Show N THE NEER DO 0 WELL vwe E L A romance of he the panama canal BY REX BEACH COPYRIGHT 1910 1911 BY HARPER BROTHERS continued from last week CHAPTER XVI an awaken ng E was in no it ore satisfactory frame of mud wit d when hen on next aften 0 n be he shout derei derel hs h s in ind set 0 it tl tz e co intro he ile i ent di dl estly to the fall baliv V 1 ool nd wa a ted the e in a very fel feer er of an acx x ety ie de I 1 apte ite the coolness ind p pi ice of the place he felt bis his pul es till thi I 1 nd ind Is face b irn if she no n e it w N lid ild mem mein event ling to tc him if bi ua e saied IN i av why then he vv NN uld h b e to bel ei ee e that after all tie tip lea I 1 ej I 1 geier get tr d C r I 1 el hid bid polen la t night at the p r i the so d of a v ce hot tin thi nit n h his troubled tl ti it 31 tr I 1 lie I 1 e a 11 1 I cant of sui sul light thio ih a d rk rl room oh so or lol how flow you startled me in his self i lon slon came hack back lie ile felt rel eid and C od aften on oil queen he ile rose and I 1 0 ned ed 1 I I 1 tl 0 ight I 1 saw ole 01 e underneath the waterfall just now 1 who I bo would haie expected you to be hole she cried with an extreme and find oliou iv im tin cement that filled him with delight I 1 da m lost he be de I 1 id cd then after one 1001 into her ees he added ab nb b t f J f e 4 UA ech oh senor anton ol 01 how you startled me sol gol bitely utterly bibly lo 10 t oi t NO 0 o i it 10 lo i 1 1 I 1 e we e I 1 ie e n et I 1 te to by ac ae id nt tit p I 1 il I 1 I 1 I 1 s it N idi id i t be so ve re 5 in tip p ter er y S e I 1 id lei i file d if i IT IV i d bottled vt ait oit ta 1 11 1 del de I 1 lil ill t I 1 tt it alv fl I 1 biltl t I 1 i ie di tl to t I 1 ie P flight 1 I i tie tl e i ta t 4 1 I el ell I 1 I 1 I 1 hell t h da d wi e 0 1 ie h s I 1 ll 11 I 1 with I 1 e i I 1 ol 01 tei tel ess I 1 i tie tl e 1 IT t vl VI mi NII el I 1 id d ti t 1 0 i 11 at I 1 e eier er lold told 0 0 i 1 1 t tin I 1 it in loi e ind I 1 aflee i I 1 i tie tl e I 1 I 1 tile e I 1 iv I 1 I 1 pv per son in ti tie 0 0 o id for I 1 h hire I 1 ve j t this momel I 1 bt gi i to b I 1 ne lie that the 3 oui out g lidy idy I 1 likes me a I 1 atle bit oh ob but I 1 forgot tl ti e I 1 leal eat reason why I 1 came I 1 have something I 1 must tell you all r but honestly now didn t you want to come sl Q e turned upon him i i a little bur t it I 1 lea she cued of chirse 0 o arse I 1 dd d d I 1 bibbed to 0 o e mad ly y senor it makes cuy nay beut p ater ill e that sl e made her I 1 atle til lit gel get I 1 11 atter to be wooed even bv by i yankee but I 1 do not love JON e 3 ou in the least oh ob no E ei e if I 1 w bh sh d to do so there are too n any chy I 1 could not dot and when I 1 exi I 1 n 3 ou oil wil inderst nd I 1 ki il ow its I 1 an 0 01 I 1 alfage louie you ie halfway engal to I 1 1 it 13 1 yo I 1 now nonn 3 ou oil don t love bin ill b it Is not dot too suie sule he ile is of h b e family I 1 e is 6 ri n it h he is hat d ome sot not pos ably could I 1 lie tie toi tol i v n n I 1 who aho was not natall all ortho of tho e all nv if I 1 have thought it ul m a ven h viet e tieman and for a long tin e t ha bee agreed that I 1 should be hi i ife ire TI tl r are so many reasons wbk wh I 1 shoal I 1 baa u yes you ion b ament aien t mentioned any that w be biadin in la v my father fathers s wish Is not that chent I 1 you on d that once that was but a flutter all the time I 1 I 1 new I 1 should be ramon s wife when the time arrived perhaps I 1 could refuse to wed a man my father chose for me but no ni e h girl would d ire to wed a man her father d d not like do you see but its it s no cinch your father won t pos lively h 1 I inger for me once we get chummy you are too different you disregard our customs cu you are bold you ion con dinue to come here my wishes which no spanish gentleman would olied dare to do oh tin I 1 m no spanish gentleman I 1 ill just an emotional blond but I 1 am in bound to marry you let lets s arrange the details shall it be a church wed d ng she laughed deliciously whit a it nice game it Is we ve have played but gut now I 1 must talk seriously you witch vi itch I 1 he breathed do sol oi th i 1 1 k 1 I could ever give you up tip she checked him gravely truly it was just a game and jet set it was nas not altogether so either but here is whit I 1 cane can e to say the ge t thing his happened N I 1 t ui ul til tit I 1 t n after the 01 01 eta d d I 1 ever dream bf t II 11 d ev ei en ell 1 i 0 v 1 1 I cai cat I 1 ot of I 1 elie e oh oil I 1 tit so proudly coming I 1 ne fion the theater my fatter fitl er told it e h the most wonderful vond erful thi g I 1 I 1 om ed er fa u h to tell so he I 1 t be the i et ext pie lent of I 1 ai at an a I 1 re A anthom athon i at it ed a at I 1 ler ter I 1 frai U 4 t wh wha I 1 tho ij I 1 old AT 1 n alf lez it seems S ur L 11 it try does i ot of I 1 11 I 1 e 1 lua I 1 e u e I 1 e bites meri ans seea sow now that yo yol i 1 inov no v the truth sol must see at oi 01 e that by no means coul I 1 I 1 marry to a pe on oil like you IN achy by not ohe obe don t you anderst understand ancill 7 I 1 shill shall be the finest laly in the all thy n en ell m hlll ill adore n ne e I 1 N w II 11 hive e su tors not one or t no as now but many my father lull NN ill be the n ost f man of all tl e c pel pei h hips I 1 ps in the whole world I 1 don t know I 1 doi t tt ink it will nill mike my iny dif ference with nith him when he knows wh I 1 am ill tickle 3 our f fitner itar and 1 I 11 II promise to vote for h in you ire bety ety fonny formy she sized at him seriously one tiny foot curled un der her her chin nesti nest ng into her palm do you love mea me not one single u k I 1 merely I 1 I 1 e you to mike loie ole at i e in ml I 1 c use me mv V I 1 to jomp the little ayr ayro 0 r te continued to voice N of warnon ai at I 1 ai ill lit though her e Q es invited it m and for i I 1 long time they cot loi tit u 3 IT tl ra s dell kitfu pity of pie d m n and en elaston aslon bit at last chiai tit I 1 J in ped up with a gre greit it appi appearance arance of a al rm ilea heavens ena the time she ried I 1 have stayed too loi lot bs b much ste phinie will n iss me he ile rose nd stretched out his big hand as if to hold her shall I 1 co i e agian tomorrow she grew suddenly e rnest no no senor th t Is s s mett ln 3 ou 91 should not list if ever we e reto re to meet agian it must to e with mv my f fitters ither consent please do r t uise urge for truly I 1 would hive h ive to refu e 0 she let I 1 er pilm rist in his big an instant and her cheek w ent scarlet as be he I 1 re sed it to his big lips then she be slid i ild co mr nir bra zen one how ilow greatly it s g iriri ed pd me to find you here I 1 cai run n t siv IV it gaie me such a and sen sell r ant mo my father may be find i T dai d at his big bink beffi 0 he 0 il it I 1 d t in her she was wag pone gone flitting ui ul the p th nith ju t one fligl ing smile of n i 1 1 ef of oi 0 er he sho ider anti ony wet vet t hn eita e with his big I 1 e d in the clouds ml hi hl do I 1 t h were i w v it qt re t for w m title bile chiq lit tit h d t I 1 h b anh denied I 1 im tin II 11 e ei i curnoe i ent he felt s q re that her I 1 lent eitt had an we vo ed it was wag in the dihe t 1 r ts ti ref re thit th t heo he opened peneda a letter lafo 1 e fo r daw lit in I 1 im and reid is I 1 follows dear kirk I 1 hope you are heartt y s ck of vourse f and ready to do something decent for a change know ns ng your arts to cratic hab ts is as I 1 lo 10 I 1 real ye n U usi q I 1 owe a lot of money by this time and n d your new friend friends must be getting tl it ed of or you I 1 have been teen expect ng you to dra draft on me dally daily and am ta ng this on to w warn arn you in your own empens ve vp y ae quiren aul d co lege fn sl that there 1 14 noth ng redoing doing except upon one cond tion it you will agree lo 10 behave yourself in tu ru tu e T will pay your debts send vou you v es eq and give you a job as operator at 40 a m month but you w I 1 go where I 1 send vo and nd you will stay stav where you a e put I 1 w I 1 do the thinking for both of us and judge of your asso assoc associates cates a tea maybe if vo prove to be any good at a R I 1 I 1 w 11 arrange with the pol ce to let vou you spend bour our va in that dear new nev york which still shows signs ot of your red paint b h I 1 would be p eased to have an apo ogy agy ba b return ma I 1 so that I 1 may meet you in ne v orleans and start you off once more on the road to decency and self respect yo w 11 never be a success at a athing but I T am always ready to do n duty this Is my last offer and it if you refuse you anty dist natly and dafin tely go to the devil As ever your loving fati er DARWIN K ANTHONY P S 1 I can get good operators tor for 30 a r ot of tl it the extra 10 Is pure sentiment spurred by hiti bib present exhilaration kirl harl wrote an answer wh h he ie d with a good deal of beaole se tin linn it up dear dad you affectionate letter with the k d offer to take charge of a s d ng out in the dakotas Is at hand I 1 would I 1 ke to help you along w th your bus ness but up vard and onward is my motto and ani you it 11 have to raise that salary a b t L I 1 am dran drar ng t i a month at present quarters turn furn shed and pramot on prom ased I 1 have made some good investments and there are no debts to settle fi it d my last bank statement which w I 1 doubtless p ove a great d sappo to you it if you need a good master of trin tran tation I 1 would be p eased to cons u der an otter offer at any time brov ded the salary Is sat but your prop proposal obal to ed t my acqua atances Is out of the quest on my decency and self aspect are doing well thank you and I 1 I 1 ke the cl mate the salary aou d have to be about 6 a vear year As always your devoted and obe a d ent son KIRK P S 1 I would not care to locate farther w west est than buffalo my wife might not I 1 ke it bork irk lost no time in calling at the b nl but wis w is d b alpi hinted to learn tl 11 it eilor aud and et es gallel h d left the city for an unexpected buthi tout of or the 1 aromi roi it es at did d would N not ret rn rat for at least two weeks in ill the dds that folio ved be he saw noth i g of get trudis but a creat deil de I 1 it of hid ld th cot coial tl ir it dt tit she he h bid id redeem d her pro ui III e of gentil him a d good I 1 orbe u fc rat raie e in this country ud he was as grateful I 1 for the exert ederd I 1 e ahi h came as a wel ome relief from it s indoor toil soon their old friendly it aitel tei course was gon a 0 as if it had never been As for adith this senti public ir it timaly came to be quite la is mucha I 1 in as a plea hine buie to her during it tl ese past weeks she had been I 1 plunged in a it mental I 1 the sig st s of which she had concealed once aled with biffl cully culty she had bad douht with heiselt ah sin had tiled tried to reason she had mar stilled her pride bit all in tit van all at list she awoke to the terrifying dainty that bhe she w n is in love with l kirk lirk irk she beean bean to loot u ut 0 her h i band with a quid quiel ened curio ty ai at d foul four d bin hill a sti i aar cr I 1 lor or yo yens it s she it d made allowance for his es es I 1 lan noting olins them as sl I 1 in n red its I 1 is vl t tue bueb b it i e en ti cl I 1 ef I 1 t e h d die I 1 e appe i ed so colorless O 0 0 ii it igi h at t abon above e all so biell il en s e lud hid baieli bate tolerated alm ilm t im hit hitherto hith helto eito I 1 t t tol ow bhe she legal I 1 egda to de beibe e him I 1 il bpi it C I 1 ti andt v was ag ware of her chin I 1 in e f feel DA u I 1 i d its t c it e 11 i 1 t k tt tj d of de ling with her sh b wed s eke e ke i u neba sil sit 11 I 1 t c intent ante III t wis w is what she 0 lid ild leist e bidne d u from h hn I 1 of all men yet this N wasja as ju t what i bat bi his in n u ner toward her expressed express edif if it es ex 1 I res ed anything alverl if he did suspect N what hat then it was no affair of hi she was wag he ovi own n mistress she had gh glen ell him ill 1 11 he possessed she had made a man of him lie ile was vms her creature cre iture and had no rights beloi beloid d what she be cho ebo e to give e they saw less and ie of each other only before others other or at their frequent political coin co in ils its they thel quite the sime as they had been of antho ly on oil the of oti r 1 9 i 1 she arranged to see se more than ever flatte in him by a new deference in ili her minner m inner bilking bin feel ah always avs t ease 11 etith ith her in ther the r frea lent rides they covered most of the roads abo it the city el een ell t the r tin lins of old pan ami aint then they began to explore the and tn tri Is one afternoon they turned into in an dented roid road that led off to the j insle jingle flout the main h wall in ido their horses while they marveled i tt I 1 en pit ty of the ro lage they b ir t out into a rocky glen iceie a f dear clear w iter but bled forth I 1 IN ah it t 1 I disca discovery cry exclaimed ed th heli hell me down please I 1 in m going to hi dif k bui klik k di mounted and lent her a hand tl TI e 0 horses snorted appreciatively and blei tel ping forward thrust their soft muzzles eagerly into the stream then fell to bro is Ns ng upon the tender leaves at their sho alders adith quen chel eJ her thirst shook the cramp flow her limbs and slid son e tine we ne will have to see where this load leads there may be more ur es beyond she broke a flower from it stem and fastened it in kirk hark s butt i hole while be he gazed down at her with fi fidei lei city eyes yo yone I 1 I 1 e looking awfully well lately he declared declai ed glai ina ip she met his gaze and held it for I 1 11 I 1 instant something in hei bet look give gie him a little thrill of em barr barns is neat I 1 think III I 1 11 give marquis and gyp their de sert sort he said and turn it na aside began to gather a mindful of the greene t leaves the instant his eyes were ere 4 ff her she to k h the horses by the r b id es swung them about and with a ab rp blow of her r d ng crop sent them snaith g and ind clattering d wu wit the tr il 11 mik n heeled d barely in time to see them di g S y why d dd d aou ou do that be he asked bebau e I 1 wanted to len tan I 1 that reason eno agh her iler ea e es w ere reck reel less and hei bet lips white I 1 d d it be cause I 1 wanted to talk with you AN ell tho e horses wouldn t over hear don t be angry kirk I 1 haven t seen you alone since that night taboga he said guiltily you re not g ing to lecture me again I 1 in sorry ei 0 gh as is it Is bat bit a queer chap you are am I 1 so unattractive that you really want wint to rush off after those horses I 1 have hane known men met who would have thought it a privilege to be lert alone with me like this I 1 have no doubt to yo i remember for in ance I 1 you there was one man at taboga whom I 1 did not wish to see leg les at the sanitarium ivell el something like this happened once olice with him and I 1 told stephen and did you tell mr cortlandt what ld idd d do you think I 1 would have hive come rid ng tig with you if I 1 had she shook her head heid birk I 1 used to think you were an unusually forward young man but you re not vely worldly are you he ile beban firmly see here mrs cortlandt Coit landt you have haie been mighty good to me and I 1 in indebted to vou von and sour our husband for a whole lot I 1 am terribly fond of you both I 1 suppose she said halt half defiantly ou know how things are with ste phen and me everybody must know I 1 suppose happiness that Is what 1 I want and I 1 will it ive it I 1 will have it at any cost it is my right because a woman marries without love Is it right for her to forego love all her life I 1 not I 1 can t pretend to misunderstand you although listen he ile cut hia his wolds words short here comes some one she turned her head as from the di dl their mounts had |