Show I ED fr II III If I w ey By r iW I R B tI c cys ys ass I tO MT Kit 1112 Tilt THI co C lirA iltA WWW P I BEGIN TOn TOD TODY Y Y tY Robert ne roam roaming InK at large Is suspected ot or or of 1 Michael husband of Jenny who Is niece to Robert Mark Bi Brendon criminal Ins or or Is 15 In tn charge of or the ca case o Jenny goes to Ih live e with her ler un- un uncle un uncle cle ole Bendigo ne t In the tho neighborhood and sends word to Bendigo to melt inert hint him himin In a 1 nearby cave cove Doria who works ork for takes taku his master to tho the nicotine meeting place W When en Dori calls collis to brine bring Bendigo hOrn horn he finds an empt cavo cate in which Is evidence of a n struggle Joan marries Doria and they go goto goto BOto to live In Italy where Jenn s 's un- un un undo ce do cIa Albert Abert Red mayne lives JIves When Robert Is seen In Italy Brendan Brendon and the famous American tive Peter Ganns Ganna renew I tione NOW GO GoO ON OX WITH TIn THE bT On the tho contrary I want you OU both he answered I oi 01 Y great greot weight to the hints you ave given not mo-not mo not only for tor my s ke but for your own The end Is ls noi no yet yot as fars far s i Ire onre concerned Jun- Jun J n- n Iny ny for jour l our welfare Is more to me than thon anything oio in the world orld- orld ou kno knott kno it Trust me to pro proe that presently But other things come flut at I mutt must mu t do wh what l 1 ant am here to do ilo before I am free fred to todo todo todo do what I long to do I trust you and you and only ou ou she said Bald In In all this bc and misery you are now the only steadfast t rock to which I can cling Don t desert me thill's that's all allI allI allI I ask Neier Ne er All that's best hest In me mc shell sh be devoted to ou ou thankfullY and proudly now proudly now that iou sou OU II h Lve iVO It Tru Trust t me I say oy again Call your hu husband bOond I want to tell ou both what happened to 10 me Again she hesitated and gazed intently upon him hint Ale Ate you sure that you arc are also Ise Would Mr Ganns Ganna like ou to tell Doria Dona an thing You will Judge bc better ter hen st hen I you have hae heard me Again he lie longed to confide In her and show her that he under under- understood understood InI I stood the truth but t two tao 0 consider considerations shut his mouth the tho ot of Peter Ganns Ganna and the tho reflection that the more moro Jenny knew the greater might ho bo her own I Ill This last lat conviction made him him c con con- con conclude n- n clude dude their conference Call Call him Wo VO must not let him think that we wo hale hate anything ot of a ft ate nature to say to etch eh other It Is that he shO should not Imagine such a thing You have secrets from me- me me though I tho though gh I hM base ha e let you know knots mY my myown I 0 oan n secret she murmured JI pie paring io- io e- e I paring to obey him HI It IC I keep anything from front you it itIs itis ItIs Is for tor lour oUr 0 own oan n good for good for our 01 oan n security he ho replied She left him then and in a fea moments returned with Ith her hus bus husband husband band Ho He was aas as full of ot y nd under his usual assumption of cheerfulness Brendon ed considerable anxiety An adventure od Signor Signer Mirco I know that without ou me mc Your face Is solemn as a ravn n and andOU ou walked stiffly as iou ou came to the tho door I saw ou from the tho silk silk- silkworms What has worms happened I Ive I've ve had a squeak of ot my I fc 1 replied Mark and 1 Ive I've e made a btU atu- atu pid mistake lou Iou must pa Po all at- at attention at attention to what Im I'm going to tell ou Doria for wo ao e can t cay ay 0 who aho ho is In danger now and 1 who tho ho is not 01 ihu shot that ver ter nearly ended my career esterday might just as easily have been almed alm d at sou aou ou had ou been In my place A shot 7 ot the red man man man- A smuggler perhaps You ma have stumbled upon some of them and kno Ing no Italian Italian- Italian It was as Robert ne ho tired fired upon me anti and missed by hy a miracle Jenny uttered an exclamation eJ of fear tear Think Th God she sho wild under her breath Brendon told the tho story In every detail and explained hI his hig own n rl s Sc lie III related nothing b but t the tho h uth- uth up to a certain point but hut be ond that he described events that th t had hadnot hadnot not taken place lIa Having made the tho faked I hid just before dusk dush fairly close to It IntendinG of course to keep heel latch for I was stas polte that the murderer as heI he ho I would SUP ose himself to be bo must come como back at- at atter af after ter tet dark to hide his I work ork But now ensued an a ird kl rd Contra Contra- temps temps tempa for tor which I had not pro pro- pro provided vided sided I found myself so faint faint hint that I b began gan to be med medI I had not eaten since tho the morning and the tho food toad and flask which I Ii Ih i h hl l brought I with sith Ith me mo el cio v e naif nail a amile amile mile and more al a anay I I am not made mado of ot Iron and the tho I I I Albet Albel Albeit t nc and alid the Amer AIner- American ican su den reappeared day had been rather strenuous for forme forme me Ilas I was las bruised and nd lame and utterly played out out I decided l that I should have time to reach m my food and return to m my place before the moon rose But It ass not such an easy or ped busi busi- business busi- busi business business ness as I had expected It took me a long lang time to get back hack to the starting place and when I did a 11 search was needed before I found my sandwiches and flask of Chi Chi- Chianti Chianti anti anti Never was a mea meal more welcome I soon felt my strength returning and act set oft off In halt half an hour on the journey back to the plateau Then m my troubles began You'll think tho the wine Ino got into my bead and It may have done so but at any rate I lost the tho path most of- of effectually ef effectually and presently lost I began to lr desp and had tery ery neally gl gici el up any further at- at attempt attempt at attempt tempt to return when hon out of ot the trees blinked ed the white face of the tho under n croan and I recognized the situ situ- situation situation situ situation Then I went slowly and silently for forward ard and l kept ept a II sharp lookout But I returned too late nce back bach again a gane glance glancO at the tho dum dum- dummy dum- dum dummy dummy my showed me that I had lost my Jenny looked at her liar husband and r 1 alted to speak until ho lie had done dono donoso doneso donoso so But Gluseppe Giuseppe appeared more interested atI at I what ahat hilt hod had hd nIno already dy happened to Brendon than in what was next to 0 hopp happen n He ked aked a many questions to o which Mark l I ass as able to return true replies Then he declared that he be would c pany om- om pany the detective to the e e ot of othi hi nd ad adventure It you go I 1 come too said solid the woman quietly and both men pro pro- pro protested tested But she he would take no de- de denial denial de denial nial They scoured the scene of or Bren- Bren Brendon's Bren dons lons exploit presently and it was lenny who aho ho found the tho shallo shallow gra grate prave e Mark determined to takeno sc- sc action ac action tion until Mr Ganna Ganns came back to Menaggio Mean Meanwhile hilI he be pro pro- proposed proposed pro proposed posed to occupy himself I with Ith the and wife and so far for as ab possible prison e an attitude ot otI I to them both The ds i d-i s passed and presently without any warning Albert lIed lIed- na nane ne and the American sudden reappeared They arrived at Me- Me Mer Me Me r a after fler noon Mr Red mil ne was as in the highest and delighted to be home ln I He knew nothing about operations and cared res His visit to England I was aas ns Spent II London where here he had rene renewed cd ac- ac ac with certain look cot cot- col collectors lectors seen sen and handled man things and surprised and ratified himself to o observe hl his own physical energies and 1 enter enter- enterprise prise riso lIe He made m a II good meal and then despite the long IonA night In the train insIsted on sending for tor a boat boot and crossing the I water ater to I ha have hate 13 a R present for my Poggi he Ie slid said and I cannot sleep until I hear his voice and hold his hia hand Ernesto went for tor a waterman and soon a boat waited alted at nt the which descended from Mr Re fled fled- Red Red-maine's ma maneg nes ne's private ate apartments to the allo Brendon He lie ro rowed cd a away anay and Bren don who alto had come como to s see Doria and found to his surprise that Hed mane mane and Peter Jeter I were acre ere back again l d some om private urs with In an lII Ginns GLnn But the traveler a 1 ear stear weary and after one ot or As- As AsI ABI i As-i I famous and three laso of ot white wino Ine he lie I hat he must mutt retire and sleep as long as liS nature ordained slumber I ni m exceedingly short of ot rest he be s slid Whether bother I have hate done the least good by roy my Inquiries remains remain to 10 be bo seen To bo be frank I doubt t it Well We'll have a talk tomorrow Stark lark and anti maybe Doria will vill reo re remember member a thing 01 oi two that hap hap- happened ned at Crows Crow's Nest and so help me But until I have havo slept I am s less On the tho following day U t was as Mr lir I H ad ma a who ho ho found Ii ins C steary cary Reaction came canio and he all that night and determined I to 10 keep his bed tor for four twenty hour It seem seemed ell hOlle however hoeter er that he tai wai a going coin to find occupation for Hr hod Ho lIe directed Doria to Milan on a n mission lon to second second- secondhand secondhand hand book sellers an and Jenny was sent to Varenna with a gift girt for tor an all acquaintance Brendon arrived cli at nt Villa Plan Plan Plan-ezzo ezzo IS is 3 the t twain aln were ere starting on their missions and ho he and Peter walked to th tb tha landing Iago V them theta and SOW saw them hem depart depart- departing log ing In different soon sat together on i s sh shidy d seat sat of the villa tills garden garder from which the entrance wa Va 1 visible and Peter Poter lne bringing out his notebook took a aIn In t e pinch of snuff set act his gOld god box on a 0 little table before him and turned to Brendon 1 1 oil 01 shoot first he ho said paid 1 there thre are aro three throe things I 1 need to kno know Have vou you seen Been the red man and what ii 1 I sour lour our present opinion eon eon- con con Doria Doris and his hl wife t ta asIc lt If It iou ou toun found Bendigo's diary because I am dead sure suro uro you dl didlot sot I I dl didn't I f Jenny to I Iha ha hat e a hunt and she invited me to help tel hei for lor the tha rest I have o Robert Hobert Red for tor we Ie may ante ly 13 speak peak of the unknown n b by that I name and anti I 1 have hove come to a 0 ver r I definite conclusion thu coppe Doppe Don Dorl Dort Dorlind s ind nd d the unfortunate I who is at present his wife A shadow of ot a 0 smile amilo po passed sed 0 oer er 1 the great features of Peter II nodded and Malk Maik proceeded I Ito to tell his story beginning t Ith tho ad adventure on the mountain To this Peter listened I stith Ith the tho deepest attention n and bt b I Old not hi his So satisfaction when Mark made mado an end nd There only remains to hear what I IOU OU ou may have to tiny day on the sub sub- sub subject of ot his pretty dame My fy opinion of a very tery ery wonder wonder- wonderful wonderful wonderful ful and anI brav bravI brave I woman oman remains un- un un un eho Brandon answered ered so Yell Well ao be b It 1 Is I's Ive I've e heard 3 ru nu ruNow nuI Now got to hear meare me roO W I are arc up against a very tery rv mart man elous performance Mark This case easo haS hils some somo of the finest e even eten en In my experience I Whether th the real Robert Red Red- Red mayne Is actually a 0 stiff wo ac I i et et swear thought for tor mv part I Iam am well ell prepared to pro prose provell e eIt II It ii but ut th this thia I do know that the thel I Iman man who shot at iou ou and missed II ou and ran a away aay ay was aas as not Robert Hobert I IC C In M Next issue |