Show CM na vu W OW V copyright 1916 by the tb reilly britton co continued from last SYNOPSIS roberta noberta an orphan halt half french halt hall american starting for america to stay bilth an undo uncle nita count do d Las massolles crossing to secure cur for or france franca by a Tills tako taa uncle believe she li 1 is a knowin film to lie A woman iata batar loarl lob rl adopts man attire nr her general carruthers Carrut hr informs hla him l tant ho r nobila lis of cronea to straW iten out a deal for or far or I 1 liuio tho the governors honor Is in involve in the roulo deal noberta pledges alil ald rind is I 1 intro ducody tu to C governor vernor and to ta him lil a a cretaro cre tary auza glendenning mrs mr jerf whitworth la doca in tho the irule calmo with willi ber husband anil and to got cot the governors ao govar vornor nors a signature 0 to o th the transaction tho the governor alyes it a dinner to joberia roberta no beria who been made boado private secretary secre tarr pro tero tem sho sha matchka match mat choa osber lir wits bealim sirs lira M no norborta borta of the tha deal wro whitworth arlem to pump lW laborta borta afeld d hakea lovo love to her i cohort borta the tb goyer governor nor to I 1 the h otilit lit it hia akar bare ba see BOO a a in is marx til uttus the gov mid dilli acts the in blo blob alf NOW ted IK ka 24 HM aa at X a bh fillis 0 arm a lA tAu t from br 00 kr lairde th we tAi aMt so ahl th rov w t 0 alt s ay iy 11 M a att Murta taB the h air aj n on t arrayal of at count do d to a al blan ti the mule contract con truet the th birtt bat aerts H 13 1 J to ur the plot with ui th to itis tb b in the tb eualo dl voss K with the lh to a ic niala whua or hiu too ui talt a to la la IA it ith I 1 ot of suc acl h it izi wi t I 1 kt have come coin tron abo ti 0 wah til all clear clar to myself sar lay beloved bolO Tl capita lu the th count la an be b draw to kl entire walck was wai well nu nick as x groat ce that of the of t ur state tat of Harp atit aai and I 1 tit have ridden dua a day alad ail fl a right alft mr for the same aam puro aa an ward say nay groat ti bat gouverneur faulk wa c with that courtesy our cour loay tosy of lousiness I 1 have alwa always rubyj ham to use in ID tho of his hi aft stirs ta IN kl I 1 falc lit thin th capitol of f tho the itt of f narp tk AMI aid u no of um ua slink inake a will jou not tell ats why rhy you are ra kore aid alj lu iju thia in ft a few I 1 will make maka au all calsar to yoo JOB your excellency iad j my mr C rf tAlu 00 ui count chuu d 1 loto sellew with an aa air of courtnay cour toay equal to that of tho gouverneur faulk ver 1 I bent down into your state of Harrat li ono of my commission to whom I 1 cura calra tho the direction that with n k lack of annoying publicity aa id should investigate tho the preparedness of tho the state of harleth harpeth to deliver those of mules to tho the of franca Franco as aa isas a being proposed pro behold a report repart port that nil all la Is well comes to me but nh all it la 18 with orrow borrow and shame that such a thins thing could L bo done dona by a ou faor fact poor france who struggle tor for met amon among tho sheets beat ot of tut report wore nera left by the tha fragments of it a draft of it ft letter to an air Amo rican which made a partial disclosure of nn an intended falseness of that tnt att went ramt to me ma ly 1 came alone to interview that falso anti I 1 find him gone one from that small email tonii not for far from here bore into your capital I 1 was seeking rapidly to ride alone by directions into your our capital city to pro rent that ho he mako make a signature which I 1 had garen to him tho the authority to write to those papers of so eo great an ali I 1 was wait thus arrested by that bat man of grent great wildness wilosn rafols I 1 could not understand as bo be could not comprehend the english I 1 mako ako anso of and you seo see tile me thus I 1 bes beg of you to tou tell nio me if that wicked nicked signature tins lias been alade I 1 lh ibe parcus have hato riot not been signed oed cart aln and your aery liu ira 13 being shown some aluir them by tai vas anhof and thil valry wt at old lil awl I 1 be beg yu you yarda parden for fm allering all tring yon yoa te be bo a liv Loase it minnta than aftan times bry wow WM t clr anaam made mada b ti harn aft n 0 MY y itron sour entla its IM jiro iles llo an all rt ft and yi can c arla 29 US 36 of i your ate tow aw I 1 cler this trible lina hw to fc res aft w farm si one n bush bushless leis AJ AM alu faulkner bialk ner ord not S speak or r look at me atilid ta in my aart 1 tuf law k he re I 1 ali 1 I viv guao all U revae I 1 mai M I 1 WWI a sua gua gu a a kern et a mt tam flu of f aia 4 vi yi ittu tc crl thom 04 table of cief kakl 1 teat I sta etow tw cw hagat JA t kat 4 4 a ta illarie you you du dl abt snake hobt maart for or belf coords rd say maa lp said AV 7 Capi talas ti ike cu couto C to asella is lu jw as M 1 amas aud and then it mt so julf a q V ate A afi le apra 1 1 w binl fill atio 11 a chain 1 I 1 said you ou warn no IK revenue here drink stronger tin answered the wild jim os as ho he lauded handed a bottlo of whito to my Capit capitaine alne tle tile count 10 lo 10 and also another to my buu verneur faulkner that boy can call suck stick the lie drip plugs lio lie added us as lie looked nt at ino with humor opt get rutin and water n liter anti ilni corn coin inan deil my gouverneur faulkner with mill a smile dont drink it light captain it will knork you ion down own 1 I will procuro the clips n and iid the water I 1 said mid with rapidity for I 1 longed to loave that room for a fow few moments I 1 in it h to shinho from ny iny eyes fiume of the loan can that were making fl a mist before them git n fresh bucket briket from the lie spring up tile the gulch 1301 while I 1 go BO bent the tie boys boa outon tire lio hushes bushes with the ilowe now that lint they aint tie no ic want to seo see hill tin it direction tint that wilt wild jim gave to mo me na aft tie ho placed in III mr illy licud a rudo bucket tind pointel up lit the abo side of tho the hill of great steep nw after so HO doing lie ho descended around the abo rock by the tha path which we dmd ascended what 1 U it that ant you shall do now tto botta marf marq luls ulsa of gren and bye noa I 1 wept a question to us ms I 1 dipped that bucket into a n clear pool and ana mado made roady ready to return to tho the hut but all tj is loit to you 1 I dt do riot not knoby I 1 answered to to myself self I 1 anil and whan ohwn I 1 had bad mailo mado a safo safe return to tho but with it a small portion of the th water only romaIn Ins in tho bucket for the cause causa of miny many m any in the deop steep teop discont from tho the pool I 1 found my iny gouverneur GonTer nour faulknor raul kuer knor anti and my cap itina tho the count da Laa oni deply in si A maiss of papers on the tn in bla boti Teon thorn them and with no thanks to roberta tn the of grez gre and nye byo whom whan she aha served to them of Os t water and a liquid that I 1 had by br tasting ratting to he of fire I 1 honor tt it to be ba thus that in n affairs of bui tinis in the maindi i of men nil all wo we nw mca a ara re lincome deoT mod will yon yen arito this out lit for hla his eist al lency a n cy my dear traum my iny good capitaine the th count aa thank yon monid be b the reply I 1 ved from the tha gouverneur faulk nor iter of tho the state of at harpoth with never ono one look into my belits that so 10 la be tight his hi and ana for all of tho the noun hours of very tory long a I 1 sat at an H a low stool iti be the th heart in my breast was going into death by torture side aldo the feet of two great wentlo tile mon spited tuu in their commit while the heart leont lit in my ni breast was going into death by b a slow cruel torture I 1 tho the exact of those lapors and words of I 1 did riot not know hut but once I 1 my ui the lie lie do lascelles LasE I elles throw brov ilowit his hh linuell aud look into tho the face of the gouverneur Pa faulkner with a effrat and astonishment the work of pr captala los laa selles with a woman as aa a tool but I 1 lot yet dont dollt see just how it was that she worked it sly my secretary of state itne general carruthers anti and I 1 bore ahmo loon been nt at crork for weeks week anti and wo we could riot not catch tho the exact fraud aado answer my iny faulkn with a cold 1 I was wa warned in paris that ful fill Amer american tenn women romen worn were very tory much tn in tho of war contracts it I 1 lo 10 lourer I 1 god flod upon ft a tugboat from tho tha ship that I 1 11 bra ems for or whom I 1 had of intro rt which I 1 could not ignore it ws w your carlt carit alne tha count do da labella La BellM whom whoa that madam whitworth auh upon tho the ship hip noberta I 1 to t myself 1 I borsom are ir al like the th world tr tor rap far un aln and tho the dIncus discussion sion of abom and their antal and ana moral proc Is if ans my gou vener aaa an if he aerate took up kis ida pearil wain ft it ii to mo BO to find IJ uni ed t cibit ih etor I 1 the tb lady of frem vv fahr ali grotenant I 1 lad DO A r at I 1 agn ats to cpr r Y u hurt of poor frame blouin full fail to lie be in wen even one american ens heart and now I 1 am lu in concern where am I 1 to obtain the good strong mules by to transport through fields heavy with mud the food to my poor boys in their trenches here captain I 1 feel reason ably sure I 1 think I 1 see a way to give you v what hat you want nt at a bettor better figure and from it no man shall reap moro more thou thau a just wage for honest work As tho the governor of the state of Ilar peth I 1 cah give you nt at least that assurance and as he be spoke my faulkner looked the capitaine Capit alne the count lie de Las casselles selles lu in the eyes s with a fine honesty that carried carrid with it the utmost of conviction 1 I give gho thanks to Is ie boa diell I 1 said with words that were ivere very soft in my throat threat but nt at which I 1 observed tho the mouth of that gouverneur Gouvern cur faulknor faulkner to again become as one straight title of coldness indeed th thanks aills to ie bon me bleu mademoiselle mol selle made couite courteous ouR answer to me my the count tle de las selle schlei but how will rill you that purpose ee M to lo Cou gouverneur verneur 1 As soon as ive done ilidio jhc thc so fig urea tires ill have in jim your jailer mid and their hear some things about the Ameil Ame can mule that you never heard before I 1 believe As aa lie spoke my gouverneur faulkner pro 1110 ended alth making malli iR figures alth lila pencil a fine glow of eagerness added i to that of rage lit in his eyes cyca very deep under their brows blows now ill go and call in jim lie ho sold bald after a few inin utes of Iv uniting alting mid and left the room lit in heiti I 1 was wa 11 thell alone with my illy cap table the count tie de Las casselles selles wl value to tile me wath on titi etched hand ah mile roberth roberta lie he exclaimed 1 I am tn ill it a debt of grall gratitude tude to you for bringing this grent great gentleman your our friend to my rescue and also to the solving of this very deiy strange situation concerning these contracts cout racla indeed havo have you accomplished the mission for which you enil enlisted sted your friends for france fiance but before pruce procedure duro I 1 must ask you little lady why it wua was that you mado made a from that hotel hold in new york I 1 sought u bt you there in vain tail and it I 1 Is a gre great 1 caso to my unhappy heart to mid find you aou lit in ill the caie arc a 0 a family and friends I 1 mako make campil ments menta on oil your our costume of tho the ride I 1 also observe tho the custom of attire masculine to bo be on those plains of the groat great west where I 1 bought the wheat it li is a great joy to me mon capi f il table that you give to mo me your approval much has happened to me in the theao so short weeks since you left me in loneliness on that great strip that I 1 must tell to you I 1 said bold na as a sot sob rose into my words poor little gerlt it will riot not be maup many hours now before I 1 can say to you the things that have been growing in my heart for you nince that night upon the still ili he sidd to mo me ki in a great tenderness ni as he raised my mj hand mid anti bout bent to kiss it just as entered the great gou vernous raul faulkner klier and the wild jim I 1 had not the cot courage to grize gaze upon tho the face of my gouverneur faulkner but I 1 felt its coldness strike into my body and turn it to hardness for a second I 1 stood as a stone then a u sudden resolve rose in me and ngath that daredevil seized upon my thought I 1 took a place piece of that white paper with caution and also a pencil and with th them em H slipped 11 od from the room while that wa wild lid jim PI eted himself upon my iny lowly stool upside beside the table nt at which again the two great men were writing and ont in the soft light that was wai now ow slowly failing fading from tin the side of ho be mountain because of the retirement of the sun I 1 sat me down the step of the hut anil and wrote to my gouverneur faulkner tilts this small letter honored excellency excellency tho faulkner of the state of 0 1 ro from you into the tha trenches of france if your humble boy robert ling hn done for 3 4 u any small email I 1 beg of you ion in th that a t name that my undo the general and rny my ends never know ot of my ills dis honor of liia lii a about tny my womans comans estate but believe ellee ti me to dlo dio as aa a soldier for Fran francena ceas wai be the case came make nil all clear fr f r a 0 orny O 13 rny the count do da las selles eoll frn it la is that all women worthen are riot not lies iles noberta noDE nOD HTA ERTA marquise of orez grez and re bye then I 1 left that letter upon the door step held in ili place by the weight of A stone and very softer slipped out into ahe he shadows shadow a ot of the twilight aind down I 1 the mountain by b tile path up ill which that morning I 1 had como with my beloved gouverneur faulkner then my friend I 1 felt a certainty tint as many funny wi n two hours would those ghosio men continue in a consulting with that wild jim and lit in that time by going fleetingly I 1 could pain gain the place where were nero tethered the before a complete darkness I 1 had conic come from my mv honored father 1 I had learned the ways nasuf of woods lit in hunting end and also I 1 knew that the good lightfoot would in darkness carry mo me in safety to his stall lit in tile the barn or of sir mr bad kell bell beside which stood my cherry prom from there I 1 could gaan alii the nt blaye avilo in the dead hours of the night and lit in those same dead hours do part to franco france after obtaining the money I 1 had left in my disk desk ned and which 1 I 1 had bad earned carried by mi my labors and would not lie ho in tire net act of stealing ng front from tile the state of Har harleth harpeth peth only one night it and nil tiny lay would I 1 bo be alono in tire the foredt and I 1 did not care if a death take me lit in my body royn kart wa to bend and why should I 1 tic a the alfo to of ef that body TO 41 mj TS |