| Show elk AT I 1 ED BY K BY wa 4 y brierl ca SYNOPSIS miss 1 rat an enl J efel helm n irr were to ho i a arc ro of t fj TJ novion A r 1 summering near v war I 1 ur rt nning il de il aarl la n donovan that an h f ared fared he hr r I 1 rother it 11 ir who aulne ly by aback bank fal failure lure hi lon I 1 colatat aly chrt teneil 1 r f fir r from froin hie fila lat dutli h r a will of irh B M imaney 1 atrit la wits a mr tar ilan th tho y it to art bort annandale to 0 o exah IM I 1 wit with the th two mm men I 1 he fe fernl loarn dof of I 1 halon 1 len 8 ni ton royln ing suitor don dnovan van dis ivr aril d and a In who art I 1 to bp b girod I 1 I 1 suitor for t II 11 I 1 hand of ilass 1 or hobrook Illi espe culp dilip peered the th following morning A roual a ailor ap paril nr binl 0 11 wax order 4 away t donovan 11 law saw M mix s I 1 albrook and her fa ahr meet na friendly term terms inova o 0 ought an italian assassin lie ile met the til man he h supposed was holbrook but who XIII at I 1 ho h waa was fl artridge ot cano canoe maker after a short lonigan lo nivan ifft left shrilly wa was alip iv ihrl rl by don ovan oven a it country burin hurh with U WO gillespie admitted he be knew of 1 t I 1 bronk bronk a pros enre miss id binl ark n wao aged to bonoan tint t at astles bielon imeln tat al ben been mIssi ml eln nir for a few hour hours wll riding in aa a launch rich tio tt italian ballor attempted to molest the tho trio trin hut but fallee miss ml pat 1 it irr er intention of ting 1 henry holbrook and not seeking eek lne another hitting pla 0 donham met helen in garden kran at night of helen was a confessed by the mounir lady she ad mittI conal ling with her fiuty despite tiM tilt hr hor aunts precautions in lit to night meeting with don ma ovan ovar CHAPTER IX continued do you yoa mean to tell me that you bavo have not talked with your father that you have not seen him here I 1 besought yes I 1 have bave seen him once and it wa was by bir ec olden it was quite by ac u aident yes I 1 know of that then on oil have been spying upon m e sir Do noail why did you tell me that outrage bously foolish tale about your chess game when hen I 1 know knew exactly where you wore at tho very hour boj would have I 1 1 ad I me think you berj dutifully en gael rao I 1 with your aunt it seems to me my dear aless holbrook that that ie in not riot so easy of explanation even to my wits wit I 1 was wa without purpose pur poso really it wal I 1 wa vat restless and weary from so much confinement aou ou cant know I 1 0 v dreary these late year years have been for us for mc me end I 1 wished whid lust just once to lie be free I 1 went for a long walk into the country and if it you saw nio me it you watched ino me I 1 gavid at her blankly tho the thing could not have been better done on tho the sta etaro but mill miss pat was walking toward us and I 1 put an end to the talk I 1 came catrie upon him by accident I 1 had no idea ho he was here bere ehe she per fisted you are not growing tired of us began miss ails pat with her brave beau ifal islip I 1 you are not anxious to be rid of in ua 1 I 1 certainly tm not I 1 replied 1 11 I cant can t tell you how glad I 1 rim that you have decided to remain here bore I 1 am quite sure that with a little patience wo Y e shall ear tar out the besieger besiegers our position liere hns has you may say the strength c its we weakness alness I 1 think the policy of the enemy Is to harass you by guerrilla cods hods to rennoy jou you and frighten you into I 1 yes I 1 believe you are i il I 1 she bald lowly helen had on and I 1 loitered beside miss rat pat 1 I chopo you huc haie had no atlis pat illace nur eur talk yesterday none whatever abe replied q kiick alck ly IY 1 I am quite persuaded in my own mint min I 1 that I 1 should have been better off if it 1 I 1 I lind find made a stand lone ago I 1 don t believe bellove cowardice ever pays do your sho she smiled up at me it ic her quiet bright way and I 1 was more tha than over her slave illjes you are the bravest woman women in tho the world I 1 believe you arp right I 1 mak til ik I 1 should be equal to ten ton thousand men wen with our spirit to put heart into me blont be foolish fool lh ehl said laugh ins ing aut to show you thit Z aci am not roly afraid suppose you offer to take ua us for a drive this opening I 1 think thial it would be the well for me vie to appear today juet just to show the enemy that e are nol not driven to cover by our little ad venture in the tile launch lest besterda erda 3 shall all wo carry out riders and a rear guird not a bit of it I 1 think we may b 1 able to hairo my brother out of bla hi evil by our wo acted for bielen to rajoon us u and tho the drive wai won planned for five on the lh hour after utter a day ut activity oa oft my part tn im the lake looking for signs of the edemy we set et forth la irk an open trap and plunged plunge ct into country road that trav tray eased territory dpn hory new to all rf af its a I 1 carried jima along ard hen after a few miles helen ached to 0 o arke the reins I 1 changed seals with her and ft we up to talk abib mits ml pu the girlis flood waa aa guvo aad load she wilibel to drive I 1 fanci fancied td ai as cu an ex cuse tor for silence the land lanit foiw graj gral bally adgy into tho ho bouth and west and we halted bolted to an hour or so far trow roni tee lake on an a wooded eainer that commanded a ions sweep lite cry direction and drew into the dildo ijima opened a gate that admitted to a superb mople grove and la its a minutes we era ere having toso ie from tamper bamper la in the mood in world the sea sull van marvels nn arvel in he the weal nod and the this that dh pod tk ward beneath ui us g jk n df dr thick tapestry a to 1 I 1 A LIP he stepped cloe close to me hie threateningly we could almost walk to the lake over the trees I 1 said miss pat pal its ita a charming picture I 1 then as we all turned to the lake seeing it afar across the treetops tree tops through the fragrant twilight I 1 saw the stiletto standing out boldly upon the waters of annandale with a lan ian guld impudence that I 1 begin to as socrate with its slim outlines ani and snowy canvas oter craft were abroad and illes pat I 1 judged spoke of the prettiness of the general landscape and there was to bo be sure no reason why the itally of the stiletto should have had any canco cance for her helen was still looking down upon the lake when miss pat suggested that wo ve should go home her aunt called ti to her the girl stood one hand resting upon the trunk of a giedt beech lier her gaze bent wistfully ully toward the lake dut but on the homeward drive she had asked tor for tho the reins again her mood changed abruptly anil anti she talked cheerily often turning her head a starlet banded sailor hat was wits I 1 thought remarkably becoming to chaff about her skill with the ruins reins 1 I a care cate or trouble in the world declared misa miss vat when I 1 left them at st agatha s 1 I I am sure that we have known the arst worst that can happen to us its in annandale I 1 refuse to be a bit frightened jitter that drive drio it was charming said helen thle Is better than the english lake co rou itry witry because it isn t so smoothed out I 1 will crant you all ot of alia I 1 said I 1 will wl go further ani admit what Is much for roe me that it Is almost equal to Itil killarney larvey there seemed to be sincerity in their good spirit tr and I 1 wa wis rhe i r deved as I 1 drove into Ole Barni but I 1 arr aged to the same guar buarl I 1 as oa on ine the night before helen Kolli rooka double daling created a 4 com cont kion ilion of affairs that deman demanded ded cautious handling and I 1 hij no I 1 nten tion 1100 of being caught from the window of my room I 1 saw the Japa reeo boy the walk walks of 8 st Azat agathas bas A buckboard ot of young from port annandale Annam lalo passed in he the roid leaving a trail ot of song behind them then the frog choruses from the little brok that lay bidden hidden in the glenara wood sounded in my ears earn with maddening iteration and I 1 douht the open TI the tie e previous night I 1 had bad met heln holbrook Holh rook by tho the stone seat at on the ridge and I 1 cannot deny that it was with the hope bope of seeing her again that I 1 set IP forth she was wa beautiful with a rare at all ilmo s yet I 1 found if wondering crin erint whether ott ou tho tit frontiers of cof love it was her da dating ft 19 tini lilt arre arrealer aled to me I 1 ert birt myself stubbornly into a pillory of my awn hame khame at the loo aral went out and slid climb climbs 4 upon ho the glanard GIft Barm wall and stared at t the lark darl buk of st agatha ha its I 1 pun ishad 1 for having entertained any other thought of attlen holbrook Hol brouk than titan of a weak vain ungrateful gi all I of toa ma ing n 31 mischief eblet ful ft i hr hat benefactor 11 iania ma raved and repa rei la in pawl walk that eldfed cu ted thal b elbro buildings I 1 beace bid ht step af marked his AS he met ho the gs S dear ft pt the front treat donby lal an a 1 lutat icat I 1 bad batt tug nuta nut godet 4 As I 1 cr UK eldred the matter I 1 concluded that helen holbrook could readily slip out at tha the back of the house when the guards thus met and that the had thus found egress on the night before at this moment the two guards met precisely at the front door and to my surprise sister margaret in the brown garb of her sisterhood stepped out nodded to the watchmen in the light of the overhanging lamp and walked lowly slowly round the buildings and toward koward the lake the men promptly resumed their patrol the sister slipped away like a shadow through the garden and I 1 dropped down from the wall in side the school park and stole after her the guards were guilty of no impropriety in passing her there was to be sure no reason reaton why sister mar tar grimet should not do precisely as she liked at st agathas Agatha 8 Ilowe however vr my curiosity was piqued and I 1 crept quiet ly along through the young maples that fringed the wall null she followed a path that led down to the pier and find I 1 bung back to watch still believing that sister margaret had gone forth merely to enjoy the peace and beauty of the kluht I 1 paused in a little thick et and heard her light step on the pier flooring and I 1 drew as near as I 1 dared in the shadow of the boathouse she stood beside the upright staff from which the pier lights swung the thi white lantern between he the two red ones looking out across the lake the lights outlined her tall toll figure distinct ly she peered about anxiously sev sey oral eral times and I 1 heird he ird the impatient tap ot of her foot toot on the planks in the lake sounded the faint gurgle of round a paddle and in a moment caw glided to the pier and a out dent bent donn dovin to geize seize the painter and I 1 halt away ashamed ot of the sheer curiosity that had dhawn dt awn me after he the sister vuna uns who chafe at their prison bar bars are not new either to romance or history and this arely surely wari waa no affair of mine theu the man stood up and I 1 saw aw that it waa was gillespie tie was all hatless and his arms were bared he ile begin to 81 peak but the she quieted him with a wona orta rind as with a gesture the flung back nor ier brown hood I 1 saw that it I 1 was helen holbrook 1 I had bad given ou up the said lie ito took both her hands and held them bending toward her hir enserly she seemed taller than thitu he in the lantern light 1 I should have come across the world he aid bald you must believe that I 1 hould should not have asked its this ot of you it I 1 had not lot believe believed you could oil id do it without injury to yourself you macit that it would impose no great burden on you and d t you would not think too lit III O 0 of tri I 1 love you I 1 am hr awe because 1 I love ou ba be aid said and 1 I thought bet ter or a than I 1 had hal lie ile as its a root fool and weak but he wae was I 1 bettered honest tool and my heart grew bo hot an alth jealous lage taco as al I 1 saw I 1 them thore together if it there li Is more I 1 can call do dol no and I 1 should o 0 not a an 11 you it there ft ere I 1 bays Is e sighed 1 gone loo 00 far pa n it you wt take na bilks vike care that ib lot 31 ISO pat you rat raut ra t i I 1 nm I 1 no go 1 must a 1 0 I r KO 40 away I 1 N ic i pe c u be SL wout I 1 h lit a M bis I 1 s fm ra hr I 1 n oil 0 his t u t balm f this eier got here kr about it siry straff oh I 1 knew he would follow usi but edid idid I 1 did not tell him I 1 was as coming here I 1 hope ou did not b believe elleve that 0 of f me I 1 did not tell him any more than I 1 to toa ou he ile laughed softly A ou did not need to tell me I 1 could have found you anywhere in the helen that man donovan la Is you like a ha k but he 9 a pretty rood good fellow with a Mile joy to protect r miss in a row rov hos lies going P pat and ou it he iles es at the tile bustness she shrugged her shoulders and I 1 saw her disdain of 0 roe me in her face A pretty conspiracy this was as and ad I 1 seemed to be only the crumpled crumple wrap ping of a pack of cards with alth no part in the game gillespie drew aa an envelope from his pocket held field it to the ft bite lantern tor for an instant then gae it to her 11 1 I telegraphed to chicago for a draft he ile will have to leave here to get it the bank at annandale carries no such sum and it will be a means of getting rid of him I 1 oh off I 1 only hope he be will leave he be must he musti she cried you auit go back he sa I 1 topse matters vill III come right in the end helen he added kindly there la Is one thing I 1 do not understand ferstand uni the thing that troubles me Is that your father was as here before you no that ian t possible I 1 cant believe alei e it IK bad had engaged the stiletto before you came to annandale and while I 1 was tracing you across the country he was already here somewhere he ile amuses infuses himself with the yacht yes I 1 es I 1 know he be Is more of a menace that way always lit our eight slight always where I 1 must see hiral her fa clearly lighted by the lan jan terns was touched t with anxiety and sorrow and I 1 saw her with that prettiest 9 sture of womans thousand graces the nimble touch that makes sure no errant bit of hair has gone wandering lift her hand to her trad hd for a moment the emerald ring flashed in the lantern light I 1 recall a thought that occurred to me there that the widow widows s peak so star sharply ply m irked in her forehead was like the fingerprints finger prints of some playful god she turned to go but he caught her hands I helen lelent he cried softly not please don dont t she threw the nuns hood over her head and walked rapidly up the pier and stole away through the garden toward st agatha agathas s 1111 listened for her step to die away men he be sighed heavily and bent befit down to draw up his canoe han ahen I 1 touched him on the shoulder he rose an lifted the paddle mena menacingly angly ah ali EO to its it e r young and slid gifted irish friend frien dill eald said grinning grinn lne no more sprint sprinting ini turns for met me I 1 decline to run the thought of capara gus ana powdered low dered glass me look at these hands these little hands handi still wrapped in mystical white bite rags rats I 1 have lied bled at every pore to give you entertainment and now its if got to bo be 20 paces with bird guns guris abat bat mitch mischief let are ou it in now I 1 demanded angrily I 1 I 1 thought hought I 1 warned oa ou gillespie I 1 thought I 1 een eien appealed pealed nD to lour our chivalry my dear fellow everything has ha changed if it a nun in distress appeals to me tor for help I 1 am johnny on ane spot for church that 1 was dot not the u sister t it t was miss holbrook I 1 saw her distinctly I 1 heard by jore jove this Is gallant ot of you Donola Don oani nl you are a 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