Show I FORTUNES FORTUNE'S m fn ff f kA RAFAEL RArAEL Y L SAe Hf ta T ATt 1 ty II w A 1 AT 1155 l a A t 5 y IC eISA GIN HL-GIN TODAY Colonel Colone HOIM Hol soldier and und ad ad- ad ad return returns to England his nathe Holland land l nd when war with Hol 1101 land Is declared I 11 It t is 18 I for Relies Hollen to secUre occure A commission In the th English army the name of Randal Holmes Holler father of the colonel Is Ix on the th warrant arrant for forthe forthe forthe the execution ot of the th late kIng kinc I IThe The dreaded plague Is 1 I spreading rapidly In London Landon A of ot the coonel named Tucker Is la arrested I Ifor for plotting against t the th gO gOern to ment ern ment Because Holies has ha been Scott seln In Tuckers Tucker's company a a war net warrant I rant Is I also aiKo out for hla hi arrest His Hia Grace of Huc rent r nta a 0 house hour in Knight R Elder Rd dor r Street t hanon Farqu-hanon and plotS plot to ha c ha 0 Sylvia Farqu- Farqu liaison actress abducted and car lied car I lied i led there Tho The Dukes Dulos Duke friend Mr warns warn Buckingham that he Is I doing som something danger duger dangerous ou ous The Duke refuses to be b ad- ad ad lid I I I I i I i S ow GO CO ov 0 WITH THE Tun STORY I lie He lt ung away aay and ond went wet to fling himself petulantly Into a chair taking his hi blond head boad In his tine fine jeweled hands bands After Alter that explosIon lon Mr Ether Ether- edge dg decided that th there re was wa noth- noth nothIng noth log Ing to be done dono with Ith such a roan man but abandon him to his hi fate f H Ho He said so eo o with engaging candor and took his hi leave HIs HI grace nieCe mode no attempt to toI I detain him and tor for some ome time litter after litterI his departure sat eat at there ther alone In I inI that somber omber lined book room II a III tool fool In wisdom and learn learn- learning learn I I IngI Ing He lie was disturbed at last by the appearance ot of a footman who brought the th Ih announcement that a Colonel Holles was demanding In itt itt- to see eCO e hIs hi grace erace j Irritated Buckingham was wa about to pronounce dismissal al Say that He Ho checked chocked Hs He I remembered the thc letter received three dale das ago ngo n o and Its urgent ap ap- ap ap pell That awoke oke an nn Idea and set ethi his grace erac speculating Wait He moistened his lips HIs lip and his hi cy eyes s narrowed In thought Slowly Iy they lighted from their gloom Abruptly he rose BrIng Brine him In he said ld Holies Holle came erect and soldIerlY of still sUII tolerably dressed but iery sery ery haggard now of ot counte- counte nanco counte-nanco nanco nance Your grace erne will forgive I trust my Importunities he eC cc- cc et himself faltering a little But the truth Is that my need which was wa very urgent i I wrote rote hM hs since Bine grown desperate 1 considered con him thoughtfully from under his hi bent bentI brows without directly replying He I He dismIssed sed the th waiting footman and offered his hia vIsitor a t chaIr ch Holies sat do down donn n His Hia grace erace remained his thumbs hooked Into the girdle of 01 his I received ed your letter he h said aldin in hN his hI slow low pleasant voice From Fromn nt at silence Hence you may have hav supposed that iou OU nad n d pasted from my mind ThAt Is la not so to But you realize I think that lou IOU ou are aro not an easy eaBY e y man manto manto manto to help Less Less than diet r e er now said sa-Id Holies HoHes grimly What that There was a sud- sud sudden sud ud- ud don den unmistakable quickening of 01 the Dukes Dules Duk glance almost as It if he ha h wd corned the news Holies Holles told him without pro pre preamble pre preamble amble And so o I lour our grace perceives perceive h ho he ended that I am now not only I I In d of ot starving but of ot hang hang- hangtag hane tag Ing moved through through- throughout throughout out I i His grave gravo had not I out the th rendering of that account 0 Non at last IASI he stirred He Ito turne turned I from from his 1 S and sauntered I lowly ly It away WilY In thought But 1 what nhat hat an Imprudence ho said at last l t for fol a man In your po position to have hase had relatIons relation ho however evor slight with these wretch wretch- wretched wretched ed ed monarch filth dOgs It I Is 18 to put a 0 halter hatter about I sour our OUI neck Yet Yot there thero was no wrong In those relations Tucker was wa an 01 old arm ln brother arms Your grace graco haa boon been a Il soldier r and knows know whit whet that 1 means menns It is Ie 1 true tru that he lr tempt tempted d ne me with Ith proposals l I admit It It since that can no longer long hurt him But those proposals I 1 Incontinently rc- rc re refuted fused His Hia grace race smiled a little no Do noI I oU imagine that the th Justices Ju wl 1 believe that when you como come corn to toI tot tell ll them that Seeing that my name n m Is I RandAl Holies and aDd that a Indict ego ego- roi would bo be glad Ud ot of o nov pre pro pretext text to stretch the th neck n ck of ot rot mt m father son aon on I do not That Is 1 why I 1 describe l my state as a I desperate Iam Iam I am m a man movin In the the- hadow of the th gallows g Sh Sh the tho th Duke Duk reproved r ved him You must not net express e you self In such uch it i Colon olon I Your very tone ton savors vors ot o And you are art unreasonable It If you ou were really loial 10 Ill there ws we w a 0 clear duty which you would not have havo neglected l When Whan Wh n first this pro- pro was wall wa IOU ou your friendship for tor Tucker IOU ou should hate ha hax gone straIght st to the Justice J and laid lal Information of this thie plot Yo Your r grace trace d l ad lau e something that In my own CAse ca you would not hue have performed p d But even ven had I acted so eo o how should I 1 have hav com corn compelled compelled belief bellet I l w no details of this till plot I was wa not In a position to prove anything It would have haic ben been my bare bar word aj alln t Tuck I Ier's ers er's r and my joy name nam alone alon would have hav dl d roe me m My might ha have hav e been b n ded M As an ani i Impudent attempt to earn the th ri or ot of tho the powers In beIng It might e even esen en In some tortuous legal ral man ninn- mannor nor iner nero have been ben construed against m me Therefore I 1 held 1 my peace Tour Your ts is 1 enoUgh nough for forme forme forme me gald his grace grac amiably And God knows I perceive sour lour difficulty cult culty and how you have hav been brought Into lour our present danger dant or Out Our first care caro must mu t be bo to deliver you front from this thi You must murt do at atla last hut t whit what hould should have hav ben bean dont long sInce Dine You mut must fo go before the Justices and frankly state stata tat the th cue easo liS as you ha have hav e stated stilted It to me But your grace grac has ha just rail they will not believe me Ills HI In grace rl paused In his hi pacing p rind a little They will not behave 3 Our un word But It If some om pr per per- person p r- r ron son on of ot eminence nc and anil authority were to t answer for tor sour our good I Ison faith they th y would hardly dare ar to I the tho th matter mattOr would be b at an end and there then would bo be b no further of any Impeachment I II I Robes ol ed su udd a hopeful and yH yet y t not darIng to t yield Id entire entire- ly Iy ii to his hll hope Your grace grac doos not mean m n that loti OU that you would do this for me SIts Hie HI graces grace's smile roll grew broader ki But of ot court course m my frIend l It If I J am to employ you ou as asI a aI I hope hop I shill shall so 80 o much would woul ho be bea hoa b a p in 1 rein Toul rP craft House s Holl his hi ht fet feet How to thank you Oll I lila HI grace irac him back a an again a n nto to his hi chair I will shOW how you OU presently my friend nd There Th r tre re I certain Conditions condition I 1 must mu t impOse Th There r Ii is 1 A II certain task talk I shall ro to- to ro I quire ot of o you Your grace graco KI- KI KIC C shOuld hould know that I IOU ou have but to namo name IL it Have Hav you OU over vr heard of ot Sylvia FarQuharson Surprised It was a moment be be- be before b for toro fore the th Colonel answered r d him burg t S Ivl Farquharson he h echoed I musing Iv Vya heard h rd the name Ohl Oh I hav It That was wa wath the th lad In the th dan chair your grace rescued r cued yonder In Paul a 8 Yard ayI on the th day w 1 we met mat Aye Ay aye ae I heard her her named at the th time tim A baggage of ot a play from the Dukes Duke's House Houie I think But what has hll ahe he h to do with us u 7 Something Som I unless think think unless the stars are ar wrong And Anil the th tars never go TO 1 wrong rong They stand Im ira Immutable mutable and true tru In la a false talc and fIckle world It Is I written In them all U as I hove have already told that told that we were ero to meet acain again you and I and andle le be jointly concerned d In a fate fateful tal matter with one on other That oth- oth cry oth-cry cry ory my friend nd I is this same sam Byh Syliia Farquharson on He H rose roee ro casting oft off all reserve r rv at last and hi bl his pleasant pl voice vole w thickened by the th stress of ot his hi mo m I You behold In me ma m a a man roan exert exert- exertIng exerting Ing vast power tor for rood good and m ill There are In life lit fw tew things how how how- over ever great groat that I X desire delre being able abl to command them Syl Byl Syl- Syl Sylvia Sylvia via lit Farquharson III Id 1 one oue of these ther th e R things That Is 1 where I requIre r our help bell He paused The Th Colonel Colon stared at him round eyed At last lut Ia t he h spoke poke In a voice vote that was waa wa cold and andl level l Your grace frac has hardly said eald enough Dullard What more mor is 18 I to be said Dont Don't you understand und r that I moan to make mk an end nd of this situ situation 7 Faith I think I understand that well enough h Holies I a little What hat I don t understand b I my part In this this-a a foxy toxy business s of this thi kind Wilt Will not our grace be plain 7 Plain Why m roan man I want her carrIed oil off for me They nt s-it conning each other In silence now non the Colonels Colonel's Colon face tac Ut- Ut ut utterly terl tony terly blank so o that the Duke looked In vain for tor some sign ot or how he mIght be b taking thIs thi proposal At last lad hi his lips lip curled In a rather scornful smite smile mil and his hi voice drawled with a mildly humorous Infection But In such uch a t matter your our graces grace's own vast experience sho surely servo ou better than iou could I In his eagerness the tho th Duke Duk took him literally ner heed heeding In the sarcasm My Iy experience will be b there th r to guide iou aou ou I see eee said Mid Holles I II 11 tell toll i 3 ou snore more mor precisely how I need nod you you where you cre lou iou OU can servo me And Buckingham proceeded to inform him of ot the tho well well well- house In KnIght Knitht Ryder Street Street Str iii Ilch Ich he now Relies Holler to tote take la 11 his hi own name nam having talc talc- tak en It he h wits wa to make the th ne e salT sary ary arrangements to carry the th gIrl thither on the th evenIng evenIng- of Saturday next after fetter the th last lut la t performance at atthe atthe the Duke Duk a HouseP Hou t Taking what men in n you need n the Duke Dake concluded It should hould be y beah-y y ah to waylay and nd capture her hor chair aa as It Is I being borne bom homo home homoW We e will consider that more closely It If the th 87 nice Ice Is Ia one on that you rou ate ar disposed to accept I The Th Colonel s face fac was flushed fluh dH He felt folt t lt hi his gorge ora-e ora rising At last his hili anger nr r mastered in him and ito 10 heaved himself lf up to confront the handsome profligate te who dared In cold blood to mak hint him this pro pro pro- pro pro-po poe ti il M My Ml Godi he be h growled Are you led by your vices vie like a 3 blind blindman blindman blindman man by hl his hii dog doe I The Duko Duke stepped back before the the sudden eu menace of that tone ani mIen At once one he be h him blat self It in tn a Q mantle manti m tle J of arrogance I warned you sir lr that I will suffer sutter no heroics that I will have hsIe havno no roan man play pillY to mo nio you asked service of roe m I 1 have hare show show-n IOU ou how I can employ von TOU Service SeI 7 echoed Holls his hs voice almost almot choked with anger angel an tr r I Is thle thi service en Ico for a gentleman iT anZ- anZ Continued cd In la Monda tele Le 00 00 thell e ShIps Ship giving best bent returns to for foe the 11 estment are ar tho those COO feet teet tn length it I Is estimated |