his hand he lugged the heavy, weatherbeaten pack. His sister and the countess stared after him in amazement Presently he emerged from the bank, still carrying the bag. He was beaming. A certain worried, haggard expression had vanished from his face, and for the first time In eight hours he treated his traveling wardrobe with scorn and Indifference. "Thank God, they're off my mind at last," he cried. "That Is the first good, long breath I've had in a week. No, not now. It's a long story and I can't tell It In Fifth avenue. It would be extremely annoying to have both of you die of heart failure with all these people looking on." He felt her hand on his arm, and knew that she was looking at him with wide. Incredulous eyes, but be faced straight ahead. He was terribly afraid that the girl beside him was preparing to shed tears of joy and relief. He could feel her searching In her Jacket pocket for a handkerchief. Mrs. Courtney was not only curi ous but apprehensive. She hadn't the faintest Idea who Miss Cameron was, nor where her brother had picked her But she saw at a glance that UP. sn was lovely, and ber soul was filled with strange misgivings. She was like all sisters who have pet bachelor brothers. She hoped that poor Tom hadn't gone and made a fool of him' self. The few minutes' conversation she had with the stranger only served to Increase her alarm. Miss Cnmeron's voice and smile and her eyesl were positively alluring. She bad had a night letter from Tom that looming In which he said that he was bringing a young lady friend down from the north and would she meet them at the station and put her op for a couple of days? That was nil she knew of the dazzling stranger up to the moment she saw her. Immediately after that she knew by Intuition a areat deal more about her than Tom sister's arm, be led her from the room. Then he came swiftly back to tha outstretched arms of the exile. "A very brief New York engagement," he whispered In her ear, he knew not how long afterward. Her head was pressed against his shoulder, her eyes were closed, her lips parted in the ecstasy of passion. "Yes," she breathed, so faintly that he barely heard the strongest word ever put Into the language of man. Half an hour later he was speeding down the avenue in a taxi. His blood was singing, his heart was bursting with Joy his head was light, for the feel of her was still in his arms, the voice of her in his enraptured ears. He was hurrying homeward to the "diggings" he was soon to desert forever. He was to spend the night at his sister's apartment. When he Issued forth from his "diggings" at half-paseven he was attired in evening clothes, and there was not a woman In all New York, young or old, who would have denied him a second umnst L All In sealed Look for the name: packages. st "Partly," said he with great slgnifi cance. "And you had them in your pack all the time? You" "I had Sprouse's most solemn word not to touch them for a week. He Is the only man I feared. He is the only one who could have " "May I use your telephone, Mrs. Courtney?" cried she suddenly. She sprang to her feet, quivering with ex cltement. "Pray forgive me for being so but I I must call up one or two people at once. They are my friends. You will understand, I am sure." Barnes was pacing the floor nerv ously when his sister returned after conducting her new guest to the room prepared for her. The countess was at the telephone before the door closed behind her hostess. "I wish you had been a little more explicit In your telegram, Tom," she said peevishly. "If I had known who she is I wouldn't have put her in that room. Now I shall have to move Aunt Kate back into it tomorrow and give Miss Cameron the big one at the end of the hall." Which goes to prove that Tom's sister was a bit of a snob in her way. "Stop walking like that and come here." She faced him accusingly. "Have you told all there Is to tell, sir?" "Can't yon see for yourself, Ede, that I'm in love with her? Desperately, horribly, madly in love with her. glance. Later on In the evening three of the countess' friends arrived at the Courtney home to pay their respects to their fair compatriot and to discuss the crown Jewels. They came and brought with them the consoling information that arrangements were practically completed for the delivery of the jewels into the custody of the French at Washington, through embassy whose intervention they were to be allowed to leave the United States without the formalities usually observed In cases of suspected smuggling. Upon the arrival in America of trusted messengers from Paris, headed by no less a personage than the ambassador himself, the imperial treasure was to pass Into hands that would carry it safely to France. Prince Sebastian, still In Halifax, had been apprised by telegraph of the recovery of the jewels, and was expected to sail for England by the earliest steamer. And while the visitors at the Courtney house were lifting their glasses to toast the prince they loved, and, in turn, the beautiful cousin who had braved so much and fared so luckily, and the tall wayfarer who had come into her life, a small man was stooping over a rifled knapsack in a room far downtown, glumly regarding the result of an unusually hazardous undertaking, even for one who could perform such miracles as he. Scratching his' chin, he grinned for he was the kind who bears disappointment with a grin and sat himself down at the big library table In the center of the room. Carefully selecting a be wrote : "It will be quite obvious to you that I called unexpectedly tonight The week was np, yon see. I take the liberty of leaving under the paperweight at my elbow a bill. It ought to be ample payment for the damage done to your faithful traveling companion. Have the necessary stitches taken In the gash and you will find the kit as good as new. I was more or less certain not to find what I was after, but as I have done no irreparable injury I am sure you will forgive my love of adventure and excitement It was really quite diffi cult to get from the fire escape to your window, but it was a delightful experience. Try crawling along that h ledge yourself some day and see if it isn't productive of a pleasant tbriTI. I shall not forget your promise to return good for evil some day. God knows I bope I may never be in a position) to test your sincerity. We may meet again, and 1 bope under agree able circumstances. Kindly pay my deepest respects to the Countess Ted, and betters see to be. "Years very respectfully. "SPROUSE. "P. S. I saw 0Dowd today. He left message for you and the count ess. Tell them, said be, that I ask God's Messing for them forever. He Is off tomorrow for Brazil. He was very much relieved when he beard that I did not get the Jewels the first time I went after them, and Immensely entertained by my Jolly description of bow I went after them the second. By the way, yon will be interested to learn that be has cut loose from the crowd be was trailing with. Mostly nuts, be says. Dynamiting munition plants In Canada was a grand project says he, and It would have come to d women bad something If the d d men alone. The only left tbe d expletives are O'Dowd's." pen-poi- box-offi- ten-inc- Yes," She Breathed. Don't giggle like that ! I couldn't have told you while she was present, could ir"That Isn't what I want to know. Is she in love with you? That's what I'm after." "Yes," said he, but frowned anx iously. "She is perfectly adorable," said she. and was at once aware of a guilty, nagging Impression that she would; not have said It to him half an hour ear Her for anything In the world. She was strangely white and mb dued when she rejoined them later en. She had removed her hat The ether woman saw nothing but the wealth d of hair that rippled. Barnes went forward to meet her, filled with a sudden apprehension, "What Is It? You are pal and what have yon beard?" She stopped and looked searcblngly Into his eyes. A warm flash rose to her cheeks; ber own eyes grew soft and tender and wistful. "They all believe that the war will last two or three years longer," she said huskily. "I cannot go back to my own country till It Is all over. They Implore me to remain here with them until until my fortunes are mended." She turned to Mrs. Court ney and went on without the slightest trace of Indecision or embarrassment In her manner. "You see, Mrs. Courtney, I am Very, very poor. They have taken everything. I I fear I shall have to accept this kind, generous her voice shook slight proffer of ly "of a home with my friends until the Huns are driven out." Barnes' silence was more eloquent than words. Her eyes fell. Not until Mrs. Courtney expressed the hope that Miss Cameron would condescend to ac cept the hospitality of her home until plans for the future were definitely fixed was there a sign tfiut the object of her concern had given a thought to what she was saying. "You are so very kind," stammered the countess. "But I cannot think of sun-kisse- a" upon" to ' Ten hours before Barnes found this Illuminating message on his library table be stood at the window of a lofty Park avenue apartment building, his arm abont the slender, yielding figure of the only otrjer occupant of the room. Pointing out over the black housetops, be directed her attention to the myriad lights In she upper floors of a great hostelry U tfie south and west and said: "That Is where ya ire going to live, darling." THE END; Creee Wonderful Car.oelsta, "The OJIbway, the Cf- -e and the Montagnais are the roon, wonderful S. canoemen In the world.' say E. Sangster, writing of Vhe Woods Indian" In Boys' Life. 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