Show BY ff row illustration fqy W vor po ev ay ca SYNOPSIS vlas MI I 1 latilda and mia miss helen holbrook her niece were entrusted to the care of laurange Laur anre donovan a nelter sumo ner I 1 ort annandale at air sa Ila tecla confided to donovan 0 t 1 1 she he feared oer brother henry vrho who ru ted by a bank failure had constantly cont antly threatened her donovan discovered and capture 1 an intrude who proved te to bt bi gillespie fultor for r the hand or of helen donovan aw saw bile bliss Itol brook and lir her a ther meet on friendly 1 Dor donovan lovan fought an italian assa sin 1 lie 0 met the man he supposed was wa holbrook tout but who eld sald lie lip waa was hartal I 1 le a canoe maker ill illi i pat announced announce d her or In intent tenton 01 of henry holbrook Hol bronk ami and not eken ek ln anetter abott er hiding blare donovan met helen in harden garden at night duplicity of helen wr was confessed conff Mcd by the loukx lady ladr at ight a an a nun felen etnie stole ir from om tile house all she met net reginald oil le leple bpi who toll her his hi loe w waa as confronted by Dono donovard novan varL at the town pos helen un unwin tein ex ept bg by donovan clipped a draft for her tat er into the hand of the italian sailor A bunc lady resembling bliss hlelen holbrook Hol brouk wai wan observed alone in a canoe when helen vlas thought to hav been at chorne admitted giving attlen VO ow M for her father who had then baft to epand it hilss 1 helen and donovan met inet arnd in the night she told him Gilles plot wa was nothing to her he its confessed his hi love for her donovan fount gillespie gagged 1 and bound in i cabin aLlied I 1 y th it 11 Inh gainous italian an and colbrook tol brook he lie release relf ased him noth both gillespie and donoian Oo novan ml old mitt bitted d love for he ile en on ailing herself lor it liolio alre apt med to dotzman tor help she told him to go to the canoe maker s home and see ee that no injury be fell felt him 11 he went to cited 0 bate t at the canoom canoe maker akers home found the tr othere arthur and henry Ito brook who had IM fought ench each other in consultation I 1 I 1 appeared A artnur r averted a it murder doni mn donivan van return inar met gillespie alone in the lead of night Is on investigation he fount henry k the allor sailor and mio bliss helen en br I 1 in an argument it was setti I 1 a an ne the departed donovan met the real who by night h t he hai had sup post coed to be miss bliss helen telen 1 1 brook she reveel fd the mix up lip her ifer father arthur 1 holbrook Hol 1 0 1 brook brooL wa was the canoe maker white while 1 clelen 1 1 n i fat father her a henry olt the erring 1 brother the cousins helen and ito 4 alln I 1 were an much alikos as tr aln inn thil thus helen a supposed win was ex pl td helen visited donovan askin gis sal tance in 11 miss ml li albrook and kenry holbrook costher toc tos ther tor for a rett lenient of their money affairs 1 hiell hold kept them apart monek for or irany trany eur ears bonoan refused to aid 11 lie 0 met Ollit 1111 Pla fad pic pleana ind in d a couo cou by making riva a 2 it imber in is r 0 of f forced axed note notes to who he h supposed wa was II it no losely did they resemble each otter donovan cleared the way for or a ft of tin tile holbro IVA trouble troubles oil lepe had cosm bcd the only evid evidences ces of I 1 I 1 I 1 abow ka dia il lerace grace the tile evidence Is securely hidden CHAPTER continued 1 11 I have beet shot at in three languages and halt drowned la in others and reward have been offered tor for me do you think I 1 im m going down before a mere inere matter of beaux bixl think better of 0 mo me than I 1 but ehe she Is treacherous ehe she will deliver you to tho the philistines without losing a heartbeat heart beat she could aliss patricia but she wont I 1 she has his every intention of 0 marry ing gillespie hes bes the richest man eho rho knowel knowal I 1 I 1 swear to you yov vat at she the shall not marry Gillesp lel I 1 sho she would do II 11 to annoy me it for nothing clao else I 1 took both hor her hands they were like rose leaves those dear slightly tremulous hauda handal now aless 1 pat iia im going to call cat I 1 you miss pat because were such old friends and wo we re just contemporaries anyhow now miss pat icelen Is not half halt so wicked as she the thinks abo sh Is gillespie and I 1 are on the best of terms I 1 its a thoroughly good fellow and not halt the fool toot he be looks and he will never marry celent 1 I should like to know going to re vent ber from marrying dim I 1 she demanded as I 1 stepped back and ti to cd to go I 1 am if you must know I 1 ha crory intention ot of marrying her myself I 1 ran away from the protest that was wits altering faltering upon her lips and strode through the garden I 1 had just reached mena glemann irm gale gate on my ray way tack back to the boathouse when A womans voice called softly and bister slater marga ret hurried round a turn of tho the garden path mr flono nl there was anxiety la in tho the voice and more still was sister marga reta face as he came toward mo me in her br wn habit her hands clasped tensely before her she had evidently been watching for me and drew back tack iruin from ho the gate into a quiet recess of the garden her iler usual repose was gone and her face ace under its white coif colt stowed plainly her distress 1 I a have bad news new miss helen has ban gonel gone im afraid somo something thing has happened to her she cant have gone far sister slater margaret when did you miss hert I 1 asked aul etly but I 1 confess that I 1 was badly adly shaken my confident talk about the girl with miss pat but a moment before ironically in my memory she did not come down for break fast with har aunt or me but I 1 tho thought tight nothing of 14 it ae as I 1 hata urged both of then them to breakfast upstairs mid pa ra tecla wen out for a walk an bour ago I 1 tried If helen elens door and found fouad it unlocked and her room empty uban or how she left felt I 1 doat dont know bhe seem to hv bavos taken nothing with her bet can yoa fit toll a lie sister aar caret she mared at me re with so shocked ra tin air thai that I 1 ausher ched uh ed A ho lie in a good cause I 1 mean rabant miss pat must not mot know that her I 1 bece ca has gone bonok it she has hall conot tone she bho baj bas cro babl taken 1 0 V 4 0 0 4 0 0 IN it Is orda nod that we continue the came of last night one of the canoes for a morning pad die or we will a sumo sume that she he kaa ma borrowed one of the ale olenard horse horses ai as she has every right to do for a morning gallop and that the he has lost her way or gone farther than ehe she in tended ended there are a thousand eppia national out but they hardly touch the fact that ehe she wag was gone all night or that a strange range man broucht brought a note addressed in helen helens handwriting to her aunt only an hour ago I 1 I 1 a and I 1 laughed aloud as the meaning nf of her disappearance flashed upon mot buo I 1 don t like your wy way of treating this hi mat matter terl said sister mar margaret tret icily the rho girl may die before she can be brought back no she won on t my word for it sla big ter blai margarct garet arct please give me tho let ketterl terl nut but it Is not for you oh yes it fat you wouldn t bare have miss 1 pat subjected to the shock of a demand for ransom worse than that miss pat has little enough faith la IA helen listen us it Is and such a mo move moe e as this would be final this Is partly designed as a punishment for me and I 1 propose to take care of it without letting misa pat know she shall never know sister margaret only half balt convinced drew an envelope from her girdle and gave rave it to me doubtfully I 1 glanced at the superscription and then toro tore it across repeating the process until it waa a mass of tiny particles particle which I 1 poured into sister stater margarets hands burn nurn them now miss pat will un ask for her niece at once I 1 suggest that you take care that she Is not dh by ll If elena elens absence it it Is necessary to reward your home house maid mald for her discretion I 1 said with hesitation oh I 1 disarranged helens elens It bed so that the maid know knowl and sister margaret blushed splendid I 1 can teach you nothing sister margaret please help mo me this much further get one of miss ll elena dressea that blue one the he plays ten nia ills in perhaps and pat put it in a bag of some klod kind and give it to my mr jap when he calls for it la in ten min minutes tiles now listen to me carefully sister mar aref I 1 shall meet yoa you here at 11 12 0 clock with a girl who shall be to all intents and purposes helen holbrook in fact she will be some one elso else now I 1 expect you to carry carry off oil the situation through luncheon and until nightfall when I 1 expect to bring helen the real helen back here meanwhile tell miss pat rat anything you like ing met good by byl 1 I 1 left her abruptly and was running toward glenara Ote narra house to rouse ijima when I 1 bumped into gillespie who had bad been told at the house that I 1 was somewhere in the grounds what doing he demanded nothing buttons Dut tons im ft just eferds ing ills white flannels were as fresh as the morning ind and he wore a little blue cap perched saucily on the th ida side ot of bis big bead head I 1 linked my arm in bis ills and led the way toward glenara house there as its much to be done before I 1 could bring together the warring members of the house of holbrook and gillespie could I 1 felt b be relied on in emergencies gen cies IN it broke forth at once it I 1 want to see her ive got to eee see herf herl who Helen then you 11 have to wait a while for gone for a pad die or a gallop im I 1 m not eura sure which and won wont t be back tor for a couple of hours dut but you have lave grown too dar ing miss pat ii u still here and you cant expect me to arrange meetings for you every day in the year I 1 I 1 ive ve got to see her he repeated and hie his tone was utterly joyless 1 I don t understand her donovan man is I 1 not expected to understand woman my dear buttons at the ca ea sino MOO last night everything was as gay as an octogenarian octogenarians birthday cake he ile stopped in the shadow of the house and seized my arm you told her Pm ething about me last night she was wa all right until you took her away and talked with ith her at he the casino on the way home she was moody and queer a different girl al at together you are not on the square you are playing on too many sides ot of this game I 1 youre la in love 1 that ig all these s suspicions and apprehensions are lead ing ing symptoms up there at the casino with the water washing beneath and an the stars overhead and the band play ing waltzes a spell was upon you both even u k hardened old sinner like me could feel it I 1 ve had palpitations all day dayt cheer up in our own happy phrase everything points to plus 11 1 I tell you she the turned on me rue and that you arc are responsible for it and he glared at me angrily now Dut Button toni sl you yours re not going to take that attitude toward me alter after all I 1 hae haie done for boj I 1 really took some trouble to arrange that little meeting last night and here you come with sad eye and mournful loice and rebuke mel met I 1 1 I tell you ou she was different she had never been so kind to me as she was there at the casino but sit we came back she ch charge argel and was ready to fling me aside I 1 asked her to leave Ms place and marry me today and he rho only laughed at me now buttons you are letting your imagination gel get the b tier 0 of our olimon on imon sense if it you re going to take your lady a moods so hard better give up trying to understand under rland the ways of woman its wholly possible that helen was tired and want to bo made love to it icema seems to me that you are ate singularly lacking in consider atlon dul but 1 I can cant t talk to you all morning I 1 have other things to do but it ou on will find a cool corner ot of the house and a nd look at picture Victure books antl I 1 m tree free ill promise to be best beat man for you when you re married and I 1 predict your marriage betori christ mas insa a happy union of he the ancient housea houses of holbrook and G run along like a good boy and dont don I 1 let miss bliss pal pat catch ot of you do you keep a coat goat a donkey mule ule or a ri any ot of the u ruminative be he asked with his saddest ani ant loa fon in the rho cook keep keeps a parrot par rot and there s a donkey la ill one tures 0 t the cas paz good are his power powers of voc vo callia aliza tion unimpaired gd first rate I 1 occasionally hear his vesper byma lies ilea la in good goo d voice thea them 1 mal idak to t 0 him soul it I 1 find t hat soul to I 1 bore bare my myself tn ysl elf we climbed the steps to the cool 0 of the terrace A As we stood a moment looking out on the lake we toward he the northern away saw far sore bhore tho stiletto seemed just to ilae e slipped out from roro the lower L the humor of the al situation tuition leased pleased me hek wu off there thoro in the sloop playing at being to harass barass her aunt into coming to terms with mth cleny and ehe she was doubtless rejoicing in the fact that aa hid md effect d a combination of events hat that would inace in ake her father fathers a ca car irresistible hut but there ilas no time to os f I 1 made gillespie comfortable indoors and sent 1111 1 to gf ret t the hag bag I 1 had asked for and still a few minutes later the launch was skimming over the water toward tow ard the canoe maker bouse house at red gate cate CHAPTER R the rocket signal rosalind was a cutting sweet pena peas in the garden where here they climbed high upon a filmy net bumming humming softly to herself A penny for your thoughts I 1 challenged she snipped an imaginary flower from the air in my direction heip your money I 1 I 1 was wits not think ing ng of you youl you wear mear sir air an intent commercial air have you thread and needles in our pack it Is ordained that e contina cont inu the game gam e of last night today to day you aye are to invade the very citadel and deceive your aunt your cousin has left without 1 notice and the situation demands prompt action I 1 was already carrying the suitcase suit butt case i tow toward ird the house explaining aa its we walked along together out but vi as I 1 EO to successful last night was he really deceived or did be just play that he wa he a madly in love with you you stole away all his senses but he be thought you changed toward him unaccountably on the way home but why she tell him T she must have told him oh I 1 took care of I 1 rather varne warned her against betraying us and now she abes a trying to punish an by being kidnap edl edt rosalind paused at the threshold gathering the stems items of the sweet peas in her bands hands do you think she began do you think he really liked mei me I 1 mean the real me I 1 like youl you that Is not the right word for it it hes iles gloomily dreaming of you douthe abe ral you youat at this very moment over at glenarm glenara hut but do basted into these things that sister bli margaret rgaret picked out tor for you I 1 must see your father before I 1 cary ca ry you oc off we wove ve no time tithe to waste I 1 can tell you youl I 1 the canoe maker heard my story in silence and shook his head it Is impossible wa we should only get into deeper trouble I 1 have no great faith in this resemblance res emblanc 0 it may have worked once on young youn g oil gil leople but women have sharper eyes but it must be tried briedt tri edt w I 1 pleaded wo are approaching the end of those these troubles and nothing must bp allowed to interfere your sista basty wishes to see you this is her birthday 1 so it Is so it Is exclaimed the canoe maker with telling helen mutt be bared irom from her own folly to |