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Show Mr. Sa:sbury:l8r.kins' Ida. I1V WM.I.IAM A. OHnouSl r...yrighl. I'2. by I"ll' Bl.iry l,iAfn' Mr. Siilabury Jenklna airppW Htion the hotel porch under thifr of Iniiulaltlvn glaneea wllh an non. hnlancn of manner, whu n only wllh long practice lla aaiHi" latent arrlvul. Iln III hla fi, ar audi gac. with an Indifferent 0111" upon Hie crowd. Mr. Hulnhary It'11 Ina waa an obnerver -p-x'j'!r women, and ho apecllly mailea hla 111I111I Ihnt the girl In the pink MHy at the rr.d of tha plnnzu waa tin mi'' girl In the crowd. Having reacheittili concltiHlon be rented not until h'luol been formally Introduced biting been formally Introduced be lmBn"--bta opiMirttinlty. A day or two latfer ho aat on the railing looking down upon the Itrl. aa ahn reclined In an eaay U!r. Hhe luld down a book, with a ' "What do you think of II?" quirted Mr. Jenklna. "Perfectly lovely." returned the girl. "Maaterann. the hero, to te h a fine fellow the kind of man o'a atrong and brave and rlaka hli Ufa for women, and really accomplei lliinpa. I could fall 111 love '4 a man Ilka that. I'm tired of tho withe wi-the kind who talk nil day about booki and tha Ihentsr, the rncea and BOl f Maaleraon waa ao different." Mr. Jenklna winced. For two feyi he hnd held forth upon golf and tho rocea. the theater and booltt. Mil. he thought, complacently, of hla ain-ly ain-ly appearance, and bo conalderod ttat be would puab Maatoreon, the hint a hero, cloao for aocond place, lut It wna up to ta'.m now to maUe an hi-prclon hi-prclon to prove hla aupremiry. He preferred to eclipse Maatenvn If poaalble. To thla end lie raiid hla hraln. Anil then a aubllme Idea a.ctiwd to him; the more ho thought 0! It the more he liked It and aa ho an-tnniplati an-tnniplati d It, h tbniiglit It ntt ttul In but one way with the glrla auia around hla neck, Ilka the hnoa'.'a about tba neck of Maatetaonytbl Idea waa not entirely orlglniU-he bad read of It In fiction; but II was, ha cotuldered. wlthoiil precedent In real life. It waa to place tho girl Is a altuatlon of apparent danger, from which, without danger to htuuvlf, be would glorlotnly reacuo her. It waa a great Idea and Mr. Jenklna worked It out. 1 "Well, mlator." aol.l tho trams, glancing doubtfully at Mr. Jeiuint' wclbpaddod aboulder "I'll till you how It la. 1 atond up ence to rave a 111KU knock me down for five dolLura-It dolLura-It waa John U wbat'dld It. Aa' bo broke mo noae. I don't want no niuro uf II. I don't want you to un rough." Mr. Jciiklna rraasurcd hlia. "Well, then, I'll go you, miliar. I'm not much on Bearing women, but I a'poae I could do It on a pluto, All right. I'll go you. Only," he atlucd. "don't yon uae ina rough, and dont you bit inn ou the beak." Next evening at autmet tha girl aet out ftir bor customary walk through the glen. She alwaya wont alone. Mr. Salcbury Joulilna had often oftoied lo go with her, but, although exceptionally excep-tionally grnrloua lo bini nt other timea, ahe bud acknowledged hli mg-g.'Htlon mg-g.'Htlon with a glume which, In another an-other pernon, would havo iH-en a 2',Hj' v .V- ' "What do you think of It'-'' queried Mr. Jenklna. atony glare. Thta time he did not of ! for. He wali-lie. I her dlauppear In' tha woodland path nud then be followed fol-lowed her. The glen was a wild and weird and lonely pluce. enpeclally after aim-down. aim-down. Mr. Jenklna felt that keenly but he prenaed on after the girl. Ua raloually he caught gllmpaea of ber 1 but finally he lout ber. I Suddenly be heard a wild acreatn a woman'a acreatn her eoream. For an inatnnt It froze hla blood. Then be braced up and .printed on aucad. "houtlng aa hn went he. the dolly-erer dolly-erer In a renvaurlug voice. He reached the aiwit. The drat thing he aaw waa the girl he cnufht alght of her through an opening In the loavca. She waa alnndlng neur a tree, her ey.'a opened wide with Fright? No, with IntoroMt She waa gnlng Intently In-tently at aonie ap-ruele, Jenklna knew not wlmt. H.r ertiromlon for an liiatant grue him pnnao. Then ho atepped forwntil. laulloinly. rather rath-er than linp.'ltiotiHly. ns he bad Intended In-tended Aa ho did an. bo heard fierce Imprecation In one vol. o, guiiurnl en-tr.atlea en-tr.atlea In another. And then be raw Hint hla tramp waa being brvttcn and pounded tininercirnlly by anmn young glai'-.. Hi tho moat approved . '-&-.: A J. " . "Stop, nilatcr! No, no, no! Nut 00 tbo beak I " manner. For awhile tho tramp put up a real or protonded realalance then he weakened. "Don't, don't, nilatcr." he pleaded. "Ain't yer got yer monoy'a worth! Slop, Mlator! No! not uol not on tha b.ak!" be acreamed In agony. For. bt oaemient bad planted a vlgoroua Mow upon that already fractured m.-mhor. He followed It by another blow thut aent tho tramp aprawllng. The tramp, aolxing bla chance, acram-bled acram-bled to bia foot, and aramperod through the undurbrunb and out ot light. Aa he did ao, tho girl, with a cry, apraus fiirwurd aud throw heraelf into the man'a arnia, clinging cloaoly round hla neck. "Duncan oh, Duncan!" ahe cried. I "Duncan, my prcaervor!" The man j held her cIobo, und bent down aid kteacd ber. not once, but many tlniea. I Aa he did ao, Jenklna aaw hla due, j end knew him. It waa Kennedy , Duncan Kennedy, a mining engineer, 3 gueat at the bot-.i. For the moment Mr. Jenklna wna overcome. He aunk uikiii tha srout.d. Wbeu ho recote.'cd hla euulllbrlu.a b found that tbev bad disappeared but. hearing the auund of voliea on bla right, be mov.nl In that direction. He came to a aniall opening. In the middle of It waa an old log. On the log But Kennedy aud the girl. "Dear little girl," (he man waa Baying, Bay-ing, "nevt tlmu I II come wllh you, in-Btoad in-Btoad of ineiitt ig you down here," It waa the try niltijr, place. "Darn 'cm." mild Mr. Snlabury Jenklna lo himself, "that'a whale brought her down bore every night!" He carefully retrneed bla atepa. 'Tan you loll me," Inquired Mr. Snlabury Jenklna later, of the hotel clerk, "whiit la the next train up to tho clly?" The clerk looked up. "Hli flfty-ftve." flfty-ftve." he replied. Then, acelug who It waa. "Hut. my. you're not going bo aoon? Whnt'a mntter? Not afraid of tho glrla?" Mr. Sutnb'try Jetiklna waa not afraid of the glrla. no hut of tho girl tlint waa k dlffereht matter. And. then, too, be waa a bit an-pribetmiva an-pribetmiva aa rcgnrda the tramp. "After al." Blghed Mr. Sulal.ury Joi.klLB. "Now York'a the place!" "Duncan," Bald the girl to Kennedy, Ken-nedy, luter. "do you mind, Duncan, If aoniei;n.ea 1 call you Maaleraon." "Cull mo anything, my darling," returned re-turned Kennedy. "I'll come to yo'i fvben you ir.ll." |