Show ANN A X aaion 7 GY by nw owaru ca SYNOPSIS ida cla holbrook and was atlas helen lier tier gilece were ere entrust entrusted el to laurence donovan a writer near port annandale Annani lale sils n zar ded to donovan that ehe she brother henry who ruined by lire had mantly eor threatened threat eneil ney from rom hi father s will of I 1 atricia wa was guardian they rt annandale to escape henry with t the he two e learned of A helen an lor r donavan discovered dia covered ani ant n intruder who proved to be temple suitor for the hand of 1 holbrook gillespie mornine A ared red and was ordered aw aws iw W afas 1 1 holbrook folbrook and her taen en friendly terms donovin donovan italian tallan assassin he ire met the posed was holbrook but who iii a canoe maker fiort rt discussion discua slon donovan left elpie was discovered diM by don ting country church with ith 1000 PTER VI continued in a I 1 heard the voice at 0 my no that all might hear bear i on the deity highway of take nono nano of the hondr or i so kindly offer me the ave ve given you today to day I 1 came y I 1 stepped into your cool coal I 1 house of worship this morn ch ell of at bodily baue the small ns clence 1 stirred within me been cen inside a church for two I 1 was greatly shaken nut but led ed to your eloquent ra a that tho the green wall paper 1 my soul currents that tac reen tint la Is notorious all u a interceptor spend the you like gentlemen but if er may suggest it try some it t color scheme in your rations ed choking with emotion as d head he pushed his way e circle and strode past roe me 9 stared after him mystified ling I 1 heard an old man it wonderful rond ond erful are the wave of emple pass and followed him 11 a in the road hid us staring church folk lie 1 saw ms me ve discovered dIs Lovered me donovan our bins sins will find you out people singularly ly moved at it f a greenback I 1 have rat rate 0 aused so much excitement se oi oil are tring to ease fere by giving away some aton mcney meney just it donovan you have brass tack nn on the bead head hut but we e have met again albeit a D fault of at my own let me of real human inter tell me what youre do rut g there were no cabs don loose a queer hour of the ur exercise ight say the same for your let us be sensible I 1 dare some common platform piat form on both stand itsume it I 1 replied dis by y the roads 1111 that I 1 might easily bandages agea were still his wrists and a strip of er across the knuckles of 0 hand otherwise testified to of the glass in st SL agatha a e lu lo held up his hands rue were nasty slashes and I 1 in up badly IP to climbing out adow hut but I 1 linger without my little occupy and an excellent chance of e t L if it you don t clear out of theres any shame in you go 0 without making further occurred to me he began hat at I 1 know something that to know I 1 saw honry henry hoi 1101 erday I 1 demanded lake hes lies rented a sloop d the stiletto I 1 passed it t on the tho annandale steamer him quite distinctly our fault that hee hes here thoroughly aroused if not dot followed those women t have spent the remainder ives ive here and never have stcl nut but he undoubtedly trail from you nodded gravely and fore he ati answered 0 o 0 ry to spoil your theory ish brother but put this in henry wa was here R ast astl lie ire sailboat ten days iago agnand and i entry a week lain that it ou all please mr immensely mm ensely roll eved by thie this fo to it satisfied me that I 1 en cli ri n the identity oc maker I 1 had hm however in n f ailing aling the button king a a atle t e lj li holbrook Hil brook staying I 1 lally ally anc knew w be h keeps afloat tbt 1 na to a man coming here his this summer acci rt r t has sol got the us t of the tile rauch I 1 learned from the B man at ant An abdale andale then e 8 aletto and sa a henry OB on 14 34 embarked the two exiles without incident it was as clear that I 1 know more than gillespie but he had supplied nio me with several interesting bite bits of at information and what was more to the point he had confirmed my belief bellef that henry holbrook and the canoe maker were the same person you mu mut mutt tt see that I 1 face a difficult situation fire 1 re without counting you you don t strike me aa as a wholly bad lot and why won wont t you run along like a good boy and let me deal dell with holbrook then when I 1 hae bottled settled with him I 1 H see what hat can be done for you roll your position aa as an un welcome suitor engaged in annoying the lady ou all profess to love and causing her great anxiety and distress Is unworthy of the really good fellow I 1 believe you to ba be lie ile was mas silent for a moment then be he spoke very soberly I 1 promise you donovan that I 1 will do nothing to encourage or help gifol brook I 1 know as mell ell as you that he a a blackguard but my own affairs I 1 must manage lu in my own ohn way say nut but ai as aurely surely as you try to molest those women you will have to an ewer to me nie I 1 am not in the habit of beginning what I 1 never fi nisla and I 1 intend to keep those women out of your way as well sell as out of holbrook a clutches and it you get a cracked head la in the bus business ineza well the crack a in your own skull mr air gillespie he lie shrugged his shoulders threw up his head bead and turned away down the road there was something about tho the fel low that I 1 liked I 1 even felt a certain pity for him as I 1 passed him and rode on an he teemed seemed simple and but with a dogged manasa ass beneath alq absurdities lie was undoubtedly deeply attached to helen holbrook and his pursuit of her partook of a knight quality that would have appealed appe aed to me la in other circum stances but he was as the most degli gible fure that had yet appeared in the affair and as I 1 put my horse to the lope ray my thoughts reverted to tied red gate that chess game and Il helens elens visit to her father were still to be explained if it I 1 could cut those cards out of the pack I 1 should be ready for something really difficult I 1 employed myself with such reflections as I 1 completed my guy weep sweep round the lake reaching glenara Gle narin shortly after two 0 clod clock I 1 was hot bat and hungry and grateful for the cool breath of the tho house bouso as its I 1 entered the hall atlas ml holbrook is wa tC in the albran announced and la in a moment I 1 cled bliss 1 pat who stood in one of the open french windows looking out upon the wood she appeared to be deeply ab assorted abi orbed sorted and did not turn until I 1 spoke 1 I have waited for some time I 1 hae base something of importance to tell you mr ir donovan IDO nOvaD she began seating herself les es ww MISS holbrook 0 IOU o remember that this morning on our war ar to the chapel clelen spoke of our game of chess yesterday I 1 remember perfectly I 1 replied ard my in heart began to pound ullen sudden ly for I 1 knew know what the next sen sentence tente would be helen was not at st agatha s at be the iree ime she he indicated well 1 pat I 1 laughed ail ic brook docant have to account to we tor for her mole movements mEnts it im toutant tor tant hy by ln t it important ant demanded pat la in a sharp tone that was new to me we lr ml isa holbrook she ii Is not AC countable to me for tier her actions colons it she he fibbed about the chuss it a 8 a small matter perhaps it ai and pos possible sIbl shu she Is 1 not account ab to me ne e must cit probe human motives too deehl miss holbrook I 1 eald said evasively wishing to allay lur hir BUIC lone ions if it possible A auns oun adiian in Is entitled to her chimi hut but now that you have told me tills this I 1 suppose I 1 nil as well know taw low she to 0 o you for his this trifflie llie deception oh ehe she alj said she wished to the country for herself she wished to in satisfy herself of our lately and she alto didn dian t want ant ou all to think ahn was run ning foolishly into banger she chaft charls s under restraint and I 1 fear does not wholly holly sympathize with my runaway tactics she likes a contout zt and sometimes helen takes pleasure in in being perverse she has an idea mr ir donovan that you are a very severe person I 1 am honored that she should en bertain any opinion of mv whatever vr r I 1 replied laughing aad and now said mise pal pat 1 I must go bad helen went to ber her room to write some letters against a time when li it ma bo be possible to with our friends and I 1 took the lp p port unIty to call on you it might be as well mr donovan not to mention my visit I 1 walked beside miss pat to the gate where here ebe she dismissed me remark ing that she would be quite ready for a ride in the launch it t five a clock the morning bad had added it fen few new colored threads to the tangled skein I 1 WAS accumulating but I t felt that with the achs story elilah exil ed I 1 could bat at ly IY eliminate the supernatural and I 1 was relieved rell eved to find that no matter what other odd add elements I 1 had bad to reckon with a girl who could be in two places at the same time was not among them CHAPTER VII A broken oar the white clouds of the later after noon cruised dreamily between green wood and blue sky I 1 brought the launch to st agathas landing and embar jd ad the two tso exiles without inci dent we set forth in cool gool spirits ijima at he the engine and I 1 at the whyel I 1 drove the boat toward the open 0 to o guard against unfortunate en counters and the course wee once established I 1 had little care but to give a wide berth to all the other craft afloat helen exclaimed repeatedly upon the beauty of the lake which the vest west wind rippled into man mani variations of color I 1 was flattered by her friendly ll ness and yielded myself to the joy of the day agreeably thrilled thrill edI I 1 con fess as much by her daric dark loveliness as is she turned from time to time to speak to me aunt oat vat la Is a famous sailor observed helen as the launch rocked the last lost time we crossed be the captain had bad personally to take her below dur ing a hurricane helen alfaia likes to make a ber her oine olne of me said ml alse pat with her adorable smite smile dot I 1 am not in the least afraid of the water I 1 think there must have been sallon among ray my ancestor ancestors she ws was as tran tranquil gult as the day her ifer attitude toward her niece had bad not dot clanged and I 1 pleased myrtlf ray sol f with toe the reflection that mere ancestry the vigor visor and courage of indomitable uld tild sea birds did not sufficiently account fw for her but that she teAI trifled fled to t an ampler background t race and was a flee fine flower bower that had been centuries Ceat urlet la in ane e cruised tho the shorn shore ot of fort part A ann at a discreet distance and then bore off again I 1 iet et us not go too near shore any where said helea helen anti and was pal rat murmured acquiescence not wo we dont care to mee people she remarked a trifle anxiously I 1 ni afraid I 1 don t know any to introduce you to I 1 replied and turned away alvay into the broadest part of the lake the launch was of a lively clip and the engino worked capitally I 1 had no fear vt being caught even if we e should ho be pursued and this in the broad light of f the peaceful sabbath afternoon seemed the remotest possibility it had boon been understood that we wt re to remain out until lie the sun dropped into the western wood and I 1 lott loitered ered on toward HIP the upper tipper lake where e e the shore shores were rougher a real island oer there they call it hattle battle orchard a ell must haye a glimpse of tt it oh nothing Is so delightful aa an an island exclaimed helen ijima had scanned the lake ion con stand since we 0 o started as wai was his habit miss pat turned to to helen of the chore shore that now swept away from ua us in broader cur cunes es as we e passed out of the connecting channel into the farther lake ijima remarked to me quietly as though speaking of the engine there a a man following in a ro row aw boat and aa as I 1 replied to some remark by miss bliss pat I 1 saw half hall a rollo mile distant its salad hanging idly a sloop that an a description of the bt lietto its snowy canvas shone white alte against the green verdure of battle orchard shut off the power a moment we WO will turn here Ijima and I 1 called miss pats pat a attention to a hoary old mcamore wc amore on the western shore oh I 1 in disappointed not to cruise ti nearer aber the island with ith tho the romantic 1 name cried criel helen and there a a barrt over there too tool I 1 alread had the boit bott swung round und and in reversing reve the course I 1 lost tho the stiletto which clung to the island shore but I 1 saw now quite plainly the rowboat ijima had reported aa as following us it bung hung oil off about a quarter of a mile and its single occupant had cased c ased rowing and shipped his oars as though waiting he ile waa was between ur and the tle strait that conn cled the be upper and jonir lakes though not alarmed I 1 wa was irritated by my care lessne ea in venturing through the straat and anxious to return to the lesi less wild part of the lake I 1 did not dare look over my shoulder bit kept ing to my passengers geis while ijima with the rare intuition of bis his rac understood der stood tho the situation ond indicated by gestures the coure course Th theres eroe a boat sailing through the green green wood exclaimed helen and true enough as we crept in cico clo cic o to the shore we could still see across a wooded point of the ind the pails palls of the stiletto as of at a it boat of dreams drifting through the trees and as I 1 looked I 1 saw something more A tiny micnal flag waa was run quickly to tho the ta topmast P head bead once and lashed flashed back anif as I 1 faced the bow again the boatman dropped bis his oars into the water hat a strange looking man remarked miss pat he ile doehn doesn t look like a native natle I 1 replied r 0 carelessly the launch swung slowly around aro unil cutting a half circle of which the hal ital inns inn boat best was tho the center he lie dallied idly with his oars and seemed to pay no heed beed to us though he glanced sev sey eral times toward tho the yacht which ld now crept into full view and un der a freshening breeze was beatina southward full speed ijima the engine responded instantly and we cut through abu water ater smartly there was a grace ot of about 25 yards between the boatman and the nearer shore I 1 did not believe that he would do more than try to annoy us by tor for cing us on the swampy hore for it was still broad daylight and we were likely at any moment to meet other craft cratl I 1 aas couf confident Ident that with any sort of luck I 1 could all elp pt pw p W lu lim and gain the strait or dodge and run round him before lt 16 could change the course of his heavy skiff I 1 kicked tho the en i ot of an oar which the launch carried for emergencies and ijima on this bint hint drew it toward him you pyou can see ee orae tome of the roots of port annandale across the tie nock here I 1 remarked remark elac ing that the women bid begun to the approaching boat bolt irn |