Show aau SERIAL q ASTORY STORY THE by ELIA ELLA MIDDLETON rations by ray wallen ag absy sy aj arli pr li sol it ky byJ jak lippi SYNOPSIS ree girl Fl izabeth gabrielle ani an I 1 tan 1 I for or ci cl nada to the tile w er if 11 ere on board s teamer they frightened by an alpar apparently dement ment WIK rang r who fl Jl a bas bag belonging it it of 0 them took enjoyment in ecru n a onoto of the trio ller share I 1 sister rini m with alth a mr airs graham alno also nd 1 for anada the tile young women on ilits P ng tour met all 11 graham bously it balting her tier husband who ha had anis for mailing thy thy were r intro I 1 to lord wilfrid an and lady I 1 fill otaie by the 0 can wa was rented I 1 trio for the summer 1 zabeth pj pd thata hat a I 1 of at her tier father a m aas as ill 11 two men ballel one of th II 11 in the i leer artina str strander nt ranier anser on ito the garls atre not at horn home dischi erd by it alie to car la Is 1 ft that one the lie men mas ae I 1 liza lizabete beti 9 tatter ratters a d 1 th man proved to ba bw jo jot n L C nil nd gordon bennett rile pirty I 1 t id of the seart earah it tor for am jiggers in lit it i nit I 1 of the tile itsie I 1 ilso vii sited gaj in to flit that her tier ite ito ua the he 1 she learned that the tile ama m a 3 lady idith i wro ere A va ip ill of s ellow lip hoir I 1 r fri frien in mr M r 0 ira ip x t fill f 11 into the amida of ga I 1 ise am 8 hair wae was I 1 lack lac k during rm A i ung women beirl it i rash et b t 0 of the stage an all I 1 1 a rno 1110 t lai fat r af ry annc anne their vonian moman berv ent enl i her tier arm bleeding to as 0 tie e ill li e wa no dinger 11 afar d nd d to wash te basement aline al w q I 1 leta let their fear fears ialy 1 ly I 1 adith told kerls arl f a robbery of J wela nel at t tie I 1 I 1 acar car ng ni for the wely of sea it her r jovn g she he ifft ft them in a mate bufe at the tha lot ot lr gordon bennett was pro proper perl Pla ined tie action actions led nod file he lost bag a anil nd to toll japer I 1 of doings of a year bi before fore con netel the I 1 exploring the rellar cellar odthe t the girls found it sphinx cult cuff but but the he exa t counterpart of chich hid both on in bennett dennett and ladi lady adith were I 1 to niso also I 1 ilse lp alone ex d I 1 the rellar cellar overhearing a conver a i thor ther between mary anne add and ft a he lie roid roi p oad d to be her eon son charge I 1 murd r the oung women momen agreed beep fp the ecret lady ideth told a of a 10 boet loet t lovoi in with 1 finx key allise and gordon 1 benlee covered lady tady ani ant mr grade grate latter fatter displaying a marcelous man mari clou elous me one loice CHAPTER X continued t la lit all very well for ou all to it i she remarked but you don dont t know whether there Is aa as muan cracker in the house have to uie the village and see A what hat I 1 can eally really sympathized with elizibeth Ellz ibeth ried tried to show it in a practical man lepose I 1 do the marketing I 1 poking round in those little i MI ou d buy whatever they told you returned ungratefully and come home with a leg of mutton a i bead head of cabbage for a picnic sup no ill send mary anne that be best of all ry anne ie usupo came nobly to escue I 1 not the first ali st supper I 1 vc ve spread he rocket ahe she said I 1 and most it wont ont be the last so rest miss elizabeth nil zabeth fur w well 11 II I 1 know now to purlie and theres bothin to II 11 t rieff over oner nt at oil though wh vh should want to do sich etch things they might set up at a table and ike christiana christians I 1 cant fur the 0 me make out 11 brille 11 re petted ted this speech as at U around our fire that night and lied ed the tho waves breth against the tending sending up little fountains of that sparkled in the moonlight bands were clasped about her tier R and her hair gli clistene stene I 1 here there where here the spray had od ed it r course sat 11 I 1 lord wilfrid one rot lot expect the lower classes to island stand the subtle fascination of cing ering like illo this knowe knows so buhi of the lover 8 interposed lady edith dr int t it be better dear to give the benefit of ot a doubt they enjoy the beauties of nature in on own va aa ou oil know although it jt 0 1 course quite quita different from 1 as R very innocent little speech ingi uttered pt et lord wilfrid a e ened disagreeably and he lie S cap down doan over his eyes in n distinctly irritable bi kl I 1 he brooked no how low ll lalit and I 1 wondered whether aa as the tile effect of his illness or his him I 1 d 1 D alton ilia ills bister later looked a alln than turned to eliza ani alb it remark about 4 i 1 of the night she never neer I 1 hia his sulky moods although though ril occurred quite otton often and was al at re idy to respond with i a smila or fill word when ha he deigned to II 11 ant again ib h laid her hand on lad lady 9 uh h a caressing gesture she frerard ft erward erard that she was as glad ehe she e it for nt at the moment elie she hated abed ird lord wilfrid and kne knew h I 1 way hia his slater stater a e hand clasped st at ehi needed sympathy eat tat together to Eother upon a largo flat with ith their backs against 11 lk boulder while mr air blake and raham sat at their feet fading with bits at s asting driftwood and applee dative glan ced just above them at the Ill thought nir blake look ed it 1 40 have as van 1 ellneth Ell Nth rin it would bot n q lit sWilling tu be SYM it rss 1 rs not goo mr arabam 0 it 6 for his face was in the 11 il w s K I 1 leaned forward forwards for warda a little ta it t I 1 Itil lait get a wr better view As I 1 did s I 1 noticed that MM lira gr a allona a isu 11 ile looking toward him and be ond noni him to the sea her dark eye eyes v opened and ler up lips th 11 fresh et air had brought no touch it t color for to her face race which ill ach tried een paler than usual in the as I 1 follard fol laed the direction of lit 1 r gate I 1 OIL the blazing fire over oler the bolks ke and at 0 where the ocean cached undulating into space swe A broad aller ally tr path wag aas spread directly OP Polite Us u quiring with the in coming tide and sparkling here and i there where here the billows broke into lit 1 tie ahlee acred waves it Is lovely isa an t it I 1 gild said think ing ng I 1 understood her abstraction she turned toward me with a quick nervous koument I 1 beg your birdon I 1 am III afraid my thoughts were wandering I 1 I 1 repealed my iny remark with the inane feeling such repetitions cause and sho she replied with nith a repressed ve heiri ence bli h the subject scarcely ec arcely deemed to arrant lAme lovely lyl oh no not to me look beyond the little path of light to the darkness and think what hen lies beneath don dont t think interposed mr gra ham hant with hie his light lauah and dont look too tou far there la is where mra mrs gaham and I 1 differ sho she Is always alas looking into and beyond though cheli afuli aw full afraid of what she may dis cover As for mo me I 1 prefer not to go below the surface id I 1 d rather ito loit lo it on those jolly little wa ma eg for instance than dive live beneath them and nd I 1 said I 1 lizibeth would rather bit sit here and watch them than do either I 1 m afraid un are not ambitious miss elizabeth said mr air bennett one must dive me a bit it one considers the future inho ho cares for the future iner mr air graham it ts Is the present we livo the in isn t ita it the past IH Is gone aa 0 we continued to talk for awhile in a desultory way and not worth wording abo abbit it the future will look out for itself but the he present when we ino hie and love and bate batel ah all the time for me rile and I 1 think I 1 make the mo inot mot t of it iso no one can abuso me of cry ing over split milk or taking undue thought for the marrow eh ell jullet lul letT ino iso she returned no learry harry she spoke dully and immediately lapsed into silence in ili a manner that pr booked me mr air graham frequently made male burh little jocular apt apie e ils to his wife and always ende nored to in elude clude her in an merriment or conversation hat that inte restel him I 1 tho thought tight she a should respond some ahnes at least and anti could understand what that gabrielle meant when ehe she said blie she often had to resist an inclination suddenly Ud deril to shako mrs graham and 00 it ehe she would hen then be roused from lur usual apathy tic 0 o e continue I 1 to talk for a while in a desultory way but as the moments passel we ne lapsed into silence and watched a tchee the he water mater noisily over the rocks tor for the surf was wonderful ond erful 1 one that night so WP we nat mat around our fire looking out upon the rustles rist lesi ni moonlit mcall and listening to the roar of the breakers aa as wave wade tol to owed oved way a in quick each think ing our own thoughts and no douai by them beyond the distant horizon of our most aher cherished I 1 she boies and ambitions of course I 1 cannot answer tor for the other others but 11 I 1 inow now that I 1 was at first oppressed by a sense of my own ensig kance ance and rind then blissfully i a intent with tho the present moment and oblivious ivnik to the flight of time A B I 1 eat sat dreaming dreams 80 a ague that they had no but aged d one no into the he other like inlet into lioudis a n little boat gilded glided 91 1 bantly aly into tho the silver 1 lath ath it came in into to the light with alth put of tho the darkness dark nesa BP read isalas 11 hat that glistened pearly adlite tte and is it floated on the spark ahng water it seema to me a PhIll phantom tOm enchanted enc hinted ocean I 1 ship p upon an I 1 knew entranced wishing watched it its destination and whence it came aid gordon den it fe is your alp ship ne tt t coming home to vou I 1 do not belldo I 1 wa will surprised for it wb not the first ahen en be he responded to my ray anut had bad time 0 o be he berti id thought he lie eat bat upon a to lower er I 1 la a hit his bis his right cap call boulder ilder at my band hand his bl bat hair r pow powdered d ered by occasions bower of pray spray from an especially ter 1 ge breaker while biro graham at my left wag was w rapped la in a shawl and hovering over oer the fire fim life voice wa was scarcely more than a whisper as in hf continued it to bringing you many treasure treasures pearls beyond price pearl icelin team I 1 interrupted set not these pearle pearls they are rims of real joy put leee in their purity and of great value ther are other I 1 jen jewel too rubles eni walde dia monde monds and like bour our eyes hut but I 1 want my ship to brins bring mo more than levels there are other things perfumes and apices from araby the dies blest goltl straight from the mints mince without al iny and perhaps niles bellso it may bring ou the elixir of eternal youth would vou ou like tint that I 1 haj had a quick vision of gabrielle and PIl eilzabeth zabeth w wrinkled and palsied by arc arti while hile I 1 was still quite young and kit no I 1 gald said I 1 do not want eternal youth nut but I 1 want it for you I 1 should lice 0 to think sou would always alays look as you do tonight to night NN here has it been I 1 chose to ll 11 ignore tho implied compliment the ship to the land of 0 dream dreams of course and deep la in the bold beneath the jewels I 1 think it Is bring ing you W N nap ah all that ie Is not for me to tell you yoli you must discover it yourself sour suppose I 1 remarked lit it happen happens to bo be sour our ship not riot emilae 1 what then it lant my ship miss alias alise mine fine Is ii somewhere here on the black water but it has not reached the light as yet ya I 1 sent it out long ago and sometime sometimes I 1 have thought it was as lost wrecked so go I 1 feared but just lately I 1 have hayo begun to belles it will come cam satel safely home SOM sometimes I 1 hive cien beamed i I 1 could see it coning into taft port part and bringing brin hing met me t V hat 1 M I hearts desire I 1 wanted very much to ask him what it was but something prevented bo 1 I out over the rippling sliver silver path and wished ruy ny ship still was really coming homo home laden with treasures from the land nt of dreams I 1 vion wondered dered too what I 1 might discover bid hid len in tho the hold and whether I 1 would bo be able to find it without na as sla sim tance the little boat however merely galled sailed on aad and I 1 saw that it waa was going steadily away from me taking with nith it my unknown treasures gabrielle also had been watching P I 1 and presently voiced bei bet theories there gors goes the smuggler she an as one having authority la its such matters he lie la Is mrs airs Ilund ll ys emer aids supplemented supplement td elizibeth ellz ibern we ought to hope he will be wrecked do ou A wish ish it N why hy no elizabeth hesitate in no mr air make blake I 1 im m afraid I 1 dont don t nor L I 1 said gabrielle somehow I 1 can t help taking an interest in bini him fv fi ry time I 1 hear of a new jot 0 o of things thins being shugg led in I 1 feel quite a thrill of relief dut but I 1 cant can t forgive the emeralds h hf might have let the poor old woman bioni I 1 suppose he be could not reali them said lady idith I 1 have read some where here that there Is 1 an lr im pulse could you huch such an impulse inquired mr she considered a moment before re plying no I 1 cannot understand it I 1 do not wish tali to be In intolerant but some things are inconceivable I 1 tr he insisted rut vours elt in his life place and remember the tion aluman nature Is 18 weak meak vou au know TO dr |