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Show rl'rrrirr'r lrTrfrm r rr r r r ret m mult THE KIDNAPER , 4 ''' I' ;t By JACK LAWTON. 2 ' (CE), IS" I. Wfifrn heiii"r lolni i UoukIiis rini'lied the Iiiiiip at twt Hcht. Ills hrothi-r hud suuimoueil him there, and lie olte.ied. Keione obeyed when Itohert ordeted: hU ilom Inatluc spirit ruled them all. Hut In tills errand Douglas was ilihcn In (lie unusual inolhc of ill. umiunl whetp ltoheit was concerned. It was hard that, follow Inj: closely on the ileiith nf his wife, hN hrolher lull"! lov. il hW child. I'or thoui:h l,ll hud no. been taken by death, her lns mimipiI nlmoHt as lllilil. ieteethe. woiKiik. fulthrull). fnltid to llnd a dew a to the ilKippeiiraine of liohert Itiii'teir little sill. She hud disappeared one PM'tilnir. eeral 'weeks before, after her nilre had jTut her to bed for the nlj:ht. The ntir-p. whom Itohert llnriell re tallied, limit Iniw b.-eti -Ittlti In Hli opposite room when the child wan taken, jit she had hinrd no sound, nor I had 1 1 1 v person enteied the ruom. It ' was iipOM-n that l.ll hud been r- ) movi'd tliroiiuh the window, and her i mouth muMlcd fioin ntitcr). Ilo'iert Hartpll wns a wealtli.x man and the . klilnnpliit' wiim hclhwcil to be a scheme ' for iniiiiei Vet no demand for ran- ! sum luid been lecelM-d. 'I lie uivMerl , on ense lllled the papers ami the fa-Ihci. fa-Ihci. wearied hyil all, Inn Koiie In hlK ; car to an old iiunlillny farm bouse which hud been his parents, and whf , ' now his own till kept that he or his j fnm!l might spend Miiiimcr dayi 1 thele as It pleased Ihelr funej, wlllr ' for tuvuiJiVj ituil v.tjiietnes ymrs. the i Ctciil lnnip rcnuilneiT utcitnt save for) the old married erMttils who 'mil I knnvn sen Ice there In yeufs koiio b.v I . Hubert liiul telephoned hl hrmher . ; that he wn1- tiled of the slb-nt uicdila , tlon w libit led tiowliele, and Intended to -in rr that nljrht for New Vurk He wllnil his brother ilurlni: his ab-emv lo conlliiiie Ihe search for his child nml It was to coiimiIi with Hubert Hint Ililtlllis t'colKlicitl) left Ills clt olllie and made hl; wp.i out to the loiielx ' holi'-e Oil Ihe lilll. Itohert, illsiiuiriiued, wns more tad-nil tad-nil n at:d dNiiurepflble iIihii ecr. hut the plly for him Mill Mil.. I l'.m.'l heart and he rentlxed that iierlmps fur 1 the flrM lime he wxn keeliic beneHth his mother's Hun n,i disposition Ik- lull. I.Ii1m. tllWB fit'tldenly jy he U a llcht shone from Til T.p.lslle TInr or the rumbling c hnlhlluic; I ben, plnlril v outlined In Ihe (ar window, wns woiiiniiV slim tit-life. tit-life. Kcn R PmisIs" looked, the wiiiiihii stnuped to pick up In her nrum . a miinll raMen-tiHlied Kill, 'ihe Utile ' Itlrl whs I.llj. of that he wits nie l the fair bnlr. the lluhiess of her. . . At least he would learn at once what the unknown woman whs dohiK In the house which, 'hut an hour ago ! his brother', housekeeper hjid assured , him was untenanted ne by llieui- si he. With his pocket MMtrchllniit he . till l erei the tWk uiifieiiiiTiteil lialls. ', and as he puiicd at the einl of Ihe Inst one. before Inn. like n listen shown , ibroiiuh the open dour, stood a beautiful beauti-ful .loam: woman and a cIIiikIu child. The ihtld was l.ll. In a uio...ieut he had enlcred the loicu. 'I'lie woman's j face, turned while ami her aims clasped the child closer. I i "Who." shu asked bieiilhlessly, "are . yiiulf Why tlo ,mui ionic heieV , "I am Mouclas llurtell," he u-mveicd u-mveicd promplly, "ami 1 caii.e lo elalui that little ulrl. She !s m. biother's child. You must know that. The pa- . pcrs liHie been fllltsl with Ihe cace or' her kldiiKplui:. I must return the' qucMlnu: Who ale .ion am! how do I JHI happen lo be beie?" The xlll I'lillkldereil her questioner. her ItmiliiouK e.iet. nnlliir his fi'J Then (lllell she leplled. "I," slm hl. "miii rlie kidnaper. I stole Ihe hhbj from her cot through ' the bHlcony wlndovt nllii I bid her , because I knew Ihst It wtmld be the laid pls.ee Itohert llnriell would think et nenrciuns. i lluia'las tried Ik pk : he eaiae Hose to the culprit, thouifb forelbl I li detain h-rj but the softness of her1, je itua trMiirely dlsi'ontecllutf, ' while the child caressed Unlnely" her Jailer. Vf-ii," he ktamiaered, "confees U uu: " I "To yew," the Wrl an"eied calmly, niecaiise I am lrnliir to ask you t help me 1m ceinveallnjr 1.IJ.V." ' rioilils sltiieit. It was all an unbelievable un-believable dream, the old bare ro'otn, tha lorel) unknowii ulrl. her straur i mifesslon and th tmei'iivivd emllnic vt his search. "Listen," she said esuerlj. "I am Jane Wale, the sister of jour brother's deatl wife. Von niiij haie heard of inc. thoiii;h 1 never sun can. "I rami to the city to care for my lMir hefoie she died and I lenrnetl hoiv that hard, .soulless money lnnMni: man hint treuted her. Slowly klllltij; with his exm-ilons and Indifferent e. And I prouilvtl her then llial her baby should tieier be under the iiiiu con trnl. So. when llols'rl llurtell refused to clw I.lly to me. I sit'e her. And I'd do It aputn. Your old servant here bale been brave eu.uinli to liar- bar uc Tlu'.i loiwl Lily' miiiher. and th) knew well hot father. When Itohori llurtell shall hiivn his bt-nn. wlii'ii he has leiirned how In he kind, iben on'u will 1 Blio Lily back to him Von nit not like oi.r brother setnehOM I Mloil. Will J oil help Itier , Dna-lHs laid a coressltik hand on the I child's gulden l"'''. M" ",hrr bnn(1 I olaeiied the ulrl's. nnd an he looked iU:lu hn tear niinl ey. W tooa wi rtj teiicler. 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