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Show IFhAROLD MACGRATH AvitKor o flEARTS AND iASKS Ck MAN OH THE BOX d-. Illvislmliorvs by . G . Kettjve m . COPYRIGHT 1911 ly - "EkRUL COMPANY pity, the must hav flown lo her mother's moth-er's side. Hut there waa 00 alga. Finally, Fortune stepped back, chilled. It was all too lata. "Fortune," aald George, terribly embarrassed, em-barrassed, "do you wish to apeak to your mother, alone T" "No." . It waa little word, apoken In a little, hushed lone. Mra Chedtoye ros and proceeded to put on her fura, which she bad flung srross the bark of her chair. "Mother!" Thla came In a gasp from the elder Wadaworth. An understanding under-standing of thla strange proceeding began to Alter through hla mind. The young girl's mother! Mra. Chedaoye drew on her glovee lowljr. She. offered them to the Major Ma-jor to button. He flung the handa aside. He waa not nice under the veneer. ve-neer. Hut Ityanne waa Instantly at her service. And curiously ahe watched hla agile Angers at work over the buttons; they were perfectly steady. Then, followed by the Major and Hyanne, ahe walked easily toward the hall. Hyanne paused. . "flood night, Arthur. I'm aure you will not Bleep well. That handsome aafe la Irreparably damaged. I dare say you will find a way to corer the loss without any Injury to your own pockrt. Old top. farewell! Who waa It, rirutua or Caesar, who aald: 'I go but to return'?" The banter left ble face and voice awlftly, "You sneaking sneak-ing blackguard, you cheater of widows; wid-ows; yea, I ahall com again; and then look to your aleek. sanctimonious neck! You chucked me down the road to hell, and the pity of It la, aome dny I must meet you there! Fortune, child." hla voice becoming aad. "you might remember a poor beggar In your prayera to-night frrclval. a farewell to you. We shall never meet again. Hut when you atand upon that bally old rug there, you'll always see me, the fire, the tenta. the camels and the desert, and the moon In the datepalma. lly-by!" And presently they were gone. A moment later those remaining could hear the chug-chug of the motors as they aped away. The banker waa first to recover from the spell. He rushed for the hall, but George atopped him rudely. "Two houra. If you please. I never break my word. Your money la all there. If you do not act reasonably, I'll throw you down and alt on you till the time la up. Bit down. I do not propoae that my future wife ahall appear In court aa witness agalnat her mother. Do you underatand me now?" The banker signified that he did. He sat down, rather subdued. Then he got up nervously and Inventoried the ateal. He counted roughly a million. mil-lion. A million! He felt sick and weak. It would have wrecked the bank, wiped It out of existence. And saved by th merest, the most trifling chance! A bottle of wine! He resumed re-sumed hla chair and aat there won-derlngly won-derlngly till the time limit expired. The public never heard how nearly the Merchant-Mechanic had gone to the wall; nor how six policemen bad worked till dawn carrying back the I tba polloe had aone, the bell rang. George went to the door. A meseen-ger meseen-ger handed blm a small satchel and a note. There waa to be no reply. The note waa from Hyanne. llrlefly It atated tk.it the satchel contained the emeralds. There tad been some difficulty dif-ficulty to forcing the Major to surrender surren-der them. Hut that much waa due to George (or hla generosity. Later In the day he George might Inform his Horace's brother that the coup hadn't been a total (Ixile. They bad already parked away In suitcases something like two hundred thousand dollars In bills of all denominations. "Tell that dear brother of mine to charge It to our account. It will be less than the Interest upon a million In ten years. To you, my boy, I add: Fortune favors the brave!" "George," aald Mortimer, "you will not mind if I forage round in the kitchen? A bottle of beer and a bit of cheese would go handy. It's almost my breakfast time." "Mesa your heart, help yourself!" And George turned to Fortune. "Ah," she cried, seizing hla handa, "you will not think 111 of me?" "And for what?" astonished. "For not speaking to my mother. Oh, I just couldn't; I just couldn'tl When I thought of all the neglect, all the Indifference, the loneliness. I couldn't! It was horribly unnatural and cruel!" "I understand, heart of mine. Say no more about it." And be put hla two hands agnlnst her cheeks and kissed her. "Never shall you be lonely lone-ly again, for I am going to be all things to you. Poor heart! Just think that all that haa passed haa been only a bad dream, and that It'a clear sunshiny morning; eh?" He held ber off a ways and then swept her Into his arms as he had done on board the ehlp, roughly and maaterly. "And there'a that old rug! Talk about magic carpets! There never was on just like this. Hut for It I shouldn't even have known you. And, by Jove! when the minister comes this afternoon after-noon ..." "This afternoon!" "Exactly! When he comes, you and I are going to atand upon that beautiful, beau-tiful, friendly old rug, and both of ua are going to be whisked light away Into Kden." "Please!" fillence. "How brave you are!" "I? Oh, pshaw!" "Would you have shot one of them?" "Girl, your Perclval Algernon couldn't have hit the broad side of a barn." He laughed Joyously. "I knew it And that Is why I call you brave.' And when the pale gold of winter dawn filled the room, It found them, hand in hand, staring down at the old Yblordea, the magic old Yhlordea from Ilagdad. THE END. ' Lucky to Qet Anything. The law of the land bad apoken, and :be verdict was $5,000 damages. 71 SYNOPSIS. , tienrga Perclval Algernon Jones, vice. ri,l,-nl nf the Metropolitan Oriental ltus nHiipinr of New York. thirsting for romance, la in 'mm on a business trip. Ilormi- It valine arrives at the hotel In 'll With a carefully guarded bundle. Itvanne sells Junes I lie fainnua holy Ybl-rl-a rue which lie admit bavin stolen tr.nn a push a! Hhk'U'I Jones meets Major I'allahan ami Inter la Introduced In Kiwi on- fhedsnys by a woman to whom lie lis 'I loaned 1U p.. um! at Monta Carlo ome fiiorilha previously, anil who turns vol In be Fnrluns'e mother. Jone takes Mm I'hcriante ami Fortune In a polo lima. Fortune returns to Junes Ilia fnomy liorroweil by her mother. Mra. glwdanya appeal a to b engaged In aoina rivli-rl..us enterprise unknown to Ilia daughter Hv.mns Intervals June In Ilia United Hnmsnce ami Ailventiira company, com-pany, a concern whl-h for a price will arrange any kind of an adventure In or-Vr. or-Vr. Mra. I'hrdaoye, her lirother. Major 'ihnn. Wallace ami Itvanno, aa the t'nlteil Itnmanr ami Adventure company, plan a risky enterprise Involving Jnnea. Itvanne mikes known In Mra. t hedeoy Ills Intention In marry Kortune. Mra. Oiedeoy declares she will not permit tt. I'lan are lntd tn prevent Jnnea an I tin for liorne. Kvanne aleala Jonas' Ictisrs and cmI.U dleputchoa He wires agent In New York. In Jones' name, that lie la venting Iioiim In New York tn aome friend. Mahomed, keeper nf the holy -arp"t. la on Ityanne trail. Hyanne Simmlaee Fortune that ha will sea that ones comes tn nt harm aa a reaull of hla fiiirclinse of the rug Mahomed accost Itvanne and denmnda Ilia Yhlordea rug. Kvanne tells htm Jnnea has Ilia rug and enggeaie the abduction nf Ilia New York nwri lmnt aa a menus nf aecurlng lie return re-turn The rug disappears from Junes room I i.rtune quarrels with her mother when the latter refuse lo eiplaln her enyatert'tiia actions. Fortune gets a mea. eage purporting in lie from Ityanna asking ask-ing her tn meet him In a secluded place thai evening. Jnnea recelvea a mesange taking hltn to meet llvnnne at the Knglleli-liar Knglleli-liar the same evening Jones la carried orr Into the desert hy Mainlined and hi i-.-mii llrra after a desperate fight. He dlecnveta that Kvanne and Korlnne also are i Kpilvt-a the former Is hadly haltered and uniftnarlnua. Ityanna recovers con-4-lnuant-sa and Ilia aghl nf Fortune In apilvltv reveals to hltn the fact that Muhotned intends In get vengeance on film through the girl. Fori una ackmwl-dea ackmwl-dea Hint ahe stole the rug from Jnnea' room. Hhi- offer to return it In Mn homed 1f he will free all three of Idem. M-tintneri M-tintneri agrees In liberate Kurt una and one if the men tn return for the rug. A -our-irr I arnt In t'alro for the rug, but r-turna r-turna with the Information dot Mr. 'hm1ene and her brother hava sailed for New Vork. Fortune spurns offered free-dom free-dom which does not Include her two com-lianlona com-lianlona The caravan continue the loiir-rry loiir-rry toward Kagdnd. Hyanne tell Jones that Mr. ObeHaoy la Hie most admit emiigvler of the age. and I overheard by tKwrturjf. The Itree rapllve are rescued 'bv llenre Ackrrmann, who la In charge if rnrpet i-aravan. Mahomed escapee. Mra flH-ilanve discovers the absence of Vortti" and b aves for New York taking lh gltt'a belonging with her. Through forged letter Mr. Chedaoye, Ihe major and lh Ir accomplice lake possession of Jmw' New York home. Jnnea. Ityanna and Fortune arrt at Iamaca. Hyanne Hy-anne fall In hla reaolutlnn tn lead a belter bel-ter llfo. Itvanne awretly leaves fnr New York Al Jnnea' aollcltatlun hi partner, Mortimer, offer Fortune a home, but shr nWltnrs Jnnea then declare hla love and nnds that It la reciprocated. Jonae and Fortune arrive In New York and go to the Mortimer home. Jnne And Mr fhmlanye. Hyanne and the rest of the a-ang In hla horn with a million In money footed from an adjoining bank packed esaay for flight. Jnnea ummona Wadaworth. Wada-worth. prealdent of lha hank, who It develops de-velops la Ityann' brother. ' 1 CHAPTER XXI--(Contlnued). ' Wo could have taken every dollar from the vault," said Wallace cheerfully. cheer-fully. But w couldn't have made our getaway get-away with It," observed the bmler. folding his empty glaas toward Ry-anra?. Ry-anra?. who was acting aa master of ceremon1es. -"A rlear, unidentified million." mused Ityanne. "Into the cars with It; over to Jersey City: on to I'blla-gtrtphia: I'blla-gtrtphia: but there for Europe; quietly quiet-ly transfer the gold to tbe vsrlous Continental banks; and In all months, who could trac hair or bide of It?" Ityanne laughed. -Tl'a all right to laugh." aald the "Major. "Hut are you sure about Jones T Ho could hare arrived this afternoon." "Impossible! He left Alexandria for Xaples on a boat that stopped but thirty hours. With Fortune on his tiands he could not possibly sail be-fore be-fore the following week, and maybe fiotj then. Sit tight 1 know what I mm talking about" "He might cable." "80 be might Hut If he had we'd tiavo heard from him before now. I'm going to tell you a secret. My name Is not Hyanne." "W all know that," aald the Major. -It's Wadaworth. Does that tickle your mind any!" TTve men shook their brada. Mrs Chedsoyo did not move hers. "Bah! Greatest joke of the hour 1 I'm florae Wadswortb. and Arthur 1 'Wadaworth, prealdent of the Mer- , ' chant Mechanic Uank, la my bc'oved 1 brother!" I "Ay. damnable wretch!" A shock ran through theta all. In 1 the doorway leading to the rear hall 1 srtood George, his revolvers leveled 1 steadily. Peering whlte-fsecd over hla 1 houlder was tbe man who bad apok- 1 a. Arthar Wsdsworth. CHAPTER XXII. t The End of the f utile, Tbe elder brother tried to push psst 1 firorre. bi old Mortimer caught htm try fa' arv.uldrrs aad dragged him : r"k I " ev f ertej. Ms vole aa- 1 sal and high. "Do you hear me! Let ni go!" "Mr. Mortimer," aald George, without with-out turning bis besd or letting bis ye waver, "keep blm back. Thanks." ;'orc, sU-pped over the threshold. "Now gentlemen, I shall shoot the first man who makes a movement" And Ityann, who knew something about George, saw that be meant Just what he raid. "Steady, every one," he suld. "My friend George here can't shoot; but that kind of a man la deadliest dead-liest with a pistol. I surrender." The brother was struggling. Th telephone! The telephone! I demand to call the polio. This Is accessory to the rart! I tell you. let me go!" "Mr. Wsdsworth," replied George, "If you do not he still and let m run this affair, I'll throw the pistols to tbe floor, snd your brother and his friends may do aa they bally please. Now, step bsck and b quiet. Btop!" to Ityanne, Ity-anne, whose hand was reaching out toward the table. "iKm't ahoot. Ferclval; I want only a dual glass of wine." Ityanne calmly took the alender stem of lbs glaas between be-tween his fingers, lifted it and drank. He aet It down empty. From his outside out-side pocket he drew a handkerchief and delicately dried bis lips. He alone of his confederates bad life. It was because he alone understood. I'rlson wasn't staring htm In the face Just yet. "Well, Arthur, old top. how goes it T Nearly got your money bags, didn't we? And we surely would hsve but for this delicious vintage." "Damn you and your wine!" roared the Major, ahaklng with rage. This adventure had been no Joke to htm, no craving for eacitement. He wanted the gold, the gold. With what would have been his share he could have gambled at Mont Carlo and Oatend till the end of his days. For the first time b ssw long, black bars of Iron running up and down a window. And all for a bottle of wine! "Damn away, old sport!" Ilyann reached for the bottle and filled hla glass again. Perclval, I'm blamed sorry about that ollve-tre of yours." He waved hla hand toward the baga. "You ran see thst my Intentions In regard to refunding that hundred pounds were strictly honorable. Now, whnt's on the ticket?" "I suppose your luggag Is outside In the automobiles?" "Rlght-O!" "Well, I need not eiplaln my reason! rea-son! ; you will understand them; but I am going to give you all two houra' time. Then I ahall notify the police. You will have to take your chance after that llm." The circling facea brightened perceptibly. per-ceptibly. Two hours that would carry car-ry them far Into Jersey. "Accepted with thanks," said Ityanne. Ity-anne. "I refuse to permit It!" yelled the brother. "Mr. Jones, you will me this night's work. 1 shall see thst the law looks Into your actions. This Is felony. fel-ony. I demsnd to b allowed to telephone." tele-phone." "Ferclval, for heaven's sake, let him!" cried Ityann wearily. "Let him shout; It will soften his vole. He will hurt nobody. The wires were cut hours ago." Mortimer felt the tense muscles In his grasp relai. Arthur Wadaworth grew limp and reeled against the Jamb of the door. "You bad better atart at one." George advised. "You three first." with a nod toward Wallace (his bulbous bul-bous nose now lavender In hne). the butler and th first man. "Forward march, front door. Go on!" "What about me?" asked Ryanne. "In a moment." George could not but admire tbe man, rascal though he waa. There was a pang of regret In his heart as lb thought cam and went swiftly: whst a comrade thla man would hav made under different circumstances! Too late! "Halt!" he cried. The trio marching toward th door ram to a stop, their heads turned Inquiringly. "Here, Mr. Mortimer; Mor-timer; take one of these guns and cover the Major. He's the on I doubt." Then George followed the others Into th hall and Ironically bad them Godspeed aa he opened lb door for them. They went out stupidly: th win had dulled them, (leorge Immediately returned to the library. Neither Fortun nor her mother bad stirred In all this time. A quality of hypnotism held them tn bondage. The mother could not lower her gtanr ind the daughter would not If there was a light of triumph la Fortune's ryes. It waa anconsrlously there. And do on will know th full bitterness that shone from th mother a. Phe rould have screamed with fury; a be ronld hsv rent her clothes, torn her kin. pu!W her hair: and yet she sat Here wttbont physlcsl sign of th lenpest. Oa ber side. Fortsse knew, that had Here ben a singe (ester Inviting "I Am Going t Civs You All Two Hours' Tim. gold; nor that the banker had not even thanked them for their labor. Th first Impulse of tbe bsnker had been to send th story forth to th world, to harass and evenfWJy captor cap-tor his brother: hut his foresight becoming normal, he nallsed that sllenc wss best even If his brother escaped. If th depositors heard that the bank had been entered and a million mil-lion taken from th vaults, there w old nstarslly follow a terrific ran. When th last bag had been taken cut cf th library and the banker and "Five thousand dollars!" mutters th senior partner la th legal firm who bad managed the plalntlTe case. "Not so bad." "I think It pretty good," said the junior partner. "How much shall w give our client V "U rn'. Bay 1300." said the senior thoughtfully. "No. stop a minute!" "Wear "We mustnt h too haty." ssid th successful lawyer slowly. "Per has you'd hotter write and promise to pay n!rn the tbre hundred" 1 I |