Show U ua i BY R P 13 1906 by dall story rub co I 1 ule tie had given an A 11 1 Itel heidelberg delberg had male mate him a lh ill 1 I the horld arld the flesh and the devil had done the rest in the course ot of many wanderings wand ihander eringi agi and as man diserne experiences os ho he had come to the province of I 1 ian an chau with fth a legend of a deserted sold gold mine of wonderful ond erful richness rich nees ringing in hie his are and a parchment mail very nery allou and ap apparent parenti of great age in the inside pocket of 0 hie his khaki coat out just outside 1 bud u cl ang he era one of the tile ganv band bands of high wai haidn that infest the region heine heing averse to trouble in fit any form ills two coolies had left him to face the music alone and while bit they fled howl bowl ing with terror he put up a eingle handed but unavailing resistance which while bite it lasted wa was a joy to his wild reckless soul IN hen darkness had fallen and there were only the areat ecat ilent etan stars to eee see the two coolins rame came cr creel eeling ing back they found him lying in the mud bla his clothing torn his face a mass of at blood and one arm broken bore he had shielded his ills head from he the blow of a cudgel near him lay 0 00 alro o limp silent figurea fig their yellow features lit id and distorted the coolies held a vered consul gatlon then the lifted him between them and bore him lou the slough which was called a road toward the distant lights of fu fuching chang but first they rifled hia his clothes and in an inner pocket they came across a map and a gold coin that the highwaymen had overlooked the mr having no in value they replaced they left hid him at the mission in fu chang and went edit their way for the potentialities 0 at that golden coin were strong upon them another man would have died cut but robert nobert darlow barlow had a grip on life that aae uncanny after weeks meeks of unconsciousness during which it seemed that each hour hout must bo be hia his last he opened his te slowly painfully collected his wandering seneca a then fell to roundly cursing the tit high gh amen for misbegotten vandals and bis his coolies for equall misbegotten cowards after which he bank tank back on the cool pillows utterly exhausted and fell into a deep sleep the old ary smiled knowing ly ile will live he said grimly and he went to the kitchen biti kiti han la to get some strengthening broth tor for his parent patient when barlow awoke it was early evening ho lie rould could bear sandals clat bering by on the uneven pavement of the street the odor mor of gome some strange sweet flower floated in through the open window he ile stirred uneasily aej eat sat up fe e was quite alone in the room I 1 say somebody he be called lustily there was a sound of light foot falls the soft ru tle of a sl arts in the doorway was a gleam gloam of hite bite he lie looked up to see a young woman standing there such a woman as dar bar low bad had not beheld tor for many months the kind of a woman bo he bad had we well nigh forgotten existed in this world of disappointment and trouble he lie felt hie his heart jump to his throat the color crept into hie his sunburned eun burned face A barlow he ile stared at her tier scarce daring to credit his senses you have been very ill she waa was saying in a low voice that set tho the blood tingling in hia his velna I 1 dut but you are getting on famously now I 1 dont go he aid said again she turned to pull a bell A servant came trip tn fri noiselessly with a teeming steaming bowl don t go be he said again she eat sat down in R i bamboo chair thair by the lindow vin dow she was smiling as one ono arallen at a wilful child AI IN here am I 1 it narlo barlow asked I 1 this ie is the I 1 u mang Mi All salon oslon alii alit she anil and out he lie inquired 1 I am the daughter of father ray tiny mond as they call hlin him here II 11 w long hat hate 0 I 1 been here lour weeks nearl heart I 1 she sald two coolies bought ou all at night they said ou had lad been beaten by highe highwaymen aymen on the beheng ti rond road I 1 au ou gustat t talk tallo ct et I 1 ebe she mont on as ho he vaa aas about to speak shan I 1 I 1 read to you barlow nodded and closed his hi ees C 00 you have told rne what you have been not what you are while she nad rad him news from a ion lou I on don paper aix beeba old lie gained rapidly after that la in a weeks time ho he was able to hobble about the mud walled garden of at the mission the girl was aas with him con Bt st antly reading to him on abb little veranda or singing to him in a the arft glow of the september st ara gradually dually ho he told her ot of hie his life ol 01 his aimless of hill wasted asted opportunities he ile neither softened his hi past nor excused it thero there flere w ere many parta parts of it of course that he did not mention bit what be he did tell her of it ho he told in a plain straightforward nay with sometime sometimes a note of fistful sadness in hie lite olce oleo and she was always grave and sm ra pathetic and eminently lovable so the tile das da 8 hew flew past iery very happy dab dari they were for darlow barlow until there came a bitter night when villen be he walked the crooked streets of fu chang alone and had it out with him self what was he that he ahou 14 dare to love a woman oman like this he lie cursed himself for a blind fool that past ot of his own making rose before him like a gate shutting abutting blui forever from paradise the gray light was as break ing over the crooked ed dirty streets of I 1 u chang when ho he returned returnee 1 to the mission and himself on his bed utterly exhausted but adeep he could not and after tossing restlessly sely for awhile aft bile ho he arose and stood at the win dow watching the eun sun creep up above the mud nailed walled huts all these waited years and nothing to ghow show ful fut it but the bittern exx of his heart and an ancient yellow mp map in hie his despair ho he caught the map from his pocket and tore it into small bits perhaps it was best after all he reflected lie ile doubted his ability to demalt silent bad had bis his assets ben otherwise it man before ho he could truet himself to see her hy lie fouad her la in the garden and went tu to her smiling bravely I 1 am going arway tonight said he 1 I I must somehow earn enough to repay the kindness that haj has been shown me here lie san saw her face pale a little you are not able to go yet the said I 1 am better able now thai tham I 1 shall be later he be returned almost roughly hl li she looked up suddenly and saw he was as U it cabling ills face was white I 1 don t dont go sho she urged I 1 itay aitay until you are stronger et ronger stay until until he lie drew himself up it means too much if it I 1 stay cald paid he II 11 you must anyway she said la in a low a w voice good god child I 1 ho he burst out I 1 haven t 11 I 1 told vou ou what I 1 am she smiled up at him hima hims s smile of 0 perfect faith and perfect understand ing you hive told rne me what you have been not what you are she aid said gently IT with an inarticulate cry he opt PAIS itil toft boards her liar bis his fae ta transformed transform ai by love and hope the perfume ot of the garden came lo 10 him like a breath oc of fieldi the belle of a als distant mple were tinkling musically |