Show 1 I I FOUL PLA PLAY Y YBy By Charles Reade and Dion r. r Continued Continue from rom Yesterday l Morning Ask AsI yourself whether the they were re re- re turned A groan gloan or Ul rath rather r we might say a n snort of or Cur fury Interrupted the mo most mod t blissful moment either of these theEo young creatures had ever known It came carm front from rom General Rolleston now white while with wrath and antl horror You villain he cried Helen threw herself upon him him and anil put h her r hand before his mouth Not Nul a word more or 01 I shall forgot forgot for for- got ot I am your our daughter No o one I Isto is to blame but I. I I love him I made t him lovo love me mite Ho lIo has boon been trying hard not to love mo mt so o much ButI But Bui I 1 am a n woman 1 and could not deny myself tho ho glory lolY and the joy of oC being being be be- ing loved fd better than woman was es c ci c er cr loved before And Ind so I am I 1 am Kill I me me If you OU like insult me tae if you ou will but not nol a a. word against him 01 or orI I give him my hand and we live lI anddie and anddie anddIe die together on this island 0 O papa he has often oCten saved cd that life liCe you ou value so 50 an and I have save saved his He lie Is all the world to m mine me Have pity on your our child Have pit pity On him 1111 who carries I II I m my heart in his bosom II She flung herself on her knees an and I strained him tight and implored him with head thrown back and little clutching hands and eloquent eyes Ah Ail I It is hard to resist the voice and look an and clinging of oC a mans man's own flesh and blood Children are ore so stron strong upon upon their knees their dear faces Bright ht copies of our own are just the height of oC our hearts then Tho The old man was staggered ere was al almost almost almost al- al most molted melted Give me a mom moment en t to think said he 10 in a broken voice This blow takes akes m my breath away Helen rose and laid her head upon her ler fathers father's shoulder and still plead plead- pleaded ed cd for COl her love IJ by her soft touch and ind her tears that ilOW now flowed freely He turned to with all nil tho the dignity of oC age ase and station Mr rr Pen- Pen fold old said he with grave politeness after what my daughter has said I must treat you as a man of or honor orI or orI I must insult her Well ell then I expect expect expect ex ex- ex- ex you ou to show me you ou arc are what she he thinks you ou and are not what acourt a n acourt court of oC Justice has proclaimed you Sir this young ounE la lady Is engaged with het own o free will to a gentleman who Is s universally esteemed and has hns never nev- nev er el r been accused to lo his face of or an any un unworthy orthy act Relying on her ht- ht cd d troth the tho have lilted fitted out ut a steamer and searched the Pach Pa- Pa ch Ic and found her Can you rou as a aman aman anan man nan of or honor ad to stay here and nd compromise her own honor in very every eVer way Ought she sho to break faith with her hel betrothed on account of vague ague accusations made behind his back ack It was only In self defense o I lac- lac accused ac- ac used Mr 11 Arthur Wardlaw said Robert lobert General Rolleston resumed You said just now there arc are accusations accusations ac- ac which soil Eoll a a. mans man If IC you ou vero In my place would woul you ou let your our daughter marr marry a man of oC honor who had ad unfortunately been found Cound guilty or of f a Celon felony Robert Kobert groaned roane un und and hesitated but said aid No Then what Is to bo be done She must either keep her hor plighted word or r else break It it IL For whom 1 Fora hora For tn sho she esteems esteems' and loves but butan can an not marr marry A leper may be a 1 saint aint but I would rather leather bury my child than man marry her l' to a leper A convict ma may be a saint but Ill I'll kill 1111 her with my own hand sooner than she he shall marr marry a a. convict and In your heart icart and anal conscience you rou can cnn not blame blamo inc me Were ClO you OU a II father Cather you would do tho ho same What hat then re- re remains remains mains for Cor her an and me but to 1 keep eel faith alth And Ind what can you ou do better than han leave lea her und and carry awa away her hel everlasting c esteem and her fathers father's gratitude It is no use uso being good by halves or 01 bad by halves You must either be a selfish villain and urge her hero herto herto to o abandon all shame und and live 11 here hero hereon heron on n this island Islan with wHit you forever cr or Ol you must be a brave an and honest man and bow to a parting that Is able ble Consider sir 11 your eloquence and nd her pity have betrayed this young oung lad lady ady into a confession conCession that separates you Her Iler enforced residence ence here hero with you ou has been Innocent It would be Innocent no longer now she has been so o mad as fiS to own she loves you OU And AndI I tell you frankly If IC after aCtor that confession conCession con- con Cession you ou Insist on going on board the he steamer with her I must take you rou humanity requires It but If IC Ido I Ido Ilo do lo I shall hand you OU over to the lawas law lawas lawas as a convict escaped before beCore his time Perhaps I ought to do o so as It Is but ut that is not certain I dont don't know to 0 what country this island belon belongs s. s I may have no right to capture you OU In stran strange e dominions but an English ship Is England and England and If JC you ou set foot toot on the Springbok you are arc lost No then hen you ou are arc a man of honor you love my child truly and not selfishly you ou you have behaved nobly until today today tolay to- to day lay go one step fUt fui on the rj right ht road call worldly honor and tho the God who whose e vows you OU have havo taken sir to your your our aid and do your duty dul O 0 man man cried Robert Hobert Pen Pen- fold you you ou ask more of or me than flesh and blood can bear What shall Isay I Isa Isay sa say What hat shall I do Helen replied calmly Take my hand and let us die dlo together since we can not live together with honor I General Rolleston groaned For Forr this then I have traversed one ocean and searched another and found m my child I am nothing nothing- to her her nothing 0 O who would be a father Cather Ho He sat down oppressed with shame and grief and bowed his stately head in manly but pathetic silence Helen forgive forgive for O 0 papa papa cried give g your ungrateful child And she sho kneeled and sobbed with her forehead forehead fore fore- head on his knees Then Robert Hobert In the flit ml midst st of ur his own a agony ony found room r in that great suffering heart of oC his for Cor pity Ho He knelt down himself and prayed for fOl help in this bitter trial Ho rose haggard hag ard with the struggle Ie g-Ie but languid lan uld an and resigned like one ono whoso whose death warrant has hn been heen read Sir said sal he hc there is but one ono way You m take her home tome and I shall stay Itay here Leave you all alone on this island t said bald Helen lichen Never er e If Ir you OU stay here I shall stay slay to comfort you I decline that offer I 1 am beyond tho reach roach of or comfort Think what you do Robert said Helen with unnatural calmness havo have pity on yourself If It you oU no have pity on us Would you OU rob me of oC tho the very cry life you have ha taken such pains to savo sa My Iy poor father will carry nothing to England land but my dead body Long before we reach that country I loved so well and now hate hato it for tor Its stupidity and cruelty cruelly to you i my soul boul will have flown back to this Island to watch over you Robert You bid me inn abandon you to solitude and anil despair Neither of ot you two love 10 me half as much a as I lovo love you both General Rolleston Huh sighed sl deeply I If if I thought that that said said he Then Ini in ina ina i a faint taint voice M My own own courage falls me no now note L look into my heart and andI I 1 see that my childs child's life lICe Is dearer to I inn me than nil the world She he was d dying dy- dy Jn Ing they say Suppose I 1 send Moreland More More- Moreland land to the lie Continent for fOl a clergyman clergy clergy- Ch l' l Y- Y man and marr marry you OU Then you jou can car hia live livo a on un this island Hand tOI forever Only yo YOU must let mo mile live 11 here too loo for Cor I c could uld never nevel show m my face again In Eng Eng- England England land after acting so dishonorably I It will be bo a miserable rahle rable end en of oC a life lire passed in honor but I T suppose It will wil not be he for Cor lon long Shame can kill 1111 a as quickly as disappointed love Robert Robert cried lichen Helen In agony ason The martyr saw that he was master of or the situation and roust must bo be either base basc or Ol very noble there noble there was no middle middle middle mid mid- dle wa way He lie leaned hi his head on his hands and thou thought ht with all hi his ml might ht Hush said Helen lichen he hc is wiser than we wo are Let him hint speak If It I 1 thou thought ht you would pine anddie andle and anil die le upon tho the voyage c no power r should part us But you 1 0 are not such a a. cow ard If H m my life liCe depended on yours would you not nol live lI You know I would When hen I was wrecked on Water Vater Island you ou played tho the man Not one ono woman In a thousand could have ha launched a boat and sailed It with witha a hook boat for a mast roast and and and- Helen lichen interrupted him It was wn nothing I loved lo you 0 I love lo you better better bet bet- ter now I believe It It and therefore I 1 ask I you OU to rise above o your sex once more I and play pla the man for COl me This time It is not m my life lIc you arc are to rescue but that lint which Is more precious still-my still still my good nn name co coh Ah h that would be bo worth living for Cor cried Helen lichen You will find And It very ClOY hard to do cIo but not harder for Cor a woman than to launch a 0 boat and sail her without a mast See my father Michael Pen- Pen Col fold Sec the expert See Sec Seethe the solicitor tho the counsel Sift th the the- whole story and above nil rill find out wh why Arthur Wardlaw dared daled not nol enter the witness box Be ne obstinate as a aman aman aman man be bc supple as a woman and dont don't talk talle of dying when there thele Is a friend to be bo rescued from Crom dishonor by living hiving and working Die while I can cun rescue you ou from Crom death or dishonor I will not be bc so base basc Ah Aim Robert Robert how well you ou know Imo me Yes 1 do know you ou Helen I believe believe be be- lieve Jle that great soul of or yours will keep your yom body strong to do this brave work for him you love lo and who loves you ou And as for Cor me mc I am man enough to live for forr years cars upon this Island If it you ou will only promise me two things I promise then lien Never ever to die an and never to malT marry Arthur Wardlaw a a until you ou have reversed reversed re rf versed that 1 lying sentence which has lias blasted me La Lay your our hand on your fathers father's head and promise me that Helen laid her hand upon her fathers father's head hea and said s I pledge m my honor not to die If life liCe Is possible and never to lo marry any man until I have reversed that lying sentence which has blasted the angel I love lo And I pledge myself to help her said sold General Rolleston warmly for ICor now I know you are arc a man of oC honor I have too loo often been deceived h by eloquence to listen much to that But Dut now IO V. V you o have havo a y proved pro roved b by your yom actions what oh arc Yo You p puss it d forged cd ch cheep check knowing It If to lo bo lIo e forged Id I'd stake stalo my salvation Its It's a lie Uc Theres There's my hand God comfort you ou God reward you ou my noble fellow I hope he will sir sobbed Bobert Robert Robert Rob Bob ert You arc are her father Catner and you take m my hand perhaps that hut will willbe willbe be bc sweet to think of by and by but no joy jo can e c n enter my heart now itis II it IlIs Is broken Take her away at on once sir Flesh is weak weal My h powers of oC endurance are arc exhausted General nolle Rolleston ton acted promptly on this advice He lie rolled up her ru rugs s sand and anti the things she had hud made and Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert had the courage to take them he came down to the boat Then Ihen back nn and the General took her bag to tolie the lie u All tills this time the thc girl herself sat wringing her hands in anguish and not a tear It was beyond ond that now Robert went In she hc ros ros- and ami tottered loitered to him and fell Cell on his neck She saw It was the death-bed death of their love and she he kissed his r c s and clun clung to him They moaned over o each oth other r rand and clung to cac each other in mute mule des des- pair Tho The General came back and he and Rob Robert rt took look Helen shivering and fainting to the boat As the boat hoat put oft off she awoke from her stupor and und put out olit her hands to Robert with one piercing cr cry They were parte parted CHAPTER In Itt that curious compound too toe human human human hu hu- man heart henrt a 0 respectable motive is sometimes connected with a criminal act acL And it II was so with Joseph Wylle Wylie He had formed an attachment to Nancy Rouse louse and antl her price was two thousand pounds This Nancy Rouse was a character She was General servant for man many years cars her place was the kitchen but she t hc was wag n a woman of such ret restless activity and find so wanting In the proper pride of ot a a. servant that she would help a hou housemaid or a 0 lad ladys lady's maid or do anything almost except be Idle to use her own words she ho was one ono as couldn't to sit mum- mum chance That fatal foe to domestic Industry the London Journal Hut Hut- lored In vain aln down own her area arca for she could not reu read She supported a n sick Melt leI mother out of or her wages aided allied b by a afew afew afew few presents of mone money and clothes clothe s from Helen lichen Rolleston who had a great regard reg for Nancy i and knew w what a hard fight bho sho hal had hai to keep a asick sick woman out of oC her twenty poun rounds pounds s sa a year ear In love lo Nancy Nanc was unfortunate unfortunate- her buxom looks and sterling virtues were balanced balance by a provoking sagacity and her an irritating habit of ot speaking mind She humbled her lovers' lovers vanity an It one after another and they lied fled Her heart smarted more than once Nancy was ambitious and her first lus t rise riso In life tools took as follows When tho the went to lo Aus- Aus tr Iralia lia she bhe hud bud a good oo cry at parting patting with Helen hut but there was no help forit for Cor forit it Iti she could nut not leave her mother mothel However she he told Helen she sho he could coul d hot not t stomach any other service and since Inco she sile must be parted was resolved resolve d to better her herself elC This phrase Is sometimes sometimes some some- times drolly applied by h servants because because because be be- cause thc they throw Independence Into the scale In Nancys Nancy's case caso it meant setting up as a washerwoman Helen liche n opened her hazel eyes with astonishment astonIshment astonish astonIsh- ment however she sho s 10 gave lieu her ton tOil pounds and thirty introductions twee ty five of or which missed tire fire and with i tho the odd five live Nancy set up her tub 1 In n tho the suburbs and by her Industry geniality geniality geni geni- allay and frugality got gol ot on tolerably well In due course she rented a small house backed cd by a 0 small green reen and advertised ad for a U gentleman lodger lod cr She Shu soon got goot one and soon got rid rill of or However she sho was never nover |