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Show t Bn'n1r Story dfNCerta JVrsoT.s )V A Vhovmnk. ofj und CqjicjuctcJ ") ;VxBeVT (gyrug Tourney Bav , , OnV( Author oAT'KHatfoWaTirv "OrtalLly, certainly. IUoert, will you otil!g m " In compliant with his brothers gesture. HoUrrt Maltlund touthed lbs bell and bade the actring servant ask MUs Maitland to com to tha library. li-brary. "Now," raid Mr. ftepben Maitland aa the servant closed tb door, "you and I would leave th young peoplt alone. Kh. Ilobert?" iiy all means," answered tha younger, young-er, and opening the door again tha two older men went out leaving Na-bold Na-bold alone. "Hut I don't quit understand.- queried quer-ied Mr. Stephen Maitland. He beard soft step on the atalr In the ball without; the gentle swish of a dreiis as somebody descended from the floor above. A vIrIod appeared ap-peared In the doorway. Without a movement lo opposition, without word of remonstrance, without a throb of hesitation on her part, h took her In his arms. Vrvm the drawing-room opposite. Mr. Robert Maitland softly i tiptoed across the hall and cloned the library door, neither of tie lovers being be-ing awuie of hla action. Often and often they had longed for each other on the opposite side of a door, and now at last the woman was In the timn's arms and no door rose between them, no barrier kept them apart any longer. There waa no obligation obli-gation of loyalty or honor, real or Imagined, Im-agined, to separate them now. They had drunk deep of the chalice of courage, cour-age, they had drained the cup to the very bottom, they had shown each other that though love waa the great-etit great-etit of pashiona, honor and loyalty were the mor-t powerful of forces, and now they reaped the reward of their abne-gutlon abne-gutlon and devotion. Al last the woman gave herself up to him In complete and entire abandonment aban-donment without fenr and without reproach; re-proach; and at Inxt the man took what was bis own without the shadow of a reservation. She shrank from no pressure of his arms, she turned her face aay from no touch of his llpa. They two had proved their right to surrender by their ability to conquer. Speec'j was hardly necessary between be-tween them, and It was not for a long time that coherent words came. Llttl murmurs of endearment, little pas-slonutj pas-slonutj whispers of a beloved name there were enough then. When be could find strength to deny himself a little and to bold her at arm's length and look at her, be found her paler, thinner and more delicate than when he bnd seen her In the mountains She had on some witching creation of pale blue and silver; he didn't know what It waa; be didn't "And Is there anything eUe?" aked she who would fain be loved for other qualities "Everything." he answered, rapturously rap-turously drawing bar ouc more to bis heart. "I knew that there would be some way." answered the satisfied woman softly after a little space; "lova like ours Is not born to fall ahort of the completes! happiness. Oh, how fortu nate for me waa that Idle Impulse that turned me up the canon Instead of down, for If it had not been for tbat there would have been no meeting" Sb stopped suddenly, her face aflame at the thought of the conditions of that meeting; she must needs bids her face on hla shoulder. He Isughed gayly. "My little spirit of the fountain, my love, my wlf that Is lo be! Did you MmmM KmM Mm--? -i ' v Itl ' 1 lit"' -i ' ' He Shamefully Held Her Close. know that your father had done rot the honor to give me your hand, sub Ject to the condition that our heart goes with It?" "You took that first." answered the woman looking up at htm again. There was a knock on the door. Without waiting for permission It wis opened; this time three men entered, for old Klrkby had joined the group. The blushing KnUl made an Impulsive movement to tear herself away from New hold's arms, but he shamefully held ber clone. The three men looked at the two lovers solemnly for a moment mo-ment and then broke Into laughter. It was Klrkby who spoke first. "I hear as how you found gold In them mountalna, Mr. Newbold " "I found something far more valuable valua-ble than all the gold In Colorado lo these moutualns," answered the other. oth-er. "And what was that?" asked the old frontiersman, curiously and Innocently. "This!" answered Newbold as he kissed the girl again. (THE END.) (laughter Into another man's keeping. "1 think you can trust Newbold; there are men who knew him years ago; tLere li abundant evidence and testimony testi-mony as to bis qualities, I vouch for blui." "Robert." answered bis brother. "1 need no such testimony; the way In which he saved Enid, the way he comported com-ported hliuaelf during that period of isolation with ber, bis present bearing In short, sir, If a father Is ever glad to give away bis daughter, I might say I should be gled to entrust ber to you. I believe you to be man of honor and a gentleman; your furully la almost as old is my own; as for the disparity in our fortunes. 1 can easily remedy that." Newbold smiled at Enid's father, but It was a pleusant smile; albeit with a trace of mockery and a trace of triumph tri-umph In It. "Mr. Maitland, I am more grateful to you than 1 can aay for your consent con-sent and approval which I shall do, my best to merit. 1 think 1 may claim to have won your daughter's heart; to have added to that your sanction completes com-pletes my happiness As for the disparity dis-parity In our fortunes, while your generosity gen-erosity touches me profoundly, I hardly hard-ly think that you need be under any uneasiness un-easiness aa to our material welfare " "Whan do you mean?" "1 am a mining engineer, sir; I didn't live five years alone In the mountains of Colorado for nothing '' "I'ray, explain yourself, sir." "Did you find gold In the bills?" asked Hubert Maitland, quicker to understand. un-derstand. "The richest veins on the continent," answered Newbold. "And nobody knows anything about It?" "Not a soul " "Have you located the claims?" i.' IYN0PII. Knlrt MaltUnrl. a frStik. free and un-tpollad un-tpollad vouns fhallftxlrl.ila slrl. ta takrn u tha Colra1 Biuuntalns by hr un'ta. Hotxrt Malllanit. Jaiura Armatrons. Malilanrt a prolrsa, fall In lova with her. Ilia iwralatvnt Wooing thrill the rtil. tut ha hraiialra. and Armatrons oe aaat on buainrna wlihuul a d-nnlt anawer. Knld haara Ilia atorv of a rnlnlne ent-li'-r. Nawbold. whoae wife fell off a cliff and waa eo avrtuualy hurt that ha waa rompvllrd to alitMit har to pravant her t-Ins t-Ins ealf-n hy wolvxa whllo ha went f" hIp. Klrhby. tha old suIJa who tella tha alory. alvea Knld a parNasa of W-iters which ha aaya wrrt found on tha dead wonian'a body. Hha raada tha tHIrra and at Klrkhy'a raqurat fcr-pa tham. While hat Mr In mountain alrram Knld t al- arked hy bar, which la myal'rlovialy ahol. A aliirm adda to tha alrl's terror. A aiidden deluge Iranaforma brooS tnlo rasing torrent, whlrli pweepa Knld Into re, where aha la reamed by a Mountain Moun-tain hermit after a Ihrlllln anpertrn-e. t'ainrx-m In great ronfualon uMn dlarov-Ins dlarov-Ins Krild'e aleenra when the atorm brenke. Maitland and Old Klrkby " n aearrh of the lrl. Enid dlacovera thHt har ankle la aprnined and that eh la un- , alda lo walk. Her inyatertoua rearuer -arrles her to hla camp. Knld ' to aleep In the elrarie-e man'a bunk. Miner rooks break fax t for Knld. afler whli-h they so on tour ef liia-tlon. The hermit her-mit tella Knld of hla unaurreeariil attempt to Hnd the Maitland ramiera tie admlia that ha la alao from I'hllndelphla,. The hermit falla In love with Knld. The man roinea to a reallaatlon of hla love for h-r. but naturally In that (trance eolltude the relatkma of tha a'rl and her rew-uer be-I4me be-I4me unnatural and alrnlm-d The atmnif-er atmnif-er ti lla of a wife he had who la deml. and any tin haa aworn to ever rhertah her mnoory by llvlns In alttud. tie and Knld, however, rfnitiaa Ihelr loe fur earn other. Hhe harm that he la the man who klll.il hla wife In ttie mountain. Knld dlwovera ttie writer of the b-tter lo NewlH.ld'a wife lo have tieen Jumea ArnrntroiiK NewlM dethlea lu atari to Hie aettl.-ioenl for help. The man la rarked hv the belief that he la unfaithful to hla wlfe'e memory, and Knld la tempted tempt-ed lo tell him of the leltera In her poa-aeealon. poa-aeealon. ArinetroiiK. arcompnnleil hy Klrkhv and Itohrrt Maitland. nml a note lhat NealM.ld had left In the deeeried rahln. and know that tha irl t In hla heeplng. Kale tirlnita all the si-tors to-setlier. to-setlier. Newliold reiurna from hunllns same ami ax-a a man near the hut. It is Jumea Armatmnit. who haa at loal lo-i-ated the mleelns slrl. and ha enters the ahln. Armatrons pleada hla love for Knld. but she remlnda him of hla after-Hon after-Hon for NeatMilda wife, tie srowa In-kiilllns In-kiilllns ai.d Knld ordera him from tier f.reeeM-e. New-hold returns opMirtunly. He dlarnvers ttte troth almut Armatrons and would have killed him but for the linerferewe of Klrkby and MatHand. ho came Uon I he B4-ene. It developa lhat Armatrons was ensased In a plot t- separate NeaUild and hla wife, lie clears the woman's name and afterward roils bis own Ufa. CHAPTER XXIV (Continued). "Do yeu by any chance belong to tb Maryland Newbolds, slrr "Yes. they are distantly related to a most eicellent family of tb earn name In Philadelphia. 1 believe." "I have alway understood tbat to be the truth." "Ah, a very satisfactory connection iodeed," said Stephen Maitland with oo little satisfaction. "Proceed, sir." "There I nothing much els to say about myself, eicept that I lov your daughter and with your permission 1 want her for my wife." Mr. Maitland bad thought long and seriously over the state of affairs. II had proposed tn bis desperation to give her band to Armstrong If be found ber. It bad been Impossible to keep secret the story of her adventure, adven-ture, ber rescue and th death of Armstrong. Arm-strong. It waa natural and Inevitable tbat gossip should bav busied Itself with ber name. It would therefor .have been somewhat difficult for Mr. Maitland to bave withheld bis consent to ber marriage to almost any reputable repu-table man who bad been thrown so Intimately In-timately with her, but when tbe man waa so uneiceptionably born and bred as Newbold, what ha appeared as a , more or less dissgreeable duty, almost aa Imperative Imposition, became a pleasure! Mr. Maitland was oo bad Judge of men when bla prejudices wre not rampant, and be looked with much sat-lafsctlon sat-lafsctlon on the fine, clean limbed, clear eyed, vigorous man who was at present snlng for bis daughter's band. Newbold had shaved off hla beard and bad cropped close bla rouetaebe; be waa dressed In the habits of civilisation civilisa-tion and he waa almost metamorphosed. metam-orphosed. His shyness wom away as be talked and bla Inherited ease of manner and bis birthright of good breeding cam back to bits and aat easily upon biro. Iladnr th circumstances th very best thing that could happen would be a marriage between th two, Indeed In-deed to be quit honest, Mr. Stephen Maitland would bave felt tbat perhaps under any circumstances bis daughter could do no better than commit ber e-tf to a man Ilk this. "I shall never attempt." be aald at last, "to emstrsln my daughter. I think I bave learned something by my touch with this life here; perhaps we of Philadelphia need a little broadening broaden-ing In alra more free I am aure tbat site would never give ber band without with-out ber heart, and therefore, sb must decide tbta matter berself from ber own Hps you snsll bave yoir answer " "Itut you, sir; I confess that I should feel easier and happier If I bad your sanction and approval" "Steve." said Mr. Robert Msltlsnd. as tbe other hesitated, not because be Intended to refuse, but because be waa loath to say tbe word tbat so far aa be was concerned would g1 bis "De You by Any Chsncs Belong te the Maryland Newbelds. SlrT" "Only one." "We'll go back as soon as the snow melts." ssid the younger Msttland. and take them up. You are aura?" "Absolutely." "II meana," aald bis brother, "that be bas discovered gold " "And silver too," interposed New-bold New-bold "In unlimited qusntitles." continued the other Maitland. ! "Your daughter will bave morel money then she knows hst to do j with sir." smiled Neabold. j "God bless me," sidelined the Pbll adelpblan "And tbst whether she marries me j or not. for the rlthest claim of all is lo bf tsken out In ber nsrue," sdded ' her lover. j Mr Stephen Maitland shook tbeoth er by tbe band vigorously. "I congratulate you." he ssid. "you ; have beaten me on all points; I must : therefore regard o.i as the m-.M el g j iblc of suitors Gold in I bete mo.,n j tains, well, well!" "And may I see your daughter and plead my cause In person. alrT aked j Newbold. ' care (t made her only more tike aa angel t. hi in than eter She found blm. too, greatly charged and highly approved the alterations Id bis sp pearaiire "Why. Will." she said at last, "I never realised a hat a bandsoine tnsn you were " Me laughed St ber "I slasvs knew you arre the inon beautiful women on esrth " "Oh, yes. doubtless alien I ss lie j only one " "And If there were mlllloos yon ' stould slill be the only one Hut It I isn't for jour beauty alone that I ioe ' you You knew all the time that my j fight sseilist loving ou was baaed up- J on s n.isft.'erpitat!on. a niisuke, )..u -didn't tell iue ber-anae you aere ' thoiist tftll of poor a oman '" "Shou'd I have told you?" ' No, I have ttiousht It ail out ass ' Iota! thrm;h mifke. b..k you ouldnt betray a dead siner; you ould save her reputation in tbe mind of the one being thai remembered ber, at the eipehs of your oaa happiness. And If there aere nothing e.a I could tote you for list." j |
