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Show r b SOUTH CACHEXOURIER- - HYRUM, UTAH Leuve it to me, Ede, said Barnes gently, and, laying his hand upon his sisters arm, he led her from the room. Then he cuiue swiftly,, buck to the outstretched arms of the exile. A very brief New York engagement, he whispered in her ear, he knew not how long afterward. Hef 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. IBs blood was singing, his heart wms bursting Author of "GRAUSTARK," "THE with joy his head was light, for the ' HOLLOW OF HER HAND, "THE feel of her was still in his arms, the PRINCE OF GRAUSTARK," ETC 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 Copyright hy Dodd. Mood and Company, Inc When he ishis sisters apartment. from at half-pasued his forth diggings calm and sensible. See how well I CHAPTER XX Continued. seven he was attired in evening 15 I do not have myself In hand? clothes, and there wus not a woman Barnes listened at the door until lie tremble, I am strong. We may now in all New York, young or old, who heard the waiter clattering down the discuss ourselves calmly, sensibly. would have denied him a second stairway, and then went swiftly down Oh What are you doing? I I too glance. am strong, he whispered. the hall to No. 30. Mr. Prosser was Later on in the evening three of the sleeping just as soundly and as re- am sure of my ground now, and I am countess friends arrived at the Courtnot afraid. soundingly as at midnight! He had clasped the hnnd that restney home to pay their respects to their he muttered, By gad fair compatriot and to discuss the Everything was ns clear ns day to him ed on his sleeve and,' as he pressed It crown Jewels. They came and brought now. Bolting into his own room, he lo his heart, his other arm stole over with them the consoling information closed the door and stood stockstill her shoulders and drew her close to that arrangements were practically for many minutes, trying to picture his triumphant body. For nn Instant she resisted, and then relaxed into completed for the delivery of the the scene in the cottage. He found a letter In his box when complete submission. Her head sank jewels into the custody of the French at Washington, through he went downstairs, after stuffing the upon Ills shoulder. embassy Oh she sighed, and there was whose intervention they were to be tin box deep into his pocket. Before allowed to leave the United States he slit the envelope he knew' that wonder, Joy even perplexity, in the tremulous of Oh, without the formalities usually obsigh capitulation. Sprouse was the writer. The message came softly from her parted lips again served in cases of suspected smugwas brief: gling. Upon the arrival In America of "After due consideration, I feel that at the end of the first long, passionate trusted messengers from Paris, headed Jt would- be a mistake for you to aha , kiss. by no less a personage than the am' don your present duties at this time. CHAPTER XXI. bassador himself, the imperial treasIt might be misunderstood. Stick to hollow-eye? ure was to pass into hands that would the company until something better Partly," said he with great signifThe End In Sight. carry it safely to France. Prince Seturns up. With this thought in view I icance.' all previous Barnes, soaring beyond withdraw the two days limit menAnd you had them in your pack bastian, still in Halifax, had been ap of exaltation, ranged dizzily prised by telegraph of the recovery of tioned recently to you, and extend t lie heights all the time? You between front and back at the I had Sprouses most solemn word the jewels, and was expected to sail time to one w'eek. Yours very truly, Grand opera house that evening. He for England by the earliest steamer. "J. II. WILSON. was in the wings with her, whisper- not to touch them for a week. He is And while the visitors at the Court I He Is man the feared. the only Gnd, the fellow thinks of everying in her delighted ear; In the dressing-- one only house were lifting their glasses ney who could have thing, said Barnes to himself. "He room, to her soft words listening toast to the prince they loved, and, in I Mrs. use Is positively uncanny. , your telephone, May of encouragement to the excited leadShe turn, the beautiful cousin who had cried she He read between the lines, and saw Courtney? suddenly. on the narrow stairs leading ing braved so much and fared so luckily, exthere a distinct warning. It had not up tolady; the stage, assisting her to mount sprang to her feet, quivering with and the tall wayfarer who had come me for occurred to him that his plan to leave them; and all the time he was dread- citement. being forgive Pray her life, a small man was stoopinto so but I I must call up for New York that day with Miss Caming the moment when he would awake one or two over a rifled knapsack in a room ing once. are at eron might be attended by disastrous and find It all a dream. They people far downtown, glumly regarding the results. There wus an annoying fly In his my friends. You will understand, I result of an unusually hazardous unam sure. But the jewels? What or them? He ointment, however. I love you, she even for one who could per dertaking, nervfloor was Barnes the could uot go gallivanting about the had said pacing I want more than simply. form such miracles as he. Scratching country with a half million dollars anything else in all the world to be ously when hi? sister returned after worth of precious stones in ids posses- your wife. But I cannot promise now. conducting lielS,?-- guest to the room his chin, he grinned for he was Jbe sion. I4must have time to think, time to prepared for her. The countess was kind who bears disappointment with a grin and sat himself down at the He spent the early part of the foremore time at the telephone before the door Why should you big library table in the center of the behind closed her hostess. noon in wandering nervously about than I? he persisted.require What Is time I wish you had been a little more room. Carefully selecting a the hotel upstairs and down. The to us? Why make wanton waste of explicit in your telegram, Tom, she he wrote: jewels were locked in his pack up- it? It will be quite obvious to you that If I had known who stairs. lie went up to his room half I know that I cannot find happiness said peevishly. The I wouldnt have put her in that I called unexpectedly tonight. she is a dozen times and almost instantly No except with you, she replied. ' Walked down was week see. I lib take the Now room. up, I you to move shall have Aunt again, after satisfying matter what happens to me, I shall Kate back Into it tomorrow and give erty of leaving under the paperweight himself that the pack had not been always love you, I shall never forget a bill. It rifled. the joy of this. But I cannot prom- Miss Cameron the big one at the end at my elbow to be of for the the hall. Which to ought payment For the next three days and nights ise now, she finished ample goes prove gently and that Toms sister was a bit of a snob damage done to your faithful travelrehearsals were in full swing, with kissed him. Stop walking like that ing companion. Have the necessary And so scarcely a moments let-uBetween the second and third acts In her way. She faced him ac- stitches taken in the gash and you the time crept by, up to the night of Tommy Gray rushed back with the and come here. Have you told all there is will find the kit as good as new. the performance. Miss Cameron restatement. The gross was cusingly. was more or less certain not to find mained in ignorance of the close proxThe instant that fact became to tell, sir? Cant you see for yourself, Ede, what I was after, but as I have done imity of the jewels, and the police of known to Mr. Rushcroft he informed no irreparable injury I am sure you Crowndale remained In even denser Barnes that they had a knockout, a that Im in love with her? Desperatewill ly, love in ns to with horribly, her. forgive my love of adventure and the whereabouts madly of gold mine, and that never in all his ignorance the man who robbed Mr. Hasselweiu career had he known a season to start Dont giggle like that I couldnt have excitement. It was really quite diffl told you while she was present, could cult to get from the fire escape to of all his spare cash and nn excellent off so auspiciously as this one. your window, but it was a delightful gold watch. Three days later Barnes and Miss I? That isnt what I want to know. Is experience. Try crawling along that No time was lost by the countess in Jones said farewell to the strollers ledge yourself some day and getting word to her compatriots in and boarded a day train for New York she .in love with you? Thats what Im see if it isnt productive of a pleasant New York. Barnes posted a dozen let- city. They left the company in a con- after. said he, but frowned anx- thrill. I shall not forget your promise Yes, ters for her; each contained the tid- dition of prosperity. The show was to return good for evil some day. God of her iously. and the two assurance hundred dollars ings safety nightly averaging She Is" perfectly adorable, said she, knows I hope I may never be In a poHint she would soon follow in person. and Mr. Rushcroft was already bookThose three days and nights were ing return engagements for the early and was at once aware of a guilty, sition to test your sincerity. We may full of joy and enchantment for fall. He was looking forward to a nagging Impression that she would not meet again, and I hope under agreeBarnes. He actually debased himself tour of Europe at the close of the war. have said it to him half an hour ear- able circumstances. Kindly pay my deepest respects to the Countess Ted, Barnes sister, Mrs. Courtney, met lier for anything in the world. by wishing that the Rushcroft comShe was strangely white and sub- and believe me to be, pany might find it imperative to go on them at the Grand Central terminal, dued Yours very respectfully, in when she rejoined them later on. weeks enfor that dim, rehearsing Its now a quarter to five, said She had other SPROUSE. The chanted temple. her hat. removed Barnes after the greeting and presenP. S. I saw ODowd today. He He sat for hours in one of the most tation. Drop me at the Fifth Avenue woman saw .nothing but the wealth seats he had ever bunk, Edith. I want to leave some- of uncomfortable hair that rippled. Barnes left a message for you and the countknown, devouring with hungry eyes thing in my safety box downstairs. went forward to meet her, filled with ess. Tell them, said he, that I ask Gods blessing for them forever, lie the shadowy, interested face so close Sliant be more than five minutes. a sudden apprehension. is off tomorrow for Brazil. He was You are What is to his own and never tired. it? and pale lie got down from the automobile On the afternoon of the dress rewhat have heard? much relieved when he heard you very street lind shot across at She stopped and looked searchingly ti.st I did not get the jewels the first hearsal ho led her, after an hour of the sidewalk into the bank, casting into his almost insupportable repression, to quick, eyes. A warm flush rose to time I went after them, and .immenseglances through her cheeks ; her own the rear of the auditorium. Dropping the fiveapprehensive eyes grew soft ly entertained by my jolly description oclock crowd on the avenue and and tender wistful. of how I went after them the second. into the seat beside her he blurted as he sprinted. In his iiand he lugged all believe that the war will By the way, you will be Interested to They out, almost in anguish : the heavy, weatherbeaten pack. Ills last two or three "I cant stand it any lnger. I can- sister and the countess stared years longer, she learn that he has cut loose from the after said I cannot go back to crowd he was trailing with. Mostly I I not be near you without why, huskily. him in amazement. niy own counti'y till It is all over. nuts, he says. Dynamiting munition well, It is more than I can struggle Presently he emerged from the bank, They implore me to remain here with in Canada was a grand project, against, thats all. Youve either got still carrying the bag. lie was beam- them until until my fortunes are plants to send me away altogether or or and it would have come to lie, says A certain worried, haggard exShe turned to Mrs. Courtmended. let me love you without restraint. I ing. if the d women had something ids vanished had from face, ney and went on without the d tell you I can't go on ns I am now. pression left' d men the alone. The slightest only in eight hours trace of indecision or You know I love you, dont yon? You and for the first time embarrassment expletives are O'Dowds. he with treated his traveling wardrobe in her manner. You see, Mrs. Courtknow I worship you. Dont be frightney, I am very, very poor. They have ened. I just had to tell you today. scorn' and indifference. Ten hours before Barnes found this Thank God, theyire off my mind taken everything. I I fear I shall I should have gone mad if I lmd tried message on his library illuminating is cried. That the first have to accept this kind,' generous table he stood to keep it up any longer. lie waited at Inst, he at the window of a breath Ive had in a week. proffer of a her voice shook slight- lofty Park avenue apartment building, breathlessly for her to speak. She sat godd, longnow. a Its long story and ly of a home with my friends until his arm about the slender, silent and rigid, looking straight be- No, not yielding fore her. "Is It hopeless? he went I cant tell it In Fifth avenue. It the Huns are driven out. of the other of only figure occupant Barnes silence was more eloquent the room. Pointing out over the black on at Inst, huskily. "Must I ask your would be extremely annoying to have of die of both failure heart with you than words. Her eyes fell. Not until housetops, he directed her attention forgiveness for my presumption an,d iril these people looking on. Mrs. Courtney expressed the hope that to the myriad lights in the and go away from you? floors lie felt her hand on his arm, and Miss Cameron would condescend to ac- of a great hostelry to theupper She turned to him and laid her hand south and knew that she was looking at him cept the hospitality of her home until west and said: upon his arm. Am I not' like other women? Why with wide, incredulous eyes, but he plans for the future were definitely That is where you are going to should I forgive you for loving me? faced straight ahead. He was ter- fixed was there a sign thnt the object live, darling. Doesnt every woman want to be ribly afraid that the girl beside him of her concern had given a thought to THE END. Wait I was preparing to shed tears of Joy what she was snying. loved? No, no, my friend You are so very kind, stammered A moment ago I was so weak and and relief. He could feel her searchEven the mun who thinks twice be in her jacket pocket for a hand- the countess. I I I ing But I cannot think of fore he speaks Is often sorry he sale, was oh, that thought trembly ; a f ri myself. Now 1 am quite kerchief. imposing upon it Boston Transcript. (BEEN FANCY & GEORGE BARR MSCUTCHEON Ut ! ! hnlf-alou- ! - a-- Mrs. Courtney was uot only curious but apprehensive. She hadnt the faintest idea who Miss Cameron was, nor where her brother had picked her up. But she saw at a glance that she was lovely, and her soul was filled with strange misgivings. She was like all sisters who have pet bachelor brothers. She hoped that poor Tom hndnt gone and mude a fool of himself. The few minutes conversation she hnd with the stranger only served to increase her alnrm. Miss Camerons voice and smilaand her eyes! were positively allurihg. She had had a night letter from Tom that morning iifiwhich he said thnt he was bringing a oung lady friend down from the north and would she meet them at the station and put her up for a couple of days? That was all she knew of the dazzling stranger up to the moment she saw her. Immediately after that she knew by intuition a great deal more about her than Tom could have told in volumes of correspondence. 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 und 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 Jacket. Lets all sit down, said he. My knees are unaccountably wenk. Come along, Ede. Listen to the romance of my life. And when 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. 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Charles James Fox was one of tn flS progressives of English politics, as one of the most brilliant oriJ,L, and statesmen in the history of land. Like most thinking people his day, he favored freedom ot American colonies and was constnnn k ly In opposition to the German Geoi'ge III, who was then sitting the English throne. |