Show gaa BY y nicholson NiC HOISON BY A Y W 41 tard W 7 a ay y ca CIA SYNOPSIS flis patricia if holbrook and miss 1 helen 11 brook ler 1 er tit niece e were e bentru entrusted s t d to thol alie pare care 0 01 baura anze don donovan 0 v an a writer summering near port ati Annan daU M sa ss patricia confided to bonoan that she fear feare I 1 ter er brother I 1 henry fenry who ruined by a it ian tank I 1 allure failure lia ila I 1 constantly threat ne nel I 1 her er donovan disco discovered ered and camtu 1 I n an I 1 cintr In truler i ter who provi provid d to be it kinald gillespie sutor for or th the hand of 0 it len ten I 1 Io ionone onoan nonn aw saw BI misi 54 atole br ook and her father niece on friendly ri endly terms derovan ought fought an italian assassin he ila aret the man he sup suppose 1 was Itol brook but who sa il I 1 he was a canoe maker miss I 1 at an announced nouna d her intention of 0 fighting henry lol kolbrook brook and not seeking another hiding place donovan met helen in harden hardett at night duall ity of 0 helen was confessed by the oung lady at night disguised ai a nun helen tolo from file he house E bho ehe he met oil leople who toll her his love Gill emple was confronted by donovan at the town pos toRIce helen bolen unseen except by dono ian an clipped slipped a draft for her ather father her into the hand of tie tl e italian ballor A young lady resembling mies mins helen was observed alone in a canoe when helen a thought to have been at home adlitte ad mitte I 1 riving giving helen 20 for her father who had then left to spend it 1113 1 helen and end I 1 donovan on 0 8 n ruet nothing in th the nt night slit st bid T told I 1 IM G fl le 9 ale wag was to her I 1 he I 1 e confess his lovo love for her donovan found gagged and bound in a cabin inhabited by the vil inowe italian and holbrook he its release I 1 la him im iloth Gilleo plo and donovan ad mittel millet love tor for helen calling heiselt a voice appealed to donovan for or help she told him to go to the canoe maker x home and a ew ae e that no laju injury befell him he ile went to ia cited gate ate at the canoe maker a home donovan found the brothers arthur and henry Holbrook who had fought t each other in consultation I 1 Itow ilind appeared ar 1 thur averted a murder CHAPTER XVI continued 1 I am gra grateful reful to you please turn all your trouble over to me you did what I 1 asked you to do she said when hen I 1 had no right to ask but I 1 was afraid of what might happen here it la Is all right now and we aro are going away N we e must leave this place nut dut I 1 shall see sou on again no so lou ian have you havo helen you don t know me at all I 1 I 1 ou on will ind find your our mist mistake ake tomorrow to morrow bho was urging roe me aowad the steps that led up to the house T the he sob was still in her throat but she was laughing a little historically hysterically in her relief that her father bad had come off at un scathed then you must let mo find it out tomorrow tomor to morrow roi I 1 will come tomorrow to morrow bo be fore you go no not no not this la Is goodby good by she eald said I 1 you would not bo be so unkind as to stay when I 1 am so troubled and there Is so much to dot N e were ere at the foot of the stairway and I 1 hoard heard the shop door snap shut goodnight good night rosalind goodby good by and thank youl you she whispered CHAPTER how the night ended As my boree horse whinnied and I 1 turned into the wood a man walked boldly toward roe me my dear donovan I 1 have been con can soling your horse during our absence it a a bad habit wd wo have fallen into of wandering about at night i liked your dinner but you were rather too anxious to get rid a 0 me I 1 came by boat ft gillespie knocked the ashes from his pipe lad tid thrust it into his pocket I 1 wai wa in no frame of mind tor for talk with hini him a fact which he seemed to str mise ile its late for a fact he continued and wo we both ought tf tit be in bed but our various affairs require diligence ahat nabat are you doing over here I 1 dc demanded I 1 well to tell the betherl bet teri terl to tell the truth my dear dono van since I 1 left your hospitable board I 1 have been deeply perplexed over some important questions ot of human conduct are you interested in human types type it hae you ever noticed the iran who he summons all p porters and waiters by the pleasing name of george the name in iselt Is respectable enough i nor Is its generic use vise per niclous ft a matter of at taste only dut but the same man may be identified otherwise by his proneness to consume the cabinet pudding the chocolate ico ice cream and the fruit in se seison ason from the chaste chastening nine american Americ nn bill of at fare after partaking impartially of the pr ellmin ary fish flesh and fowl lie ile is in con with hotel clerks affectionate with chambermaids and all telephone girls are nellie to him typos types my dear donovan enough I 1 want to know what bat you are doing and in my anger I 1 shook him by the shoulders derr welt well if it you must bare have it after I 1 started to the village I 1 changed MY mind about going and I 1 was anxious to see whether holbrook waa was really here co I 1 got a launch and came over I 1 stopped at the island but saw DO no one there and I 1 came up the creek un til tit I 1 grounded then ther I 1 struck uland tiland looking for the road it might save us both amb emb irishman if it we give notice ft it each others anten lions particularly at night I 1 hung about thinking you might appear and nd 1 you are ft a poor liar button buttons you come here lone and aad I 1 drove ray my weary wem wits hard la in an effort to ec count tor for hia a unexpected aprea rante all Is lor lost I 1 am ie 19 flocked he ile tad lod himself freed my bors hors I 1 ca dw r what are you doing over here demanded now took tho the rein and refastened it to the tree nell ell inexplicable Do donlad noad I 1 laughed pl ph ased to find that my delay annoyed him I 1 was confident that ho he was not abroad at this hour for nothing and it again occurred to me that we were on different sides of 0 tho the matter my pearln ss fell from me like a cloak clo ak as the events of the past hour dashed breth in my mind now I 1 eald said dropping the rein and patting tho the horses nose for a moment moments you may go with me nie or you may alt sit here but if you ou uld abod trouble doa t try to interfere with me I 1 did not doubt that he be bad been seat sent to watch me and his immediate purpose seemed to be to detain me II 11 1 I had hoped you would bit sit down a and nd talk over the monroe doctrine or the partition of africa or something equally interesting he remarked you disappoint roe me my dear benefactor and you make me very tired at ahn end of a tiresome day gillespie please continue to watch my horse I 1 im m oft off he ile kept at my elbow as I 1 expected he would babbling avay away with hia his usual volubility in an effort now frank enough to bold hold mo back but I 1 tg ig nored hia his talk and plunged on through the wood toward the creek henry holbrook must I 1 argued tune haie had bad time enough to get out of the creek and back to tho the liland island but ahat hat mis nits chief thief gillespie was furthering la in his beh behill alt I 1 could not imagine there was a gradual rise toward the creek and we were obliged to cling to the busher in making our ascent suddenly as I 1 paused for breath gillespie grasped my arm for god code a sake atoot this la Is no affair of at yours on ray my honor there a e nothing that affects you here I 1 I 1 will see whether thero there la Is or not I 1 I 1 exclaimed exclaim cd throwing him oft off but he kept cloae close beside me we gained the trail that ran along the creek and I 1 paused to litten beree he ree your launch flad fin d it ho he replied succinctly I 1 had my bearings pretty well and set off toward the lake trudging behind la in the narrow path when wo we had gone about 20 yards a lantern glimmered below and I 1 beard voices raised la in excited colloquy oil gil leople started forward at a run keep bacat this Is my affair I 1 I 1 m making t mine I 1 replied and flung in ahead of him I 1 ran forward rapidly the voices growing louder and soon heard tr jr u stumbling and anit falling about in A woman oman a voice now rose in A ejary cry I 1 I 1 t go of himl it let go of him gillespie flashed by me down the bank to the water waters edge chete the struggle ended abruptly I 1 wae was noltan battled and I 1 saw henry illbrook Ibl brook in ili the grasp of the italian who was ex pa pla laing taing to the woman who held the lantern high above her bead that I 1 le e as only protecting himself gillespie bad had caught bold of the sailor who continued to protest his innocence of any wish to injure holbrook and for moment we peered through the dark taking account lt f one another so its you ix in sam said henry hot 1101 brook as the italian treed freed him and bla eye eyes fell oa 02 me 1 I should like to know what you mean mein by meddling in my affair affairs dy by 0 god 01 1 ive e enough to do with w ith toy my own flesh and blood without with outsiders helen holbrook Holh rook turned swiftly and held the lantern toward me and when sho she saw me d her shoulders you really give yourself a great deal of unnecessary concern mr mir don ovan you are a damned impudent med daerl blurt d henry holbrook I 1 have had you watched I 1 ou you he lie darted toward r e but the ital laa fan again caught and hold him and another altercation began between them holbrock djs wig wrought to a high pitch of excia ment aud and cursed every body who had in my any way interfered with him come he ile zaid said gillespie stepping to the girl a ilde side a I 1 at this henry holbrook turned upon bini blin vict bously you are another meddlesome out elder older ar father wae was a pig a pig do ou on understand if it it hada t been for him I 1 dat bo be here tonight to out like an outlaw and youve got to stop annoying mino ying my daugh ter teri helen nolen turned to the italian and spoke to him rapidly in a his own tongue you must take him away he ile Is not himself tell him I 1 have hate done do io the best I 1 could tell him sho she lowered her wico olce to that I 1 heard no more holbrook was still heaping abuse upon gillespie wao stood submissively by but helen ann up tho bank the lantern light lashing eerily about ber her the italian brew holbrook toward the boat that la ia at the edge of the lake he lie seemed oo 00 0 o forget me in his anger against gillespie and he kept turning toward the path down which the girl a lantern faintly twinkled oil leople kept on after the girl the lan ian tern tem flashing more rarely through the turn in tie tt e rath path until I 1 caught the threshing th of hie his launch as it swung olt into the alke I 1 drew back seeing nothing to gula gain by appealing to holbrook in his pres ent overwrought state the italian had his hands pill ill and was glad I 1 judged to let me alone A moment later he had dashed off his boat and I 1 beard the sound of oars receding toward the island I 1 found I 1 ny ly home horse led hi aa into the wood and threw oft off the sad bad die dle then I 1 walked down the road until I 1 found a barn and crawled the loft and slept I 1 CHAPTER the lady of the white butterflies the twitter of ew swallows allows in the wakened me to the first llott of day and after I 1 had taken a dip jn in creek I 1 still deemed to he oin role proprietor of the world so bolet lay and woodland t followed the shore to a camp where ir it the good comradeship of outdoor roes men tho the world over ove I 1 got bread and and no s asked I 1 smoked a pipe with the flahery a to kill time and it was sull still but a trifle after six clock when I 1 arted for hed red gate A line of sy amores J yards to my right marked the bed of the tippecanoe and on my left jett hand beyond it walnut grove a tittle filmy dust cloud bm above the hidden highway I 1 thrust my cap into my jacket pocket and stood watching the wind crisp the flowers then ny my attention wandered to the toad antics of or a squirrel that ran 1 along the th beaco wb mb n I 1 turned to the field again I 1 coming toward roe me along the pith with clad in white and her hand bunds lightly brushing the lush ij uasa ai that seemed to leap lent up to touch ti trani in sh ht had not deett eu I 1 and I 1 dr w I 1 irk wk a little for love loe of the pic pie lure uro elit silt U made 1 ado pau pitied sed abruptly midway of 0 the and I 1 walked toward her slow ly IY it must fmc been lowly slowly and I 1 think we io wre tre both glad at 0 a moments respite in which to study pach each other then eho she spoke at once its though our meeting had been ranged I 1 he hoice ed I 1 should see you bho she sat aall I 1 gravel I 1 had eiery intention ot at seeing you oil 1 I aa killing time until I 1 felt I 1 might deat fitly lift the latch ot of ned red bate bhe she inspected me with her hand hands clapped behind her please don t look nt at roe me like that I 1 I 1 camped in a barn last night for fear I 1 t get here la in time I 1 wish to speak to you for a few low minutes to tell you what you may bavi a aged about us my father and in me les es it you ou like but only to help rou YOU I 1 it f I 1 can it Is not nc necessary essary for ou on tit tell me anything she turned and led the way across ho the daisy dalsy field she albed swiftly holding back her shirts from the crowding flowers traversed sed the eirden girden of red gale late and continued down to to lite houseboat 0 N o can bo be quiet hero here v bho me 9 fild ild t throwing open the door my ily father fathe ia Is at lippe tippecanoe canoe village shipping one of his 1113 canoes ne e are carly risers you beet abbe grew araie graie rae again 1 I havo have important things to say to you but it lie a just as an well ell tor for you to see ino me ia in the broadest of at ot at daylight so that she pondered a it moment as though to be suro sure nt of expressing her self clearly so that when you eee see helen holbrook HoJ brook in an hour hou r or so la in that y bardln by the lake take you will understand chrt it was not really Rosul lud after all that that am amused used youl hut tho the daylight Is not helping that idea your aro are marvelously alike and yet I 1 floundered miserably in my uncertainty ahen their and she smiled at my dis comP ture I 1 it you carl cant t tell us apart it makes no difference whether you ever see me again or not you see mr hir but did ou on over ever tell mo me what your name ts Is well I 1 know it anyhow mr bonoan Do nonn the little worktable work table was between us und and on it lay the toll which bar father had snatched from the wait wall the night before I 1 still stood gazing down at rosalind fashion I 1 saw had done for tho the amazing resemblance she her hair in the pompadour pomp idour of ot tho the day with exactly fl helens elens sweep and her white gown was identical with that worn that year by thousands of young worn wom en she bad had even the same gestures the tame same little way of renting resting her cheek against her hand that helen had aid std before ho he spoke she movi moved d bet head a trifle to one ono side with a pretty suggestion of just having been startled lom vom l om a reverie that was lid liel en a trick precisely she forgot for a it moment our serious affers alfil to which I 1 was not in the least anxious to tut tur in her amusement at my perplexity it must be even more extraordinary than I 1 imagined I 1 have nut not scon seen helen for seven year years she Is my cousin and whence when we were children together at stamford amford Rt our mothers lied to dress dross us alike to further the re e our mothers you may not know were not only listers misters they were twin sis erst hut but helen Is in I 1 think a trine trifle taller than I 1 am this 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