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Show A WARRIOR BOLD. By ST. GF.DIHIi: TlATlinonXE, 4. .r.r .. j,,,, J,,,... ..n, r,t., ," Or Ju.i I Hi oa , "11, I tfritt," )! Jj tUtbl llrtonnJ Smlta. N Yetk- Hal l It X. Tim Came nf Cm nnl ticese. Kventa were li)V..ii.n iiiiin each other's heela. Charlie, while abroad, had seen ami-thing thnl Ban- him quite start. Thin was in thine more nor Ii-hh than lovely w. man vvllh golden luilr nml blue eye In a rurrlngo. taking all nlr-Inn, nlr-Inn, while hi her Kill", mirr uiiil tt-rii-looklim, the hnii n Hat. Chnrllo bowed politely. The collate colla-te gave him a look of curiosity ami .e (if her ravishing smiles. Ho she passed mil ol his life lurky man. Tim sight nf Charlie recalled lo the baron's nilnil tin promise ho hail made with regard lo ('apt. Ilinnil. Accordingly ho took nlvruitngo of Mil first hour off to ai t Ih" win- In motion, anil l'-ni certain fa t regarding regard-ing the worthy rnptuiti. Cliarllo. relying on tho Imron tooor-ral tooor-ral thi" captain, lia l made arrangement arrange-ment for sailing upon thn next trnna-Atlantic trnna-Atlantic steamer. Ho hail engaged passage for Arllno. tier companion, Artotnu anil himself. The raptnln, IiiivIhk pul'l a man to keep upon Stuart' track, found out what wan In 111" wind. Ho learned that tlio crisis had arrived. ar-rived. Whatever ho proposed doing must be put through with all possible peed, Blnro, ero many hour elapsed, those against whom hla schemes were directed would lie iiKin tlio flea, and, mayhap, beyond hla reach. . Artemua bad heard enough to know the three arhemera were planning to 1o hla friend an evil turn, but. atraln til eara aa he would, he had not been able to catch the particulars of tlio Came, owing to rertaln aounila In the hotel that muffled even the bold voire of Captain Ilrand' champagne bibbing friend. All he could do waa to warn Btiiart on general prlnrtplea. and It ran bo et 1own aa an assured fact that he carried car-ried out thla dramatic llttlo episode ,-qulte to the qi een taste. It would not have been Artemua otherwise. oth-erwise. Charlie promised to kce i hla weather weath-er eye open for atiinllH. Ho hoped hla early departure from Antwerp would servo to entirely dla-coneert dla-coneert the beggarly plana of hla cno-nilea. cno-nilea. and leavo the fellow In the II lurch. ' About thla time thero wa consider-tj. consider-tj. able hustling being done among the i, vwrlous force circling around Arllne Vt Jlrand, Jilt aa the planet whirl about their central nun, ( The baron tried to drive from hla y f ' mind the startling phantome that had keen conjured Into helnK by the tnys-terlou tnys-terlou power of Isolde, Connie of Ilrabant, and, a thla could only be lone by mean of work, lie pave him-elf him-elf up to the mission of tlio hour with redoubled leal. It waa really a quiwllon what the scramble would remit In whether Charlie or the redoubtable captain would ciime out of It in credltublo nape, and bow Arteiuua might fare Id ' the ahiifne. 1-ady Arllne had an Interview with tier aliened papa, during which be an nounreil her determination of crossing the Atlantic on business, and thnt aho had provided liberally for dim during tier abaence, a ho would find upon implying im-plying In person to her banker In Lou-i Lou-i lon. The Interview waa possibly not devoid de-void of dramatic feature. Arteuiii vii on guard nor by. and hoard tlio old ea dog hliiMurlng more or lea In hla imial way. Hut ha had evidently lost much of the power ho foiuierly laiaaeaaeil over l.ady Arllne. He came forth from the room looking like an enraged hyena, because diplomacy had forced him to bottle up hla wrath. To Artemua Cliarllo delegated the tank of aeelng l.ady Arllno and her maid aboard the ocean greyhound, where he would Join them Inter. It waa night again. Time and tide wait for no man, and ocean atcamere have to put out very frequently at unreasonable hour. In order to cross the bar on the flood. The baron and Captain Ilrand played game of cross pursse, aa It were, for, whllo the ex-aallor ahailowed Charlie Char-lie with Intention that wore both dark and deaporate, he wa. at the aaine time, under the aiirvelllance of Peter-hoff'a Peter-hoff'a enil8ary the baron hlmaelf being be-ing too buHlly employed catering to the comfort of hla fair prlKoner in reality hla raptor to personally Inject till Individuality Into the game. Captain Ilrand knew he waa followed, fol-lowed, and perhapa could give a rough jjtieaa aa to the why and wherefore. Dot It wa not hla uaturo to be despondent. de-spondent. II believed In utllzlhg whatever ana In hla way aa ono of the fo,.ea that might bring ncrca. When a man can thu twlat threat-nlng threat-nlng dlnaatera Into favoring factor he la Indeed bard to beat In the gam of life. Charlie wa feeling uniiHiially bold and light-hearted on thla night, which h aupposed would be hi lant on European Eu-ropean Btlll. Freiiontly ho expected to bo on hoard a Blanch Herman liner, viewing the low Bhorea of the old world w ith complacency com-placency for at hl Hlilo would bo Lady Arllne; and left behind a a memory of the dead pail, aueli person., a the profcKor anil III wife, llai.n i l'eterhoff. Iwdde. Count. .h III illiant. 1 and Capluln Ilrand of the llespuhla. llo Intended b'.vIi.b Capl. Ilrand '.J 1 full north of hli money, and then, by a fluke, dropping him In sumo ertlnn of old Antwerp, while he himself took a fly and d.n to the lanillpg atace lu time to rati h the pt-iuin-r. Perhapa till- mlcht have b.-i ear-rle.l ear-rle.l out had cln uiiistaii. ei not united In nrrante eipnta in the laptuln I raver. Charlie had hi run. He dini;i!.'il bin pi-n.iv.lent pursuer ever a good pail of Antwerp now they were on foot and an. in chasing In vohl.lcs at a pace to net the maid old burirh'T-. nuog with iirpii!.e and con-i.t. con-i.t. illation. Out -ilde a d-xlre to bave a little Htiorl with hi friend, the .nptain. bin sole purpose In hailing Ilrand till wll.l hi use . Iihhi. was to I p bis attention at-tention upon himveif, while Ijuly Arllne Ar-llne and Ai'l. iiiiis left the hotel; for . r'iii"hoiv Charlie had a vai;ue fear lest the resourceful ex sallor nilrlit use for. e to prevent Ills suppnsi-il tlaiih ter fn iii detmrtlpg. nilvam lug suine daring plea that her iiilml was alTerteil and having lilted oxput. who would perhaps decree that she should be lli-cari lli-cari urnteil In nn nHvlum. Tluse thlhga might appear ridiculous, ridicu-lous, but sip h linppi-nliiM buvo come to pass ere now. and he clianced to have personal Knowle.lge of at least one h1 in I In r rase. Whether or not Charlie were foolish In thus conjuiliig up pbniitom thut could not exist, wns a question that should not be decided hastily. He believed lliand to be a ilespernte num. aeiilust whom he could as yet hardly nppenl to the law. Rlnce Arline would not give her consent. Ho wa convinced that Ilrand did not desire tho heiress to get beyond hla reach, and would hardly hesitate at any end In order to bold her until hla slnlnter plan could be worked out. Hence It was. after all, in a spirit of aelf-sacrlfice that Cliarllo undertook to have a Utile run with Capt. Ilrand. and led him thla fine rhaso up and down the crooked Btreet of Antwerp All would have been well but for two rronlea of llraml. They rhanced to be (landing at a dark corner whore the other had agreed lo meet them, and, hearing hi ilgnal. sprang upon Charlie ere he comprehended hla danger. dan-ger. A a result ho waa struck aenselen by a blow from Home blunt weapon. When Capt. Ilrand arrived on the acene hla first act wa to Hprlnkle a powdery white pigment In the young man hair, to give hi in the appearance appear-ance of ago. and to smear his fin e with a little street dirt In order to disguise hla fciituri'H. Then, for tlio benedt of the man whom ho knew hovered near by. a little lit-tle one act drama waa curried out, the two men chasing Ilrand hither anil yon then, aa the baron'a py came In alght, two men running away, while a form lay on the street. It worked like a charm. The emla-aary emla-aary of Ilnrnn Peterhoff hnstoneiup a people began to open the windows of house to learn what tlio disturbance might mean. There he found one who appeared to bo tho. old fellow ho bud been set to watch. The man culled a vehicle, placed the limp figure In It Interior, entered hlmaelf, hlm-aelf, and then started to report the astonishing result of hla espionage to llaron Peterhoff hlmaelf. Whllo Capt. Ilrand. rejoining his confrerea down the hady street. Bet off In hot haste to get aboard the steauier, which, In another hour or ao, would be moving down the Itlver Shcldt, bound for the far-off distant ahorea of America. Arteniii stood on the hurricane dork of the great Ited I) ocean liner and looked back In tho morning sunlight to tho distant and fusi-ret-cillng coat of llelKllltu. Homeward lioiuid; There I always a pleasure In thi thought and Artemua experienced II with enthusiasm. Ho far a he know, Charlie' plans had progressed all right, the ogre was lefl behind, lamenting In tho laud of tho llelglun. and clear Balling accrued ahead. Then hi thought run back to the event or thu previous night. He chuckled to remember the adroitness with which bo had seen l.u.ly Arllno, her companion and their luggage on board the walling Btoamer. wlille Charlie Char-lie wa leading the ogre a wild gooe chasa around Antwerp, partly to muse himself and at the aumo timo keep Ilrand occupied up to near tho Bailing time. lly the way, where wa Charlie? It waa atrange that he fulled to show up. In time to see the last of Ilolgluin' ahorea. lady Arllne and her companion were walking tho deck with Jersey and golf cape to keep off the stinging chill. "I'll go and arouse thu sluggard," Buld Artemua to himself. ' Ilia little Jaunt about town must have worn hi in out not tho first case of Its kind, I ruther guess,' with a sinister leur ut his wit. Ho he weul below. The door of Charlie's atateroom was Just opposite hie own a single step across the little passage. Aa ho approached he hoard the aounila of loud snoring from within. On the spur of the moment he do-elded do-elded to arouse hla friend with a sudden sud-den shout, or by the advent of a convenient con-venient shoe tossed acrusa the little room. Artemu had never wholly outgrown out-grown hla college (lays, when he gained the reputation uf being tha champion practical Joker of his class So be quietly opened the dour, whlrh was conveniently unlocked. Through tho bull' eye windows enough of tho morning light crept to allow a rair Biirvey ur the miniature upartmei.t. One of the first things Arteinuu saw was u uhoe that had been toHsed As ho neled upon It engnrly, Lo railed to note Its generous propejetlons as contrasted with the neat fooujear whlrh Charlie Stuart affected auch tlllles do not .r.i;uess til Mliselve upon the inim: Mien weightier things are .leniiiiulliig reci tuition. Now for a eerier slmt. Me iiii n. il his mi "i. i mil to the lower beith. tvlil.h wuHo. rni ir.l by a human fim. Just then the rasal founds came to a sM.l.leu stop Willi a snvage snort, and the sir. per whirled over on hi side. Tim n. t brought his fare directly wlihlii range of the morning light thai strtiKth-d through the small oprnltiKi beyonil. N. Homier Artemu crouched ther as ir fior.cn. Talli about the ningie touch of the gcil' When hud sin h a wonderful tiiiiisf,iiiii,i(,ii rter taken place bo- fole? l or one to retire as Prince Charlie Stuart, pay, luiudsonie nnd dehonalr, lo awal.cn In the guise of grim and grlv.lcd old Cnpialn Ilrand was a mystery mys-tery thnt almost puiultvcd the acckcr alter sensations. Artcinns took one lust ri'nrsome look at the stiiiKith and red physiognomy of the sleeper, passed out. and then softly soft-ly closed the door. Only w hen safe within hi own room did be give vent to his over wrought reclines In a whistle. "vicat Jupiter! Thot bents everything every-thing I ever saw. Instead or Charlie tho ogre! What doea It meanf There la trenchery afloat. I aeem to detect It In the very air around. Hut the question arises, where I Charlie? And shall 1 hnve to take his place aa her wnrrlor bold, and will It bo necessary neces-sary for me to give up my liberty?" Poor fellow! He did not know wkether to look on It a a huge Joke or a grim reality. He thought of warning Arllne: she ought to know her dear papa waa on board, and that he had refused to break the paternal bond that had be come so very strong since his return from exile. Artemu buckled on hla armc If he was to be pitted aga! It-old It-old ogre, It would bo a pretty i:i,it. Capt. Ilrand might have aucceeded In outwitting Charlie, who waa too frank for deep diplomacy, hut he would dud It quite nnolher thing when he ran up against the new knight who had shied hi castor Into thn ring. Ah! A gentle tap at the door. Artemu almost fell over himself In his eagerness to open a satchel und clutch a little nffalr nf steel and nickel which he carried there, and armed with which he called: "Come!" The d.sir opened and a figure whisked whisk-ed In. Immediately closing tho saaie again. Artemu gnvo a cry the half raised arm fell useless at hi aide. Thercvaa moriwltchery. He had export. , i the old ogre, ruled with a hue, and bent upon turning the table upon him. Instead he aw why. Charll. of course, though at first Artemu reckoned reck-oned It hi ghost! Charllo, with a finger fin-ger preeaed mysteriously on hi lips, a la Artemua' favorite style of communicating com-municating a secret, and his face wreathed In what appeared to b a broad grin. At any rnte. Ilarnnby wa delighted to aee hi in In the flesh, and a Boon aa ha could get hla wlta Into thinking order or-der he dropped tho woaiion and held out an eager hand. "Thla Is a treat, my dear boy after oolng that grim old Trojan in your hunk. What have you done? Ilrought him aboard a prisoner. I reckon? Ah! I didn't give you enough credit, I fear. You see, niy first Iniprcsalon waa h had outwitted yuu and turned th table ta-ble on you." Artemua waa boiling over with curiosity curi-osity regarding what had taken place ashore, esporlully when Ills friend declared, de-clared, with a wry face, that Capt. Brand had Indeed come near provlug loo much fur h I in. Tho story wa soon told. (To be continued.) |
