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Show &IOPE5T RANDALL PARRISH' Tit ILLUSTRATED D. J.LAVIN (wnicnr a. cmcluwu co, of you there at lb utranca, and sang falM, Hamilton went blnmf, but out. I don't oven feel certain who I with no better success. You know th am. let alono what 1 may bavo been rryson?" I shook my head, afraid to Interrupt llryward, ah nin In ih up lo, rniim) glair army, ua hia ar l Fori recall something." for fear he might remember bow con"But you Mmon surely a rrnart llarntar, iwrii M a place for (liny, plalsant police tolerate at hundred kiumm e laa roinixir.l aim all I Insisted. victing such a confession waa, and iin( airucltira, la the Peat American seaside resorts. The squeam- itwim-r aim lralr-- l for th But to continue. Be "Dot much. apparently "Well," punted, with a HmMr lium I. OSTEND, German have ish dress with care In the odd llttla ort llarmar, liriiirh arm-ral- , llainllioa llniwrid here, I'm willing enough to tell you all man failed to conceiv th depravity write E. N. Valiandlg-hahousea on wheels with gay curtains him In Ilia fort, Al (irnrtal liar I know. Let's alt down; uiy bead of bis acta. llavaar-- l m-- rii In the 1'hliadetphla Rec- Jealously drawn as tht lady fully clad mar's llrn "Th Influence of DAuvray ay! ! rmiaitlaa him. around tike a top. Alio ICAuvray, prufrarrs spins for Iran-ilent- a teps In. After sufficient time foi alilmiiaii be haa ao rmill-- lum u( ord, for ite accommodation and that daughter of his. Balnt ivnli. ,i are, or were, out of all propor- change of costume haa been allowed, hating era hrra before Hayward Vulun-rer-loa but I bellev ah waa th woret of th CHAPTER XVI. la llarmar tarry enatia tion to Ite alae and normal population. tha fat flemish horse, uuder the guld Saaduahv, A lore Hamilton la niali-inrtwo. I actually mad lov to tb witch If there la ever a time a ben Oatend ance of a fat Flemish female com pan The northan--a eel Indian Inua are ralr I hoping thu to wlu her over to our Hold a Prisoner. for Aar l are only held barn by H" haa no visitors Ite population then loo of the bath, draws the bathing refueal of llie fHendlr U yandola lo nlu He dropped back against the walk aide, I might bava married her who number eorne thing under (0,000. Dur- machine Into the water, and to dut Tlie laiier are demanding l tie return of but much of my old etrengtb bad re- knows?" shrugging bla ahouldera, "but a reliuniua Ha her. Alurni ing the long aeaaon of Ita aummer and eeason the fair bather steps Into the they hellrye lo be a I remained standing, lean- ah certainly wouldn't listen to anyand llayAard turned, lhal from embrace of tbe North aea without n Ira Ion la lo ooeur Ihe tt autumn vogue, ahlcb extend tb wench waa proud Itene ing on tny rifle. Tbe man continued thing els. Lord, the man la rod held by tha of to of end scandaL the June When the her bath Is finished him to stare up at me aa If half doubling aa Lucifer; ay I and laughed in my nearly lo M her llayAard ella him lhal he la a quarier-bbaiOctober, there are far more tranalent the but on wheels again receives her. gin, tare, and mocked me, until even Hambis own eyesight t H y amlol ami a among h-r than permanent Inhabitant. It la a the fat horse laboriously drewg hei Indiana, bite haa tnlmlonary been In niii h t "Well, I said at last growing tired ilton had to grin, when I told him the bag le-favorite place for Londoner on vaca- up to tbe dry sands, tha lady drrssei ftlltrr glia Inaiaia lhal ashelinitrh of bis allrnro. "You have my story story. T waa then 1 mad up my uniin llavnard lefore, conl-nental- a mind to win In plt of her." now ahrlter Oatend and It but of at leisure and emerges In street coa form llayAard rrfuaea her alo tion, and or, at least, a good part for Ihe north by a It would eeem tbe proper time for me "To win ber, you mean?" of all rank. turn. Nothing could he more seemly ilaru named Hra-iala rol.llrr and a "No.no! Tber waa but one way of The place la by no mean what the modest or drolL Elsewhere along tht They ron-- on lha trail ofpelta war party to bear youra. Ones we understand from (he Indiana lake khrl-l--- f each other wo will know better how doing that, and It chance I pusses a awed admirer of bla better call beach one catches sight of siren In ami In in a hot on an Inland. llayAard find dislike for Indian blood. 1 mean tbe man in Ihe hut fi proven in to proceed." gaudy costume a yet It la utterly unlike any scant, He pressed hi band against hi Wyandots to our scheme. T was Hamray, a former French nRI. American watering place, popular or that reveal every line of the figur beer Itaoul laI CAut Ihe Wyahdola "White bead in an endeavor to think. olio ralle-- l ilton's plan, that I suggest to her a an-- l otherwise, and It Is In acute contrast as they disport themselves along wltb chief llavward la Itroe "1 waa in there, unconscious and visit to tb Wabash tribea, for ah waa with that marvelous resort of the their male escorts, hut even for thes pouted hy her eInaialance that they hate hoi reoognlea Ihe ready for any aacrtflr to spread ber Dutch Schevenlngen, where the ser- freer ladles the discreet bathing m man aa her father, who waa known alone?" faith among the red skin. Ayl and by yellow-facewas a not there "No, alone; ried thousands of hooded wicker chine awaits, and the curious pry in among the Indiana aaahand of maraudItradv luck the acheme worked." neeing monreola a good wltb French you negro beach chairs make the foreshore like vain at Ite uncommunicative wooden ing Indiana In the vtilnlly and with them then was what took ber "That I there If know tbe breed, lle'i convlncea grel, hunon flirty. Itrady'a e a vast apiary. side. I I asked, deeply Interested. a Mrlllnh olttcer south?" there the 1 want to know that girl the and yet dead; In West Handers, It Ostend lies Ine Huge and luxurioua hotels, riel ihe name of llavwar-l- , who "Yes; I fixed up a fine atory, and tbe from the story." miles from that medieval sleeping wine cellars and a tru'y mngnlflrenl Amornan. They And n round the off. 1 rut Ileeonnnltorlng gave ber hla blessing. Oh. It gland to prleat tbe 'Oh. atrafght begin get ay! beauty, Bruges,' tbe most remarkable gambling bouse, tbe Kjrsaal, are at oldn nl n'Khl Hat ward iliowrn a while of was safe enough; no Indian would dare bla at and fare tbla brightInet, in n lirlllrh uniform and leavea Idm survival of older western Europe. A tbe service of the Invading Germans man t e flaht. The In- ened. "Not that it is altogether clear, lay hand on her In evil. dee a deed for after In steam railway, a trolley line and a When Ostend Is Its normal summei diana raidure ihe cabin after a hard "Tha rest I short enough, but tho but you furnish a clue; perhaps If we la woumled canal connect Rruges with Ostend. To and autumn condition tbe Kursasl I nruKKlo In whli h Hayward action puzzlo me. Once we at the death from girl's we Itene enter Hayward the end together may muke Mm put go by canal in one of those slow little the seat of all Its gayety. Here are l ha'cla of Ihe art-agand rom-ealwere rid of her, tbe father had to bn A a would tale. French negro, bey! T power-drivecraft that traverse the gorgeous aseembly room of huge size In Ihe m liar of the cabin. Ilatward In Ihe cellar a half likely be the Kaskaskia bait breed, a attended to. T waa no easy task, for Delglan Interior waterways la to enjoy a theater with large seating capacity They engage In a fierce tight Ahb-- end treacherous whiskered dog. But how D'Auvray waa a chief, and quick to the negro archlrntrflly hut It hla a charming experience, for the land Is private dining rooms, private pla) wln to come did ever be of be the here? Ay! I quarrel. 'T la amall odds now how low broom out agulnat the rich In varied Interest, now occupied rooms, broad awnlnged piazzas foi tellar. have It! The fellow must have trailed the trick was played, but I knew of by market gardens, uow by the villas dining with the sea beneath one' bis cabin, and once here J held him me from tho council at Sandusky, susCHAPTER XV Continued. while Hamilton osed bla I sought D'Auvray; there was prisoner, pecting 1 saw him now clearly, and he must bate betweon them." aa a whip to drive disappearance have got his first fair glimpse of me, to tbe war". Wyandot "Then 't la likely be killed the man." for be stared at my face in startled "II apread the rumor then that be If be "No of it. doubt really surprise that, for the moment, held killed. Listen to what 1 know; In D'Auvray was captured or killed by him dumb. It was like looking at my Americans, knowing what bad ocown n flection In a glass the eyes, the truth It la not muih other than rumor; curred?" fellow lashed tbe bad by hair, the nose, the contour of the face, D'Auvray a some dirty trick, "Partly that, with a chuckle. "II the masslvq figure, all alike the coun- Wyandot squaw forbis knew not wbere tbe man was, only swore name and 1icaud that's terpart of my own. I would not have vengeance. Saint Denial That was a that 1 bad blm safe. believed, except for the witness of my "And by means of this lie yon deown eyes, that such similarity waa pos- year ago, and Plcaud has ever since plotted to ravage the fronsible. Even though fortified wltb sud- been In bit own country. T was tbe liberately with Indian tier of war him that outrage," 1 exclaimed back. coming brought den impression that this was the man 1 saw I him at Sandusky as Indignantly, for whom mademoiselle had mistaken wethought held council there, but bis presenee "Nay, not so fast friend." bis eye me, the actual resemblance was ao waa nothing to me." hardening with anger. " T waa war; me leave as voiceless. We to startling, "He bad no quarrel with you, then?" we but obeyed the orders that came would have passed for each other any"No; I saw him whipped; be was from England; made use of the where, and yet as I stared at him, like cur. Listen, and I'll weapon at hand. a I meeting his eyes fairly, perceived a tell all snarling 1 care nothing for tbe excuse. There I know. I am not proud of my difference, faint, elusive, yet noticewas no war, and it was murder. Dont but out in here the job, understand, hi akin showed marks able enough call me friend! I am no friend of of dissipation: there was a peculiur in- wilderness, we work under a double you may be of my own solent sneer to hl mouth, and he set of orders one open and above youra. ofThoughown name, the act was blood, my la the other secret board, T poor must be older than I by live years. My treacherous murder. murder foul, for work a but no there's soldier, help mind seemed to grip all this in a flash, Yes! I wish I had left you to rot there someto then for and resign, it, except before his voice broke the silence, in that bole. "Odds life, man! and what's this! one else would turn tbe trick. You He was on his feet, his face flaming we play our countries know the game he roared. "Some play acting, or a with surrenland this at passion, but 1 flung forward my peace, formally dream? Never before did 1 know I rifle. dered to you Americans, and yet there was born a twin. Who are you?" "Ay! 1 mean it, Joseph Hi y ward. If Tbe look on his fare, as if he half comes to us to Hamilton private in- that be your name," I went on, coldly reto and structions retard settlement, suspected he saw a ghost, made me tain our now. "And I would say the enough Lord knows posts. military smile. same to Hamilton if he were here. what what the they ministry means, My name is Hayward Joseph 1 hope to gain by delay; we are only Stand where you are, or will kill you as I would a mad cur. Only a fiend He gasped for breath, his eyes fairly THE PROMENADE OEOSTEND would boast of such an act of treachprotruding, as he staggered to his feet. Now go on, and tell me the rest. ery. well-to-dand all solid the of liquid luxuriei "What! Say that again!" Flemings set amid a riot eyes, I want no lie, but the truth how did I bad full control of myself now, of bloom and amply shaded with that folk with money to spend enjojj DAuvray meet his death? trees and shrubbery. Backward the rather enjoying his consternation. Besieged Many Times. He stood glaring at me over the rifle "I am Joseph Hayward, I answered Ostend has stood many a siege, th eye takes In the stately towers and hla hands gripping In desire, barrel, spires of antique Bruges silhouetted in most notable that of a little mort with grave deliberation. "An ensign well that any hostile yet knowing lines against the tender than three centuries ago, when th in the United States army, and a nasoft, movement meant death. sky of Flanders. place yielded to the Spaniards after a tive of Maryland. "Hanged If I'll tell you! "Well, I be hanged! Say; do you Old and New Ostend. resistance of three years. The cltj "Then you die where you are, you There Is old Ostend and new, the hns a fine harbor with several basin know that's my name also? Is this and I meant it. You have said dog, old with beautiful churches, quaint and a narrow entrance artificially Borne shabby Joke?" enough already to condemn you. I beThere was a gleam of anger In his lieve you killed DAuvray." winding streets, surviving bits as pic- created. Its normal traffic with Lon a threat. I leaned on my rifle, I did not, be burst forth. "I did turesque as parts of Bruges itself. An don Is immense, but for the time be eyes, and looked him In the face. twe even know he was dead. I am not Intimate of the the wide not relations and ing many ample railway station, was "I better prepared for this meetafraid of you, or your threats, but I t nd comparatively new streets give cities are suspended, doubtless to th ing than you, I said, "for 1 happen to will tell you what occurred here. I'm even the older part of Ostend a mod- relief of the great seaport. know who are. It's an odd thing, you ready enough, as you will discover yet, Nearly two centuries ago the Ostend our ern touch, and the rhore seems wholly resemblance, and the similarity of to answer for whatever I do, but 1 am modern. Glittering now villas, big and East India company was organized by namee, but 1 was told about you some not going to bear tLe blame for the little, salute the eye beiore one reaches the Emperor Charles VI, of Germany time ago." dastard act of another. I was friendly the Ostend of the Londoners delight, who as ruler of Austria also ruled th "By whom? enough with D'Auvray, even if I did This company of the cosmopolitan throng, of gay- Spanish Netherlands. "Mademoiselle D'Auvray. seek to trick him in this matter. There a was Ostend Intended for to secure extravawild and ety, naughtiness "Who? I never met oh, her! with was no intent to take bis life." to In seashare the East Indian trade, and gance. Take some great American a quick laugh, "you mean the Wyan"Well then, go on. side resort, transform its huge wooden make the city a great commercial dot missionary? "I held him prisoner here, he said hotels into sturdy penuunent struc- port. England and Holland, however, "I mean the daughter of Captain sulkily, "although there was no viotures of brick and stone, its board Jealous of their oriental trade, mad DAuvray," I returned with some sternlence or threat. The' man did not even walk into asphalted ways buttressed protest, and in 1731 the emperor, after ness. "The man the Indians call realize he was under guard, yet I saw his of It of the clear sea with a granite wall, having suspended operations She mistook me for you. to it that he retained no arms, and was s and every like catch- company for seven years, definitely "And was not very nice about it I never out of my sight. T was my orpenny device of the garish and noisy abandoned his scheme. Since that imagine the little vixen will scarce The Man Continued to ders to hold him quiet until I had mesMe. at Stare kind, and you have Ostend of the sea- time Ostend has been mostly one of give me a word." sage from Hamilton. He suspected Europes play places. front "Possibly with reason." pawns in the game being played, yet nothing, and there was no trouble; not In the political history of the United "She told you so? She might be In what England says, we do. Yet how? so much as a word of controversy An ample foreshore lined with those beridiculous bathing machines that Eu- States, Ostend has a curious share. better business than advertising my There is only one weapon left to our tween us. Once a day I made circuit beWhen In 1854 James Buchanan, John delinquencies among enemies. The hands the savages. We cannot fight of the island to assure myself we were rope cannot outgrow Is spread out fore the eyes of the lounger on the Y. Mason and Pierre Soule were our giri has just enough white blood in you openly, much as we might prefer, alone. Occasionally he went with me, granite-buttressebluffs above. Thcu; ministers respectively to Great Britain, her to make her act the fool. but if we can keep the Indian tribes but the last time I left him in the "We may differ about that. Anyhow hostile, we can hold back your settle- cabin asleep. It was dusk when I resands walk or sit on the upper level France and Spain, the three met at to watch the sea and the bathers. You the charming Belgian watering place I dtivise you to hold your tongue. What ments to the Ohio, until England can turned; I had seen nothing suspicious, act openly. You knew all this? I remember apand was careless. pay a penny for a chair, whence the and after consultation, prepared what I am interested in learning now is who killed her father?" Yes, I acknowledged. "The policy proaching the rear North sea glooms beneath your eyes is known as the "Ostend Manifesto, door, without He started back, bracing himself is clear enough." toward England. On bright days it is which was a state paper, urging the thought of danger. I must have passed "And It was easily enough carried the opening of the cave here, when a delicious expanse of gray-greepurchase of Cuba from Spain by the Against the wall. Her father! D'Auvray? Is he dead out. he went on, "but for the Wyan-dot- suddenly I was struck down from beUnited there into States, and the seizure of the breaking here and then? We were hand in glove with the hind. I saw nothing, heard nothing of whltecaps beneath a low, soft, friend- island if Spain should refuse to selL was not was the He and they hated tbe Americans. my assailant. When I returned to acting; surprise had been of tribes, ministers the Is The a sullen meeting ly sky. On dull days it the expression of his eyes con- Our emissaries were In all their vil- consciousness I wae lying here. That welter of angry salt water, with murky undertaken at the order of President real; vinced me. lages, and made the chiefs presents is all. skeins of smoke in the offing from Pierce, but the great European pow-er-k " 'T would be Picaud who struck "You had no connection with the and promises. Raiding parties of not would tolerate that the hinted down and they up steamships passing murder? forwarriors the swept through young you? the proposed aggression upon Spain, coast I! Good Lord, no! I know noth- ests clear to the Ohio, doing much Beyond doubt, and then, thinking and no political party in the United On tha Bathing Beach. man not even how I came to be damage, and driving the whites to me dead, dragged me Into this hole. ing, while the manifesto, Ostend has a summer repute for StateB approved here. 1 woke up just now, lying in this their forts. But we needed open war, Yet how- - came we both in there? gayety, and daring display at the bath- the secretary of slate was unsympacorner with my face to the wall, every the alliance of all the tribes, and we We can only guess at the rest. My Fiasco" ing beach. As a matter of fact, the thetic. Perhaps the "Ostend bone In my body aching. When 1 final- were blocked In this the Wyandots theory would be that the negro waa costumes would hardly shock one would be a better phrase to fit this ly managed to roll over, I got glimpse refused. I was sent there, and when 1 Interrupted by our arrival at tbe cabin. hardened to the things that a oo.u- - vain attempt. i re-fus- m-l- H tr .l la an-loi- a 0rt r-- ka d n .l r-- oiii y ex-ap- ," close-clingin- itinr-h-re- d mur-dere- d d e reto-mhle- n a n May-war- o air-draw- n merry-go-round- d n wa-ter- s II discovered Ih rnirsne to th iiel, and dragged you into It, thinking to recap hlnweif. To wake aur wbo w were b crept into tho cabin, recovered your Jacket you left It ld there, didn't you? "Ay! It was a warm tight.' "Th fellow must bav seen something that frightened blm, that dro him into hiding. Later I atood thrm In Ih env mouth, looking about Icr hap It wa then h crawled Into tbe tunnel, and replaced th door. Ah, fi havo It he did that later whan h recognized the vole of mademols!!. "Of who? Mademoiselle" "Mademoiselle D'Auvray; ah Joined m a I atood there. Her prencm would account for hi fear." II leaned forward, aa tf endeavor Ing to decipher my face. Are you telling mo truth? ! asked hoarsely. "1 that girl bereft What could bav brought her to What does ah suspec t? Wbat-doshe know?" "That I cannot tell, except that sb believe you killed ber father; tb discovery of your coat convinced her of that. Aa to how ah cam here ah traveled with Glrty from Fort liar-ma- r, seeking to reach tli Wyandots In advance of mo. Sh cam to th cablis alone, hoping to find her father, but Instead found ua In possession, and D'Auvray's dead body. It was ah who thruat m Into tb tunnel, and aaved my life." "And, now, man, where la she? "With those Indians who attacked h may b ua, and burned tb cabin n prisoner. lie laughed uneasily, shifting hla es itlon. "No fear of that 6b I n wonder worker with these savages; they rw afraid of her; they think her croa will work miracles. Saint Denis! 1 would rather havo ber with m than all the chief." "Could aho save a man from tho tow ture, tho stake?" "She haa done It; ayl I saw It dotted and It took aom courage. But bw might fall wltb thes renegades Who la tho man? "Brady; tho scout who accompanied? me. "I know of the fellow; ah wooW . bav small chance of saving him. paused, then asked suddenly: "What about me? Am 1 a prisoner, or fre logo? Do you absolve me of murder?" "Of killing D'Auvray yea But jour hands are bloody enough without that crime. "Then 1 may go my way? "To more treachery? To thos Indiana to report my presence her?" "No, 1 wear "I accept no pledge from you. Tow say t Is already war on the border; ' thfn 1 will act accordingly. We win wait here until she comes. "She! Not Mademoiselle DAuvray."' "Yes," I answered tersely. "Mad' emoiselle D'Auvray. Hr CHAPTER XVir.- ' - j An Effort to Save Brady; Tbe night had closed down without-bu- t the remnants of fire still eating-awathe dry logs of the cabin, yielded a red tinge to the Interior of the cellar. It was a spectral, eery light brightening as some breeze fanned the flames, and then as suddenly lapsing Into dimness. Yet sufficient gjow found way down the entrance to enable me to see my prisoner, and observe hls movements, A descending figure blotted out than red glare of the entrance. We boOw stared upward unable to decide tbe visitor might be; 1 could perceivemerely a dim. Indistinct outline. The smudge of a figure descended qufetTfx yet with evident confidence that tbse dark cellar was deserted. ! attempted to step buck, so as not to be between tbe two, but something rattled under my foot, sounding loud in thee silence. The Intruder stopped Instanih ly, drawing a quick breath of surprises Who 1b here? Answer!" Tbervr was the sharp click of a gun lock; were French, the voice uomle takable. Hayward, mademoiselle."' She laughed In sudden You startled me!" Host came you out here, monsieur? The smoke of the burning cabin drove me out; else I should have I burst open the door." "Burst It open! Incredulbosiy. "Then It was not barred? Some had entered from this end." So I discovered, mademoiselle; of them is here with me an old acq- y - - s the-word- , relief.'-Teste- ! tt-focate- d. , cd' uaintance of yours. "Of mine!" "Ay! step out Into the cave light can find entrance; now,' do yowknow the man! , fr tw (TO BE coNTiNtrmy ' s. Bit of First Aid. In cases of shock and collapse it" may be advisable In certain case wbere collapse Is imminent to administer a little stimulant' In' tbe shape f brandy and water, but it has to be noted that the use of alcohol under such circumstances must be carefuXfjv carried oat, inasmuch as in certain cases (as In apoplexy, for exStnpSfP tbe administration of alcohol Is ttlnx lated to prove highly Injurious. |
