Show fORTY FORTUNES FORTUNE'S MES ME'S f FOOL FOP W 4 RAI-AEL RAI 1 Ae ay 57 y aw W ae Ort is a e KILKI B BY y Ht Me EA nv ei B BI m CI mv m nEni TOO n 1 Colonel Holles soldier an and l ad M 1 adventurer returns to hi Holland naU 0 land hand when r with Hol Hol- i 1101 IRn land hand l Is In declared It 13 Ii dangerous for HolIs to secure a II commission In the tho English irmy urmy because e the tho name nomo of Holles Hollos father of at tho tha colonel appears on tho the isal aI rant wat-rant rant tor for the tho execution ot of tho the late king I Ill Ills Grace of ot Buckingham m hires I s to abduct the actress Sylvia It I Is dark when hon II the colonel carries her oft off and when I he Buckingham s at the tho hou house Bucking Bucking- ham h has rented Halle I Is horror struck is when hon hen he sees that b Ivia I Is Sn n old sweetheart When hen the Duke os upon tho the scone scene tha th- th two men engage In a 0 duel him call calls for tor his servants servant on and l the attack the colonel who tho Is knocked unconscious S Sylvia Ivla is a 0 horrified spectator tor OW sow GO CO ov o- nIl Tim STORY Yet Yot At the tho sound ot of the Dukes Duke s gently addressing her she Rhe her long blue ove eves set sot now new In newin deep dop stains oS of 0 suffering ard looked at this handsome satyr ho stool stood before her hor In an attitude ot of that was In itself a 0 mockery Doir Best SI S la be he wi U s saving saing In I Iam 1 am be bey ond pained that ou should ha have base 0 b been en subjected to this this thie unseemly spectacle cl I n need od not protest that It was no of my Intention She answered hl him almost me- me mechanically me mechanically let et the tho Ironical an or she delivered erod was true to her and the tho histrionic art rt ci not noi he l nl d 1 even oon In tho to ss which she oho as red reduced That sir air I can ss well ell all believe He tie considered her 1 wondering a little at that flash of ot spirit from cite In her condition It If thing It but served to Increase hi his hll admiration n He lie sighed She sat now stiffly slimy upright dig dig- dis dissembling her hor tear fear behind a II mask mft ot of indignant stein that was cias sin sin- sin gin ceto celo enough Is anything to such t a imm min DB as you yon Site She ho m lose loe ose by an effort and stood before him assaying slightly conscious of ot dullness s and ot of rs sod ind ud a n little that he ho should be b unable better betterto betterto betterto to command h herself But nut she corn com com herself nt at least to give I him bun hi his Sir tir Ir persecution ot of me mo lies has rendered soum OU loath loathly I and abbe rent In ns m my sight Right and nothing thil you TO-i TO now COst do doesn Oln alter that Anno And An now floss sir I b bag bogi g ou to hid bid your creatures fetch retch the chair In which I was isas brought hith hither or er and eun me ftc hence Again Doo Do- DoLila Uc Lila me inC further r And nd I e o you Fir ely that vou sou ou shill he bo called to gl glue 0 5 r t account of ot this nights night a k Let Lot you depa t tso so soon Items can enn you think It la yh-la To have boon boen at al such sOch Infinite pains to cage cogO you you vou OU 10 lot lovely dc mn merely tn to let lethon hon OU tl II nn again Luther Lither OJ em lt itt t me ilp 11 u 11 t It once HI sir Smile filie tOl told l him almost tiered her r weaKness nol floss nolIn In hot hei own 11 or orthe InI tho to toss town n aha shall II ring with your our In- In In I f un ou hn Have base e practiced abihue- abihue abduction tion ion sir Ir and roll yost k know now the pon pen pen- pen alt alt all I linow Inow how to yoU you pas ta It It I swear wear that l ou on shall I hn though you ou be DUKe of ot teen i-teen t n-t t t Mab Ma In be bo fla maybe mahe be But nut first the tha charge must be made good Whore Where are ore Our witnesses OU them thorn It will be lie sour lour wore ora against mine And n the tho word ord ot of otan an actress however or exalted e I Is In such uCh the tho word wora ot of otan an actress ne Tie smiled upon her Then this thia house It I Is not nol Ine It is IA 1 tenanted by a ruffian n it was aR taken by him a IL tow few In daa a ago In iii his big 0 own n ninie It was as h lie who ho Drought you OU here hern b bl force torce V Wll II ell stell vi ell It if there must mut be a it gnat gnat lIat perhaps he ha will Ill do as na well ell as another And n Anyhow he is b o for tor the gallo gallows s on Quito quite bI I other r reb crimes a He lIe brought broucht voa ou hare h re rel h b i fob tOI eo tio ho far tar we e hall not con con- contradict con contradict each Mch other What hat follows con I How cinie I hero here Into thit man mans man's house h to rescue you TOu ou of course and I st stayed to comfort contort 3 ou In OUI natural dl The Tho facts tach ouI I still 11 pro prove prose e my stor story My Sty groom 11 a ill swear oar to It II It ss will lb III then he be seen that In charging me mo you yu QU are lito area I Ia Ia a scheming nd adventuress returning 0 II tot tOI fo good seeking to lo r profit L bs my un ar generosity Ton You smile lou oU think tho time reputation b 01 upon me by a n populace will suffice to give that thai tale the lie I am not of or sour our opinion and nay aims ay I am pre pre- pre pre pared to take the II link Oh I would take ler Ik m v d dear She Sho shrank before him hini In heer terror Then conquering herself stiffening in every 0 eser et limb she cite drew herself lt tr erect ot a 11 V very rr queen of ot tragedy she lOno out on an I arm IH ln In a 0 gesture of f command I H Ho lie found her In the poise of ot her graceful body the Ivory parlor pallor ot of her hor tac face the tho 0 cs that glowed KJ J JA burned A and and hooked I the tho dows ahn-dows larger for tor the deep dark gha- gha do a In which they were now set J inarticulate Ithan almost In late te cry lie he sprang forward to her She slipped shipped ul aside a ld end and away assay it In panic e his hits furlou furious 0 the e chair In Bit n a which she he had lately latoi been beon sit I 1 0 crash b of ot Its It fail ta seemed med to penetrate to the n mind I ot of nolle Hollos and disturb bl his For he lie stirred a 1 little uttering a moan Be Bo ond that however howe her boy a nothing T Two Tao 0 3 a d assay ny the tho cot waln cut faced her She Sha mould have run round the table hut but before site she could turn tun t do so- so the Duo Duke had bad list her Helpless In his arm arms sh she 1 lay Over O that white throat thront he h now bent hi his hoed head like some evil v am 01 ph 0 But Hut his to fevered ored lips nevol It In Itt the tho he very tery act ot of bending he be paused and Stiffened I Behind him he could heat th footsteps It of ot his hie grooms te Ing IngI I the tIle chamber nut But it was isas not tr thIr coming limIt thit Imposed this I him ho that dilated And bulged life his eyes with horror that retched fetched I Ithe the tho ashen cIn pallor to big lilg cheeks on and I set act tl hloi suddenly trembling tr and aDa sud from head to toot foot Joo Jor Joi A C moment ho he was Da as ns a mon man 1 His Ills limbs b refused tJ office they seemed turned to lead Slowly where he toI I ha haie hae e had them swift his atoms arms to- to re I relaxed their grip of or that body f Slowly lowly they uncoiled them them- themselves selves os I and slowly stoic he lie fell back b- b bs- bs fore b fore foro her hor crouching 0 oJ the while staring marine tier star hi his ja jaw t fallen llen hi his face fact the lh face of ot a men man m n In lime ine last 0 of ten tenor or he ra rad d hi his band to point with a shang finger at t her throat in ht a 0 cracked voice he lie 11 spoke po The T tokens The tokens Lolene The three groom grooms ent rut nt moment checked an ani I atoo atoc I there thoro just Juat within the Iho threshold as It if wIt asif suddenly turned to stone stano The Tho awakening Holle on th the ground ral-ing ral himself a little and thrusting back the tho tumbled hair which wa was being matted malted t to l hla brow bros bra ha b blood from toni hl his Crack cd head hend looked hooked round and anil lip Iii to see seo 00 time the Duke Dukes a pointing hand to II hear bear ear tho the Duh Duke qua voice this thle time la J yet again The Tite tokens I Iii Ills grace Trace tell fell bc back bick te tcp p b by step gasping with Ith dread until ludd- ludd tudd ly Iy heunG he swung unG abou about to fee face hu bli I hitI men mn Back Bach he bade Lade th them nm tits Mi shrill Dock Buck ay Out of ot this She bhe I Is Infected My God h She h hn s the th pl gue rh rime rhe token lokna art arc arcI upon her A moment still tho stood lt at ruo with him lum TIme rhe They craned for tor forssard forward to look Jook at nt Miss Alias 1 Farquhar eon oon leaning taint faint and nd limp a th wainscot scot her hit white nt neck ck and shoulders thrown n Into d re hot iga the dark k In n this which they fully tully shared bro brown of 01 othe the background and tro rein I mu I er they stood they could coul 1 make out quite plainly stamped upon th thc whit white lo loveliness of that thron th purple blotch that wee wa the brand and token o of tio t o pestilence As the tho Duke Duko reached them the turned in sudden dread of Cor ht bIll Might lie ho not himself hin ir carr carry upon him the Iho terrible loVe tion With 1 will III cries of tc-rr tc te th they y tied fled before hlo hint him out of Cot t ti loom and out of ot the tho house houge ne nasa e hoed heeding In the tho commands command hl h he followed he unS after them CHAPTER CHAITEn 1 tn the llio lIed Hed neel C rises ro Colonel Clonel HolieR and the lie had sought t so i passionately pa long years cars care ago aso u iLlI il despair hal ha J turned him from th the tho po Wet wei e 0 alone I together at last lat In that house blought bi ought thither by that ironic d destin lIn of ot his In circum circumstances stances of ot horror pile plied on horror Painfully he lie sot got ot to hi his I and with laet eyes eye looked room time tle room Again lie 10 brushed ou back the tho tangle of ot hall balm from Crom hi his brow and ond dully con Itt his 1119 hand haul which a was aes sect ol oland and smeared with lIl blood Under of ot where he lie was stas an and l buss h 1 had imad come como there gre grass clear Jt lt last He Ho rose to his fee fec and stood swaying a 1 moment looking round le du duji od a a drunkard Ho ne beheld Nancy her to him blat her her- herself herself self Belt In an oblong Venetian mitro that the tho wall Stall beyond brond the table an on 1 in the tho mirror It-el It hr he behold beheld the ren of ot her It was stas ashen ahen and aid there was wa a staring ghast hot lio-i ho or In her er- er ey She Rhe reeled bac back and kness kne is ut power to help olp self ham that kho aie was when hen ly Iy sho eho felt herself caught ht mind supported bh She looked 1001 I up and behel I th blood Mood blood moor I I A of Ran Han Handal Randal Randal dal who ho bad hd sprung It oly to her lier aS assistance For o along 11 0 long she sho at hini eyed ull r eyed dull a little frown n of Ira drawing her brows bros together DUll DulL then Dull then thell oho pho spoke Do Do not touch me mo Did Oil ou hea heat I hoe have Ih the plague pla A Ave e I hoard beard I he lie aTi an SrI ei ci ed cd You vi is II ill take liko the tile Inte llon she sh she him It lt I lii ii ser ver or likely said aid he hO but no great greit JOtter On that he Ito J lier lor ier In arms hi-arms lit hi arm arms n as lie ho had hal lifted her once before tint night Despite his condition the tho act cost coat him hut but little muo for tor the bIts was as usa tort ver I clint 1101 and ond light tOt fot Unresisting I she WAS stag too tIO dared dad arid weak steak for any lh physical I nce now now sho suffered him him to bear her to th bed Then he hc passed round the time couch couoh to th the shuttered windows on barred them timeto an I set the casem wide to let a 0 draught it t r the clean cool coul night Into Ih the the- stifling room The cool Cur air d her n a n little sot ret her pulses a heating more moro K aea on end and Clo red h her mind of tiC some ot of the numbness that lied had be n settling upon it II Continual 1 In lit 1110 |