Show I 1 i t lr in the fowlers I 1 V S fryre Sr r v e k r e 11 11 yel vm Is MAXWELL 1 CHAPTER V coutin a tes ayes gervis spoke with wilk a et amount bt of stiff mess lie bad edly sought hl his young wife and wo her for her wealth ath but spatt that fact he h waa was determined to ink har a loyal and husband hub anil al at teady toady it hurt him that money and 1 sacred name of wit should be b rough bracketed and did you roe know my tey wife thell aa as ulsa miss fairweather gervis titled asked after a allenc to while the two wo tood stood surveyed aurre the white waif waste around them with boundaries of orest forest covered bearn tested hill hills no I 1 never law saw her until lat last in the car she obe li Is very young am to be b a high hah strung nature that so ot paul waited for tot an aa am war I 1 think she b is I 1 I 1 gervis labuy hesitated collated in truth though he would act not have confessed con feiel it glay 0 o w waa aa as yet an unknown country him very Imas imaginative battye and given to alternate fits of dep duprelon relon and gaiety paul went on then he be hastily 1 I ak ask your pardon you see ee it la to part pie of lay wy trade to anayibe human character I 1 am always doing I 1 ll oom eumes unconsciously I 1 dare say say you think me an III conditioned lied goth a and t d I 1 hard ly IY venture to request a introduction lat to AIM paul abedell turned bla his fae fa fe toward clervis and there waa was a it new espres alon slon in it tb the old aner sneer had died out or had been smoothed carefully away III dark deep eye eyes looked straight into the englishman a faco and there VM ta T a a kilau awa tolett shum la in them I 1 have mad made up my mind already bout about bouwe all ha hate quickly laid said honest garvin holding out bla his hand in ui at to the I 1 we we own our lives lye to yoi yet and each one of us u would esteem it an honor to call you friend ther there wae was a hearty british ring in the word words thil poke spoke for their lu blueness eness you are very good goo 4 quietly observed d the ac lenUit but the ineer enter had bad come into his hi eyes ye once sore more and he turned the conversation abruptly to the 1 situation ID to which the of lium human n beings found themselves VeL if you had not been in uch such a hurry burry to get back to england I 1 could have shown you some pretty port sport yonder w ha pointed to the rocky fastnesses neue in to the distance the falling mow snow had topped ard overhead waa was a brilliant blue blue A sitf stiff ind had got up howling bowling and swirling the snow into deep drieta ceara dean I 1 said oenia jast what I 1 hould should hare have liked it if well arell under other circumstance I 1 dare say ay you could tell ono one some arns about the griz ziles yonder yo uder paul handsell nodded brief lly and the two men turned to retrace their steps to the little prairie station do you live in montreal then la lit it your home boine 1 1 I have no home wae was the brief rejoinder 1 I suppose I 1 am what you call a cosmopolitan one ons who makel makes a nest in every one of the world a great cities but lers ler we are back at the prairie prattle station the weather a clearing so I 1 suppose our people will start on an their way in the station and round the cara cars there wa was a stir clr of excitement ana and people were getting aboard the train there la in my wife she ie in tan ling at the window of the earl cerri certis caught ight sight of a little figure la in a pale green and gold brocade ter bown gown trimmed with yellow lace it waa was gladdy and be ber small pink a and nd white face ace with pointed chin iras now bent toward them as ehe she gazed downward at the two men she was waving a little white band in welcome to her husband but when ahe she caught sight of hia his companion her face race blanched and she shrank back from the window at which paul ana ans dell frowned at once two minutes later however he was bowing before ber her aa as gervia introduced him we bad had a jolly good tramp gladdy mr ansdell and I 1 over the bard hard snow it has inada mada me aa as hungry as possible and if it had not been tor for your small lad I 1 dat hare have come back I 1 d have gone after the grizzlies in the mountain yonder hut but I 1 warn you that next yer I 1 shall come back to pot a bear or two and leave you at temple dene gervia gervis laid a kindly band hand on the sligh little fler der gladdy looked up timidly and to her surprise mr andrell had taken out a pocketbook crammed with snap hots shots which be he proceeded to show and explain to gervia taking no further notice of her if the stranger wished to restore the young bride brides confidence be he could not have devi devised seil a better mode mods of doing so before the end enl of the day gladdy was herself acain gay ana ed she and mind ber her husband and paul handsell were the tb merriest friendliest trio on board the cars speed speeding log through the snow over the vast canadian pacific railway rall iray ard and despite all their forebodings of the train aide made a safe pad speedy rip to its destination CHAPTER VI I 1 nothing builds up a friendship between man and man like being thrown together in untoward circumstance before their journey ended at montreal paul andrell bad had become almost intimate with the U Temp TemPle letona tons gladdys strange shrinking and terror of at the scientist had entirely worn oft off simply because be he had ceased to latow the faintest attention to her dainty person his file eyes never by any say chan chana a rested upon her 1 I might bo a cow or wax doll for all skit 04 notice your one fine five gives to met at the th girl bride SAI said d I 1 ob oh well von ran t expect to hau have dry aa ax dust scientific fellows I 1 in a your train mr my dear said gervia gervis ajdin idly tou you tr be content raen such as your bumble humble servant tor for I 1 don t suppose andrell And sell poor old chap knows it pretty face from a edwn one ara not riot ao so sure about that said the bride why I 1 aliana not wt be surprised if he be ha boa a wife of at tits bis own here in montreal not he be cesily aid said hes lie a woman hater baler I 1 should la im higine its bride Is science to which 1 to bane have giva himself nit 9 dody body and soul ton tom should see his gladdys never saw su uh suh h a 4 collection of weird and extraordinary inventions tlona in my life afe lie took me last evenio eye atzl and you ion t s sto I 1 ame ni going igalo again to puch a creepy pit place I 1 why be b has got hi hl a coon collis all pick and pau and ready for or occupation la in I 1 one oo 00 corner and in tbs tb hilt hill instead ol 01 a st bata tand 1 he haa has actually got a at edelo ton brand up with iron on the armi ot at which the brasy old chap bang banza bin WA bat hat there my dear I 1 ought n nt nit it to bara have told you thail gladdy had cone gone quit quite white look hire I X am cola to take you to the its lc carnival tonight and tomorrow we start fi toa ehl 2 kniland I 1 tell yuo rue gladdy andrell baa has sud dour mada made up tie tl mind to go with ua us there something lowe elixir affair to be b cot tot only in london from some old wizard 0 of an east end chemist aad md andrell must hare have it to complete mom some marvelous relous scientific Invent invention lon ha he means to patent so I 1 va as alj him down to temple den dens to spend christ maa ings we owe him some little attention for or kit all be he did for us i that awful night of the fire that evening however beryla templeton went to the ice fee corn lyal alon Olad gladdy dr when hen quite ready to start out with him waa was seized with an unaccountable khoii and trembling youve taken cold sala gervis practically teats a what it la Is now you jutt just alay stay quietly at home and cosset yourself up or we hall shall bare have to remain behind tomorrow gladdy thankful enough ot of the rest and quiet quick lay lair back in i a low chair in the private sitting room the templeton bad had tV neared tired her let eyes were hid den under their soft white lid lids but gladdy was not aleem strange visions and stranger str thought thoughts were ere whirling th rh ah tr hr t r b sla ast 11 ar 41 luj J uy lay I 1 I 1 lu her lap their waxen whiteness intensified hy by the violet alln satin ot her averting gewo to wd it waa was net act of her own simple past put nor yet of the wonderful happiness that bad had coma to her so 0 o lately that Gladdy wai dreaming instead dark and visions came and went succeeded by store forebodings aver a strong irdi claddy since the night of the fire in the snow bed shed had drooped stan stansell sely it waa was aa as if it the springs of life within her were broken the bock shock might or might not bare have dooe done the mischief but it aa as there nevertheless 11 As she be lay back with closed eyra eyes tad and whitened cheek checks there waa was a distinct chance change on the round young face tam so thought somebody who ho bad had come I 1 stepping ever the thick rich carpet close to the little fidure reclining in the low chair chairo no softly that gladdy did no not open her blue eyes ere indeed eed the white llda lids closed d down own tightly over them perhaps beca because i hand with wu long thin fingers waa aa war waring ing slowly to and fro 1 in front of them in a few seconds va as in a deep motionless leaa alep sleep and standing looking down upon her ait of his hi dark eye eyes waa was Ps paul u I 1 Anda ell w who ho on bearing from the tb bl black ack waiter that mr templeton had a 0 one ou out t to lie ice lee car caral alval ral stepped upstairs upa taira to pay bla his respects to mn mrs templeton binding clo close down until bla his lips neared her pink ear paul in a monotonous voice recited a tort sort of statement he ile poke spoke in carefully measured mea aured tones ai as if anxious that oot not the merett merest syllable should be slurred over the room was still and quiet and gladdy slept on tranquilly while paul looked round him for something omet bing he wanted reaching over he be drew toward towards him a japanese creen screen and died filed it partly between the sleeping girl and a little table on which were writing cateri els then he spread out a blant sheet of white paper and then lifted first a pen then thou a pencil from the writing table no be he muttered 1 it I something eom ething better wilt I 1 and from his waistcoat pocket be he drew a pen which he gently placed between the thumb and finger of the little limp hand of tie tle girl I 1 gladdy be whispered distinctly awake gladdy Ol addy the girl stirred uneasily write down word tar for word what you beard heard me aay say a few mingues ago this time paul a voice bad had in it a note of command almost of menace and instantly gladdy sat eat up straight with the pea pen held amly A fl aly la to her fingers her were weye wide open and sleep had flown edging the screen a little forward paul got it adjusted so that gladdy did not see the beet sheet of blank paper then he gently gulden ler let hand around the edge of the screen and placed it upon the paper write he be sal har harshly sibly and glad dy obeyed dut but from her position she could dot not fee see what she was writing presently as pauls paula dark eyes intently watched the motionless leea pen in the slim small fingers it moved gladdy was writing something carefully and in a alow slow painstaking manner much as a child under the eye of a master mister would do and while she wrote paul watched her breathlessly on on the pen traveled over the abel sheet glady a handwriting wu was small and upright and unlovely the handwriting of the up to date girl of at today paul paulis a breath grew labored aa as he watched the pen moving he lie could have bays dashed oil off the lenience sentence in halt the time but then between gladdy and him himself if there was wax at least a quarter of a c century en in age at last the end of the page waa was reached and the pen dropped from the limp white fingers fin gera sign it sigr yola fu ful I 1 n ael the command came a ID to breathless breath leM syllables ai as though the speaker w waa greatly excited the pen was aa instantly lifted there wa was just room for the brief nature gladys Temple too then w with ith i 1 low sigh of sib exhaustion austion the girl slipped backward into her chair and paul andrell after tila tUng the ahert of paper folded it and placed it to ba his hl pocketbook 1 I must most ret get the names of a t rape up of witnesses and the things decal but that a an euy easy matter in montreal Idon treal aa As silently as a he barnt paul departed down the wide stal reut he be sped and out into the clear sUll stillness ness of the starry night his dark eyes blazing with a strange tran triumphant light Is it yoa you pault paul you have come home A sweet vibrating voice called out gently so his hi latchkey opened the door of the little suits of rooms or flat dat which bed bied cc home in the cay gily city ot of montreal tea yen I 1 have coie towe diana and I X hire have food NOW nw rr 9 pod 94 4 1 2 6 I 1 I 1 you A large colden golden hatred won aromaa ath t t k white kid skip ram raw out ot of OB at 0 the rooms opening lit tats he ball 1 where TV the tb skeleton loomed quain am I hid d ectus roua ghe she was aa paul a wit it bladdy had been right la in her ouris ur re 1 but mn MM andrell was not IL happy wife 1 to judge by loter r limp tr years aco ago inn paul ant arst MW saw dlana diana standing in front of the tb little nw now homr tret that under the th great arat maple tree tress tr be bad thought ber her the prettiest girl irl this wold woid hold the th poor shabby little house hou was M die allied by the morning glories florl that climbed imbt cl all over it purple and pink and ghisio hit making a dainty background ground for the girl a it wai was a picture oat stirred the h man a lm rather than bit heart abw ly TIM ra wr were loom ing for th the scientific explorer larr in ill this vidon vision of r n manly f talmeg he b saw aw a valuable assistant tor for his hi enter print dut but paul handsell had bad made geest strides luce since the days dar when ha his mw gerful will took diana diane trona from br her aim alm pie pl home and from her arst lore love toi to make ber her his wife anti hia his tool no N longer for t m did the th hu ible wable pro j of bli his mr emerle kill shift and thi over the mindi minds ol oil 01 other others suffers uffer suf firs lr higher IlI filichia slits vere were to 1 day hia his aim and more than one ab truss work un hypnotism bore his hi name on its it title page to be continued |