| Show A adoth n ot 11 1 1 W sf A bracelet Dra celet A romance ol 01 the neptune by CLARISSA MACKIE home again siabet madeline I 1 Ps 93 the tourist hip ship neptune lighted sighted new lorke lork 8 jagged sky line once more it baa been a wonderful trip 0 nerved her father am amiling aling dova down a at the carl 1 I bellero believe alex will testify to that alexander I 1 eltora ii contented conten fad face beamed happily upon the gin girt whom be bad had wooed and won on tale this bledl dembec of the eau trip each party of even who bad had been drawn together by mutual interests Inter cata bad had en joyed some unique experience or participated in an adventure to bo be related on those long evening spent on the moonlit deck of the steamer at their last port a newcomer bad joined the hip ship a charming eirl girl who pro ved to bo be a dear friend of madeline Tr ayles s and wit with h this arrival of emily drake there waa solved the myester of ar claytn Clay Clayt tm deventure of a broken bottle for she hp U roved to be the owner of the toy which had bad dropped from a latt leed window tn in beirut and been on the tb stones at bla big feet feel youns young claytona claytons devotion to emily drake during the homeward voyage had been marked and the older people of tho the party smiled apon upon what appeared to be anoche romance madeline brayles Tr aylee ayles especial bad been connected with a fi lagree bracelet which her rather father had purchased from a peddler in constantinople she had bad been wearing tho the bit of byzantine cantine jewelry when in the suleiman mosque a melancholy turk bad haughtily demanded to examine it dla declaring rint that once it had belonged to bla his daughter who bad disappeared after exa mining it closely be he bad returned it sadly for hie his presumption in addressing the youna american lady in relating thi this etory story to her compan ions tons on board the neptune Mod ellue V i CD aa i TIM TUBER THU U TURN haid declared that a friend of tiers hers in new ew york possessed fosse wed the duplicate of her filigree bracelet which upon ex bad proved to hare have bet ben betti ti made lu in germany ber many and was no doubt copied foin the original trinket and this friend proved to be none other titan than emily arake emily said that tier her bracelet was in ew lork and each such was her interest la in the incident of the melancholy who had tot a daughter that ta n je dared she bould unearth the as soon at a she r ached acted home and ex mine it for noe nole e secret mark perhaps Ier bapa we may be able to reunite father and daug daughter liter if ehe she Is still liv 11 ing inc ventured emily smiling it wai was s veral days after their land las fag that emily orak found an bunty to call upon Hadt lne dear 1 she be cried eagerly nn tin the filigree bracelet and clean ed it up and I 1 do believe there Is now writing on the inside aas your father got u strong atron magnifying glaser professor eeor produced the necea ary sary instrument and the three examined the bracelet in turn at last the professor laid down tte glass kally it looks to me an though you really owned the original filigree bullet be said now HOW lovelys 11 cited emily lant it breathed mad eune what doe does it eay say inside ta fit ther merl I 1 enow there must be something written there or some ecret cret mark for or the turk looked inam and then said it was not the bracelet bra celt of bis his daughter was just think of how many he must have looked AL at hoping to ald the t one murt rally but do tell vs us what it says professor look inside once more he be said iving her the glab do you not eee see some queer marks engraved there les let ye they look like shorthand charac characters teW ite arabic it leads to my daigh ter zerah I 1 C ca lovely came name zerah euitt a see bet her nowa now iowa a languorous lansu languor orous oua eyed besu cried frilly ty now we have a clew to work upon I 1 have such a splendid plan eald said madeline her cheeka leeks pink ina with 11 ex 1 tell it to ua a let us each near our bracelets and turkish shop to another go from one appa apparently bently anolin t rugs or trinkets shop and perhaps domi j woman some keepers wife mif mj reco recognize grize we flu du bracelet and thus we MY a find dud gree and tell her that ber her father the owner barrber ber is waiting for hert berr A wild goose chase smiled the indulgently sly MY der dears the 06 professor mor and suit arx br Is chance are that zerah now tn in constantinople perhaps hidden from her fathers becking seeking eye eyes ho ISO I 1 am sure that la 6 col the tte case cass protested madeline warmly its Itts this way there father there my dear I 1 should not dot try to discourage you he lulled hun aloes en on your pretty tie errand erranti oaly only be careful that you not cot go afoot and beware of unsavory parts of the city without a proper escort alexander will w III go along xoa IOU know he Is id a linguist and this Is a matter for father and daughters eo 80 we asil ask you to escort us raid slid madeline and la in th the v end professor secretly he wm ras attracted by the possibilities of the it if you find Zerah whether abe 1 Is yo young ung and lovely or has become tat fat and hideous tide Ide oua ous as Is often the unfortunate ate fate of oriental women and aha she wants t to 0 return to her father kemem ber I 1 will send her home again be promice 4 and was rewarded by the gratitude ot of the two girls girts who had come 0 look upon th loat lost zerah as a real person pero n who would be found in the foreign quarter of new york that clearing house of many the next day they started out on their strange search As an the ilmon threaded its way among the 0 nap arcine arsine row streets of the syrian quarter for they had bad decided to begin taw search abere theretha the rethe the two girls chattered about the bracelet and examined again and agala again the one emily wore on her wrist outside her black glove 1 their first experience waa was disappointing A tu turkish akish shop attended by tac slender young men who urged them to buy rugs did not offer any hope of finding the lost zerah although emily displayed her bracelet carelessly carelee aly to their view it proved to be a di disappointing sap pointing quest in and out of little dark odorous shop they went they interviewed turkish women and men and children but all stared stolidly at the filigree broce brelet iet and shook their bead heads they were in selling goods to the rich americana americans not in tracing ome some mythical person named zerah As the limousine drew up at the curb in front of emily drakes home and abe she topped stepped to the pavement madeline Madell nes leaned forward and pointed a finger at the flight of stone steps leading to the front rout door of the drake bom home I 1 ob oh emily weve been interviewing byzantine women all day and here la Is another one sitting on your doorsteps door stepi amily turned and looked there on the bottom step of the hron n tone stone flight sat a lace peddler a I 1 slender worn looking woman with pa therit dark eyes and sad month on lop there rested a basket fill filled eoll with lares laces and lace trimmed linens professor and his daughter leaned from the moter and ard watched 1 I alir ae she approached the woman picked up come some laces with the hand that wore the filigree bracelet instantly the womans eyes cashed eagerly wie erly and she laid a brown hand band oa an wrist and muttered some for ign words word i professor do comet come I 1 be lieve ive found tr t r come and talk to her tier arll I emily ID in excitement aad the th professor aul his daughter obeyed tit it once the woman was holding hand and tean fear were running don hr cheeks As her fingers touched the silver bracelet aid said the professor distinctly and at bound sound of 0 the name the woman started to her feet aej stared wildly nt at him then speaking in I 1 her own language he quieted her fears and asked her tier a few questions ile ie took the bracelet from wrist and allowed showed it to bee her the two girle watched with delight mingled with awe the changing eq eions oo 00 her ber face as sp 1111 1 fj the story r tray a e had to tell and shot he nodded smilingly nely at laet last dud then clutching the illiam bracelet to her bosom ahe she spoke in 1 the some tongue ottly softly melodiously ending her UTO uve with a little despairing gesture it I 1 Is zerah aid said professor trips at t last finding her here oo 00 Et allya dor doorstep step is uch auch a curious coincidence that I 1 confess I 1 am thrilled through the bracelet 12 1 hers and be prized it highly as her ta fat nere gift bat but she he learned to lore love a and ahe the fold the bracelet la in the bazaar in to knople and with the proceeds eda eloped to to america with her lorer lover who ban lone long since deserted her fearful of her f thre anger she he bits never dared communicate with him at al though her heart la is breaking for it her old borne home of course she he can to back adalor tenton ventured d emily certainly ily promise bold holds good A and 1 shall hall bend nd word to her father to meet mt her this a vell acty lovely 11 ending to he the voyage of u Nep tuner oT asked emily after the b I 1 A 1 I seen aerah cared for by the eu su who dare dares say ay that romance la IA dead in the world demanded madeline laughing happily 1 I 1 dont for one me conf confred professor tray troyle ie |
