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Show Tire spANian & RANDALL PARRISH T T ILLUSTRATED' D. J.LAVIN cofiwt.tnr a c meuw breath. u co, jv Then ah tank slowly sh mad forceful gesture Indicstlv SYNOPSIS. Upon her knee besid th body, her of iru thought of in. head close to th cold cheek. "You roniinu to act your part ell," aa astsn In (to J.wnh "Father! Father!" t sobbed, as sh said scornfully, "even when ther army, un Ms war t F'ft fMini . rtimo Uirtr. a rvnonatia If In sudden realisation of tho truth. In no lUrniar. longer a necessity. Bah! I runaai iad wiui all "It I mim Iim you!" baa4.at ala fuf this play acting! It I unworf despise mrnrHarm nr.atnlil row Ilia Her hat had fallen to th floor, wtm a nir soldier. So you would hav tn thy Ilariillion. Hayward, and her wealth of darh hair unloos anral. hniiah liar-I,,over tell what At llm you him in already know; you aui.h mf( , hra.hiuatam Harvard mama lint nd completely hid her far. 8h would nuke m stand her and suffirautrar, who rmlawa in rwunnii aim. my presenre; every- er-" vra had forgotten all House ha haa nit raMllailtn fvulun-MrI Imr wtafa. thing hut her grief. 1 drew bark siHayward tatiMm "Mademoiselle," I interrupted swiftI carry a mcaaaaa (nr llarmar stuck tho sputtering candle ly, "I ask lently, la siainmcd llaniillon nothing. All I seek Is th uii4uky, whcyw It turned bravely, oppon Th ifrthwcat Indian irilwa am mndr on a bos, wher There I no of unity hr iha and left the room. As I glanced , war and am only held I To prov to am truth to Join, deny. frtmt.Hr going " yaialnia mhiml of Iha The la (ler aro dmtiandtna the ml urn of hack from th doorway, odd shad- It I will say till" you hav remained whom ows flickered wa pa Irnolah. a mllatnoa teacher, along the wall, and In my memory since the first hour we iriai mer, lvar--niiMio(her hUrv lata he still kndt there, a vague, Indis- met. I desire la 10 aaaum the WysmUu il,. your trust, yonr friendmi man la tmt tmhl Ity Iha aohlirm, llene tinct figure. room I ship; whatever you may tell me will In th other him an ilayward fn let her anratnpany -found a thalr, and sat down, staring be held sacred. Inviolate. I III serve Hha lella him that aha la a quarter-b- l amona Into the smoldering fire. Urand.it and a mlaalonarr dumbly you though you speak no word, give In id amrih Indiana, Him haa hern hi h I beg the privilege." no explanation. that Inalala flho fniher llrtllah CHAPTER VIII. I thought she would never speak, Ilayward before, hut In Mm. Ilayward mfuaea her mournthr-- , standing there before me In the dim tana ftir the mirth am.iopahled aoldler Mademoiselle MWt named Hrady and a talvala Story. light, swaying slightly, her bosom risof a war pan In th lutense silence, the gloom of They mm on tho trailIndiana ahe ing and falling with quick breathing. A fmtn th and to that room lit only by those smolder- great sympathy welled up In my heart, fim ley In a hut on an Inland. Ilayward hut. It prove t . ing embers, with Kchults a munlemd man In Uia sleeping un- and all unconsciously, I extended my h lUnul IfAurrar. n former hren.-disturbed tha "while Wvamlotn wall, my hands, She must have seen them, but against thn who la called hr In chief" Ren appear and llaywaMhava could not bn divorced from she made no response, but the glitter thought puialed hr her InahUanoa that they tbe lonely girl Bobbing above her of unslu-- tear waa In her eyes. nmt hefora. dead. Was sh of dual nature, wom"What Is the use of our talking Ilka CHAPTER anly and savage by turn, as the In- this?" she said Impetuously. " T la her face wae Id tbe stincts of two races dominated her though w exchanged compliment In How whit One action? Yet thla could never account Urllgbt, uplifted to mine. Montreal. Instead we are In the wilsleeve. for her distrust of me. her continued derness, with danfter all about u. You band grasped my "Newa! erll newsl of my father?" Insistence upon having previously are what you are, monsieur, and 1 am "Of Itaoel lYAuvray; he vaa your known me. Ay! and ahe meant It! I.et all woman of the Wyandots. There waa no attempt at deceit, no else pnes; I care nothing whether your father acting In all this; her full faith In thought of me be good or evil. I am "Yea! you aay waa? be la dead? I caught tbe groping band In mine, the charge waa written upon her face, what I am; what birth and romlltlona and held It tightly Id the grasp of found echo upon her lips. She be- have made me. All I appeal to In you my Angora. She made no movement, lieved me to be another min, a pre- I whatever of manhood you may still but I could dlatlngulih her quick tended British officer, a traitor to her retain. 1 tell you my story, because people, a scoundrelly spy. Yet she you swear you know It not; then lisbreathing, aee her dark eye. while to him my name. That was ten, and you shall. No, do not move, Ilaten roust applied quietly "Yee; yon I tell yon all I know. We reached the strangest part of It all. but hear me; I wood not do this withEven ae I started toward the open out reason." here at dusk. There vaa a band of Indian raiders camped yonder near door the girl herself appeared, outShe glanced aside at Schultg, and the foot of the lake, and ao we lined against tbe candle flame. She then Into the red embrs of the Ore, crossed over to this Island to avoid had bound up the loosened etrands her eyes coming slowly back to rest them. We etumbled upon thin hut of hair, and her dark eyes, dry and on my face. while aeeklng a camping spot. It was tearless, looked straight at me. 1 1 am Rene DAuvray. and my father dark, and apparently deaerted. The doubt If ahe saw Schulti at all as she lloa dead there In the next room. He front door waa latched, but unlocked, came forward, stopping only as her was all I had In the world, yet 1 knew and we ventured Inside, feeling our hand finally touched tbe table. As little enough of him. He auoke seldom way through the gloom, until we came I watched her, my earlier determi- of his past life even to me. Still. I to a door leading Into the rear room. nation died within me; I could only have much reason to believe that In wait In silence for her to epcak. Ton know the arrangement?" his younger days be was Intimate at "Joseph Hayward, she said slowly, the French court. I know he waa a She did not respond, or remove her the words rasping a little with her soldier, an officer of the eyes from my face. kings guard, You confess to "When we opened this a huge mas- effort at decorated for bravery, lie never told me why he waa exiled to this land, tiff leaped aavagely at us. In the that name, do you not?" 1 answered, buried In the far wilderness, made a Yes, mademoiselle, darkness he fastened hla jawa on on her my lips dry, my eyes riveted llradye arm the acout with me and face. companion of savage. I never asked, had to he killed by a knife thrust although my heart ached to do so, for Yet you still claim not to be th he was not a man to be questioned Then we procured a light with which to search, and found the body of a same Joseph Hayward whom 1 have lightly, and I early learned that the known? man lying on the Aoor."' very thought brought him pain. But I 1 am an ensign In the army of the know thla, for I saw a letter once, a "Dead?" "Murdered; hla head crushed In United States, and have never worn yellow, creased letter, which I think from behind with an ai. He waa an a red coat." he purposely mislaid hoping I woutd She smiled, but the smile wa not aee. He wanted me to know, yet had beard. old man, with snow-whit- e Then ahe said not the heart to tell me. It waa from "How did you know he waa Raoel altogether pleasant a French comrade In arms, and there DAuvray?" was a crest on the paper, and a great "Ry this medal pinned to his name signed. I wept as I read, for breast," I answered, holding It forth, the writer loved the man to whom he "a French decoration. told the story, and the word came She grasped It bending her head warm from hla heart Whatever else so aa to see better, and. for a moment, you may know of us. Monsieur Joher slender form shook with an emotion she could not restrain. Involunseph Hayward, you have never known this. It was because of a lady my fatarily I rested a hand upon her shouland aroused her. ther loved, a relative of the king. For touch the but der, her sake he fought the Prince de ahe stepped back, standing erect. and killed him In the royal garThe medal was his; he always den. It was a fair fight; hut the king wore It. nut was that all? Was nothsaw it not so, for it disarranged his ing else found? plans, and my father had to flee There was a red army Jacket flung France to save hie own life. Then was across a box; but while we were eathe proscribed, a price set upon bis ing later In the other room, someone head. stole In through the back door, and She paused, and sank Into a chair, carried that away." bowing her face upon the table. I She raised her hands to her head, stood silent, unable to speak, the with a gesture of despair. sound of her voice still In my ears. I I believe part of what you have She looked up again, dashing her hand voice her told me, she confessed, across her eyes. to In Is heart It It my trembling. I must be far more French than believe all. but bul I cannot. You Indian to become eo weak, she exare not telliug me the truth not all ashamed of the emotion. " T this of plained, house; You knew the truth. is the memory of him lying yonder, you you came here deliberately, and with no word no last word monsieur, with men you. and brought your for me. So it waa he came to AmerWe "I deny that, mademoiselle. ica, but they would not let him rest stumbled upon the place by accident. In either Quebec or Montreal. They Oh, you drive me crazy with your denials! she exclaimed passionately. Some Sound Caused Me to Wheel drove him forth into the woods, Into the camps of Indians. He told me You are I will not listen longer. About. once about those days; of how he admit that you Joseph Hayward; It so then. traversed the black waters of the Ottayourself. No! do not talk to me, or slowly, "Very well; have I am going to I do not In the least believe you, but wa and met hardships on the great me! to stop attempt am going to apeak exactly as If I did. lakes, his companions voyageurs and my my father. I stood aside and let her pass, yet I am a girl, alone, and must turn to couriers des hois, his only means of followed ae she entered the door. The you for help. It makes no difference support the furs he could send back Interior waa black, except for a slight now If I am of Indian blood and an- to Montreal. But he might not venI ture there himself, but was doomed glow aa from a dying Are showing cestry, I am here alone with you. forever to a life beyond civilization. trust your to upon rely The have you, got dimly through the inner door. dead dog lay In the middle of the word, ask your aid. You claim to Ills associations would have brutalized Boor and she stopped, staring at the know nothing of me, or mine. That him, made him a fit denizen of those there may be no possible mistake I wilds, turned him also Into a savage, grim shadow. will tell you tell you about him, she but for one thing he was a fervent I will bring tbe light, I said gentpointed backward, with her hand, her Catholic. It waB this which kept him ly, If you can permit me to pass. and and about my- ever gentle, sweet and strong. He As the yellow flame Illumined the voice breaking, know all, and then possessed the passion to save souls; shall You to self. small room, her gaze deserted me, rest once more upon the motionless you will dare pretend ignorance no he became an evangel to the Indians The man among whom he lived. .He was at figure lying near the wall, which longer. Listen, monsieur. was Mackinac and Green Bay; he told the murdered dead a with covered yonder lying had mercifully Brady Pottawattomies of Christ, but they father. hands my blanket. She stood still, her her cast him out; he traveled to the villeaned forward, She Still resting marble. like face her clasped, of tbe Illinois, but the Jesuits holding the candle in one hand, I hands on the table, for support, the lages were alreadw there, and gave him no bent down, and drew back gently the veins In her throat throbbing. "I wish you would at least confess a welcome. At last he found a home edge of the blanket, exposing the dead mans face and white beard. In knowledge of my tongue," she almost with the Wyandots. At first the task In English I think, was not easy, for they were a savage spite of hla violent death the features pleaded. "It Is not la difficult for me to people. They had tortured Jesuit it and were composed, in no way distorted; monsieur, priests to the stake, and flogged the he appeared like one lying there speak In that language." who came also. But my faRecollet to a be confes would never "It pleasure moment the girl asleep. For a won their confidence; he went ther I aid would you," replied atirred, her attitude strained, her anything that them to battle; he went with forth undersmall I "But wide-opepossess on the tearless eyes politely. their enemies, and with them against French." of It standing peaceful upturned countenance. Her eyes darkened Indignantly, and so they finally listened to what be seemed to me she had even ceased hr ur ir fi-- an!c. n tj rm-ap- spAmsn ronK, utaii. & IOPE5T . to tork press, m-r- Vlli-Conl- l"ud. r self-contro- Mil-lle- lie became Waps tee tab. tha chief, and taught them of Christ Jesus, They became Christians because they were proud of him. Its accould but complished what tbC do, and kept the trtba at peaco with Him whiles The English came, and hated him, tor be would not enter Into their schemiw, bur permit bla people lo. Only once did be lead them to war, against your Gcnrral Clark at Vincennea. "Killed and lonely, abandoning all hot of ever returning to France, or even lt Dilation, my father finally, to Increase Ida Influence with the tribe, look for a wife a woman of the Wyandot. Although I waa born of that union, yet I never saw my mother, who dl-when I waa but a babe, lam told sh was of fair complexion, but Jet black hair and eyes, tbe daughter of a French trader and Indian mother, able to read and write. Mjr father loved her, and taught her much that he bad learned in early life. When she died bw seemed to change, to lose Interest in tho past, to cease to dream iger of Europe. He became more laity a Wyandot. I waa brought up In the camp of th tribe, living In their wigwama, sharing In their prosperity and adversity. 1 played with Indian children, and was cared for by Indian women. 1 must hava been ten year old, monsieur, before I first realised that I waa mainly of white blood, of another race. Yet when this knowledge came it brought with It sudden ambltlou." Her eyes were upon the fire now, and her voice bad loot Ita harshness. 1 remember when I went to my father it waa In a camp on the shores of the great lake and made him tell me more of hla own life and the life of my mother. What be said opened before me a fairyland. 1 began to dream and hope. He taught me the French tongue, and all the imps of learning hla memory retained, lie sent to Quebec for books, and we studied them together. When I was sixteen be sent me to Montreal, to the convent of the Uraulinea, and I was aid whit Ssta years England has been over th kaisers bar when he traded vast claims in eastern Africa for Heligoland, a liny llttla triangle In th North sea. Th Englishmen boasted over their good bargain and said th kaiser was crazy, and that In a short tint It woutd b washed away by the sea. One famous English author some fear ago wrote a book on Germany, xnd In II he devoted a chapter to Heligoland, mostly making fun of the kaiser. He saye the only reason the kaiser wanted It was eo that It would go down In history and b taught In th public schools that Wilhelm II had annexed something during hla reign, md that the kaiser would swell with pride every time he looked Into a German school text book and read. IMIO, Wilhelm II annexed Heligoland. The whole article waa written is though the Joke on th kaiser waa in of thn best ever pulled off, and (he chapter enda: "Poor little Heligoland melting away In tho German icean." But the kaiser did not let his little Island melt away. Ha got to work xnd bolstered up its sides and patched :t and built new and wonderful forti11 Foil fications, and today England la lamenting her loss and would give her vast African territories and much more besldo If ahe had hung on to her Heligoland and had not done so much boasting. Cosmopolitan Population. Today Heligoland la counted aa the zecond strongest fort In the world, being second only to Gibraltar. Heligoland Ilea opposite the mouths of the Rivers Elbe and Weser and guards (he harbors of nremrn, Hamburg and the Kiel canal. Even the shape of the Island, that of a triangle, helps It In Its strategical position. The town la built on one corner of the Island and in a small plain on one side at the of the cliffs, and a new landing foot there three year. Then then the InIt ha come dian blood conquered, and 1 came place ha been built since the kaisers into possession. back. The woods called me. and my The population numbers between father; besides." she made the sign of tho cross, God called me to tbe work two and tb.ee thousand people, and I had to do." "An Indian missionary?" "To 'my own people. No! I waa of no order what waa that?" She arose to bet feet listening. CHAPTER gineering, and cost th kaiser $39,00 The canal la 113 mile hm. ' meters wld and nine metere deep, making It possible for the larMt ship to go through. Since the Germane obtained W session of tha Island, anormoua sum hava been spent upon fortification, and so on. Including $30,000,000 spent on protecting tha coast from erosion. known Probably It will never b millions Germany bow many mm. spent In strengthening th plae. But known that a million and a half It waa spent In Improving tha barbof I aa an anchorage for torpedo craft Millions have been a pent In forth Aral Ion and th construction of pow der magazines, while refugee bat been built for th Inhabitants a Island being protection against th Shelled by an enemy. Two hundred feet from the wafer (here stand a series of big gun bat terles and armored turret. BB For purpose of protection, of granite waa built, so that now the Island to a large extent posses se cliffs which are purely artificial W addition, hundreds of tona of cement were used to strengthen th fac of the natural rock. Most of the people depend for their livelihood upon th lobster and othtf fisheries, together with their barveat from the aummer visitors. They llv to long years, and have aa their na tlve tongue th North Frisian dialect. Once Overrun With Smuggler. In 1807 Great Britain obtained thl Island from the Dane. When h took possession of the Island It waj tbe "Jumping ground" of a hord of smugglers, there being practically BO room left on the Island which waa free from kega and human being. I At the time the Island wee traded to Germany there wa great dissatisfaction shown In each country. It was recognized by many men that so long aa we possessed Heligoland tbe Island wae In tbe po sltlon of a menace to Germany. Those Germane who objected to tb bargain were tore that Germany did not obtain a much larger territory; g IX. The Return of Brady. There waa utter alienee, except for tbe heavy breathing of tbe soldier still sound asleep on the bench. I could distinguish no noise without. It waa like a cry, faint from a distance," she said, at lust, "but I hear nothing now. Did you catch it, monsieur?" "I heard only your voice. "Then I may have been deceived, although I have the ears of an Indian. Some Bound caused me to wheel about, and I faced Brady, who had Just stepped within and closed the door. Hla gray eyes surveyed u in one swift glance, settling Inquiringly on the girl, who had arisen to her feet Schultz awakened, sat up on the bench, blinking sleepily. Brady? "Of course; and who have you here, Master Hayward? A woman surely, by dress Indlun, and by face white." This Is Mamadolselle DAuvray," I replied, not liking his manner of speech, "the daughter of the man we found here dead. "She wae not In the house when I left. Oh, I remember! The same perchance who was at Fort Harmar, the one you told me about, and who threatened to follow us with Simon Girt? Truly, she must have kept her word, for that black renegade Is here. "Here! Glrty? You saw him? "Ay! In the Indian camp out yonder. Nor was that all 1 saw. There la something savage on foot, or I am no woodsman. 1 thought those devils might have other quarry, and come back hero to lie quiet In hiding, but I am not so sure now that we are not the ones sought. This girl belong with them." She stepped past me, and stood erect facing him. the dark eyes frankly meeting the gray. "Yet I am not one of them. she said slowly in her careful English. "I am Wyandot; those you saw are and OJibwas, thieves and murderers. My people are Christian, and are not at war. "You were with them; with Glrty, he insisted, but in somewhat kinder tone. "You came here direct from their camp. a (TO BE CONTINUED.) . Power of Habit. Mrs. Tucker gave some food to a tramp one morning, and as be waa eating it she noticed a peculiarity. "Why, ahe asked, do you stick out the middle finger of your left hand so straight while you are eating? Waa It ever broken? No, maam, replied the tramp, "but during my halcyon days 1 wore a diamond ring on that finger, and old habits are bard to break. One view rf Heligoland even Bismarck said they had exchanged a pair of trouaers for a mere button. It was then that the plateau was fortified. Quite recently some of the most massive guns produced by Krupps were placed there, while provision were laid in sufficient to withstand a strasse. of three years. Money, In fact, siege The principal Industries are fishing was spent like water that tbe Island hotels summer for the and running should become the North sea storeboarders who cross from Germany house of the German fleet. to the for each year summer, spend tbe climate Is very fine. Activities of Women. The llellgolandcrs themselves are Japan's empress Is making bandage well enough satisfied with the German for the Red Cross nurses. rule, for although they cannot be lawQueen Elena of Italy is an Ideal less under the Germans, they can bet- true wife and mother. ter market their fish in Bremen and The Swedish parliament has re1 Hamburg, and they are much cleaner jected the woman suffrage bill. and more prosperous. Order, cleanliParis dressmakers are now busily ness and prosperity are three things engaged In making hospital garments. that follow German rule. On thla d Several hundred women industrial Richard Mansfield, the great act- workers in the state of Washington or, was born when his father was have asked the labor commissioner stationed here as an army officer. for permission to work for less than Kiel Is the hotne of the German the minimum wages prescribed by navy, the seat of the commander of law. Mrs. Laura C. Kellogg, a the navy, and the Imperial Naval A better natural harbor Indian, acta sb a lobbyist for her race icademy. than Kiels would be hard to imagine in Washington and always secs to It a narrow bay cutting deep Into tjie that the Indian gets a fair hearing harbor fortifica- before congressional committees. land. Magnificent tions have transformed it Into a model The percentages of failures among women students at Leland Stanford harbor for ships of battle. Kiel also guards the eastern end of university is only from 2 to per the Kaiser Wilhelm canal that was cent, while that of the men ranges ; built in 1905 from Kiel to the Elbe from 11 to 13 Vi per cent. across Schleswig-Holstein- s neck. The Sure. building of this canal was a strategic rather than a commercial enterprise, "Isnt it foolish for people to drink and It makes It possible for the war- out of bottles in the dark without ships to be transferred from the Bal- knowing what they contain "Yes. but before the pure food law tic to the North sea without going around Denmark. The whole thing went Into effect people were alway is a very good example of modern drinking out of bottles without knowGerman technique and hydraulic en ing wbat they contained. they are a queer mixture of English and German blood. In fact, everything about the place is a mixture of these two nations. For Instance, the Empress of India hotel stands side by ride with tbe Deutsche Reichs Adler, and O'Brien strasse crosses Kaiser 2i f , |