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Il'nry hil.l 7 . ain.r'khl" TuriiNr vJo'u,' J'.'SIJt, CHAPTER XXIV Contlnu4 "1 will hmr wht yon h to ny. Arthur." inld Mln Pti nrl I Vnrw that Iharn wna no utrfsllng the tldo. I analrhi'd out the lwl envplnrto nd tiirnrd with It to Arlhur llolbrook: and hft took It Into till hnndi and turned It ornr (julrtly, Ihounh hli linnila tremblnd. "Tfll tun the truth. int1rnun!" and Mine Pafa olce thrilled now with niiEnr. "Trlrkery. more trickery; thoae wure atoten from Iliden!" blurted Henry, Hen-ry, hli eyea on the envelope,; but we were waltln for the canoe-maker to apeak, and llenry'i worda rang emptily empti-ly In the ahop. 'Arthur looked at hli brother; then he fared hli lister. "Henry la not nullly." he laid, calmly. He turned with a quirk Reiture and thruat the envelope Into the flame of one of the candles; but Helen "prune. forward and caimht away the hlailnr packet and mothored the flume between be-tween her hands. "We will keep the proof," she aald In a tiie of triumph; and I knew then how completely ahe had bolloved In . hor father. "I don't know what Is In that park-et," park-et," said Ollleaple, slowly, ipeaklna for tho first tlmo. "It has never been opened. My lawyer told me that father fa-ther had sworn to a statement about the troublo with llolbrook llrothers und placed It with tho notes. My fn ther wu a peculiar mun In some ways," continued Ollleaple. embarrassed embar-rassed by the attention that was now riveted upon him. "Ilia lowyer told me that 1 was to open that packano before bufore marrying Into" and be grew red and atammered halpleaaly, Willi hla eyes on tho floor "before , marrying Into the Holbrook family. I save up that packet" and he hesitated, hesi-tated, coloring, and turning from Hel-in Hel-in to Koiallnd "by mistake. Hut It's mine, and 1 demand It now." "I wUh Aunt Pat to open the envelope," en-velope," aald flosallnd. Tcry white. Henry turned a look of appeal upon his brother; but Miss Pat took the rnvelopo from Helen and tore It open; and we stood by as thmiKli we waited for death or wutrbed earth fall upon a grave. She bent down to one of the randlos nenrost her and took out the notes, which were wrapped In a sheet of legal cop. A red seal brightened In the IlKht, and wo heard the slluht rattle rat-tle of the paper In her tremulous fingers fin-gers as she read. Suddenly a leur Mashed upon the whim sheet. When aha had quite flnlHhed she gathered Ulllenple'i statement and the notes In her hand and turned and gave them lo Henry; but she did not speuk to him or meet hla eyes. She crowied to where Arthur stood bnalde me, his head bowed, and as she advanced he turned away; hut ber arms stolo over ' hla shoulders and sho said "Arthur" once, mid upttlii Vory softly, ma Km Q&rs. "We Ouht to Hava Brought Henry Here To-Nlght." '1 think," she said, turning toward us all, with her aweet dignity, her brave air, that touched me aa at first and alwaya, beyond any words of mine to describe, but strong and beautiful and aweet and thrilling through Die now, tike bugles blown at dawn; "1 think that we do wall, Arlhur.Jq glva And now It was Arthur's to Ice that rose In the shop; and It seemed that ha spoke of hla brother aa of one who was afar off. We listened wllh painful pain-ful Inlentness to this man who had suffered suf-fered much and given much, and who still. In hla simple heart, askod no prnlao for what he had done. "Ho wns strong, and I was weak; and I did for him what I could. And what I gave. I gave freely, for It la not often In this world that the weak may help the strong. He had the gifts, Pat, that I had not, and troops of friends; and he had ambitions that In my weakness I was not capable of; so I hsd not much to give. Hut what I had. Pat, 1 gave to him; I went to Clllcaplo and contcised; I took the Illume; and I came here and worked with my hands with my hands" And ho extended them as though the proof were askod; and kept repeating, between hla sobs: "With my bauds." CHAPTER XXV. Osybrtak. At midnight (llllesple and I discussed Die day's affairs on the terrace at Olenorru. There were long pauses In our talk. Such things as we had seen and heard that nlnlit. In tho canoo-maker's canoo-maker's shop on the Utile, creek, were beyond our poor tango of worda. And In the alienees my own rellnctlons were not wholly happy. If Miss pal und Itosullnd had not followed to the caune ninkrr's I might have spared Helen; but looking back, I would nut change It now If I could. Helen had returned to St. Agatha s wllh her aunt, who would huvo It so: and we had parted at the school door, Miss Pal and Helen, (llllesple and I, wllh restraint re-straint heavy uun ie all. MIps Pat had, It aecinrd, suinmom-d her luwyer from New York several duys before, to dlacusa the final Metitement of her father's fa-ther's estate; and ho was exported the next morning. I hsd asked litem all tn (llt'iiiinn for breakrnat; and Arlhur lltilbriink and Itomtllnd, and Henry, who had broken down at the end, had agreed to come. As we talked on, Ollleaple and I, there under the am, ho disclosed, all uuconaf loualy, new and aiirprlsliiK trnlls, and I felt my heart wanning tu hi n. "He's a good deal of a mail, that Arlhur Hiillirook," he remarked after a long pnuso. "lie's beyond Hie. The urn ii who runs the enemy's lines to lirlng relief to llm giin laon. or I It" leader of a furlorn hope, la tit mo after this. I stipiioso the world would call him fool." , "mdoiibtedly," I answered. "Hut he didn't do It fur the world; ho did It for lilliiKilf. Wu ran't applaud a thing like tliut In the usual phraaea." "No," Glllt'spln added; "only gel down on our knoi-a and bow our heads In the dual before It." He rose and paced the long terrace. In his boat allocs and whlto" flannels I he glided noiselessly back and forth. like a ghost In the star dusk. . lie psused at the western balustrado and looked of! at Bt. Agatha'a. Then he passed me and paused again,, gazing lakeward through the wood aa though turning from lleloa to Rosalind, .'and I knew thai It waa with herfnc over Ihe water, hi the little eotaK'nttd rtaiaX.tiAa'a.i. .. . .. ..TY. .Oat when ha came and stood beside me and rested bis hand on my shoulder I knew that ha wlahed to speak' Of Hel ' en and I .took hla hand, and ppoke to him to make It easier. "Well, old man!" "I waa thinking of Helen." he aald. "Ho waa I, Buttons." "They are different, tho two. They are very different." "They are as Ilka aa God ever made two people; and yot they are different." differ-ent." "I think you understand Helen. I never did." he declared, mournfully. "You don't havo to," I replied; and Inughed, and ruse and stood behind him. "And now there's something I want to apenk to you about tonight. Helen liorrowcd some money of you a Utile, whlkt ago to meet one of her father's demnuila. I expert a draft for that money by the morning mall, and I want you to accept H with my Ihnnks. nn nwr. mm inn inrmcni snail imaa as though It had never been." About one o'clock tho wind fresh enod and Ihe trees flung out their arms like runners running before It; and from llm weat marched a storm with banners of lightning. It waa a splendid spectacle, nint we went Indoors In-doors only when the rain begun lo waah nrroes tho terrace. We si III watched It from our windows after mi went npslulrs. the lluhlnlng now blaring mil hllndltigly. like sheet a of flnmr from a furnace door, and again rrnrklng about Ihe houao like a fiery whip. "We onght to have hinucht Henry here tonight." remarked (llllesple. "Ile'a alone over there on tho. Island th thai dugo and they're likely celebrating cele-brating hy gelling drunk " "The llghtiilng'a getilng on your nervea; go to bed," I called bark. The atorm left pence behind end I wna abroad enrly, easer to have the dial hock of Ihe morning's meetings over. Ollleaple g reeled nin cheerily and I Inld him to follow when ho was ready. I went out and pared the walk between Ihe limine and HI. Agslhs's and as I peered through the Iron gale j I saw Miss Put come out of the houae and turn Into the gnrden. I came upon her walking slowly with her hands clasped behind her. Hho spoke Aral, ss though tn avoid any expresKion of sympathy, putting out her band. rllmy lace at Ihe wrists gave to her hands a quaint touch akin lo that Imparted Im-parted hy Ihe cap tin her while head I wns struck afresh hy Ihe background that seemed always In be skeirhed In for her, and just now, beyond the bright Kiir.lt n. It was a ranillc llliled gurrel, v.lth trunks nf old leliers tied In dim ribbons, and lavender scented chests of Vulent Iciuies and silks In forgotten pailerns. "I am well, quite well, Larry!" "I am glad! I wished to be aurc!" "Ito not trouble about me. , 1 .am glad of everything that has happened glad and relieved. And l am urate ful lo you." i ',.(,. . i "i have served you III enough. 1 1 hiiiiiI.Ii-. In the ihirk nun h of the lime I .ii.l.-, lo .!llc ynii, Mlta 1'tll ' "1 li uw lliui; mul you tried to aue IMiii She was Mind and Inl-nnlili il he lin.l I.. Ileeil III her ful her mill Ihe hut lilun rtiialii'd her. Kvorylhlng lui'ks il.uk in her Shu n l i to nun- over tlila linn ulln: ; she thinks Hli i.iii ii. it f,n-,. p.r uncle, her couhIii or )n i m-.ilii " Hut i-lie hum enmc." 1 raid "It will I i i. r iiiiImv Hum nt nny later lime Th.-ic'a (illlesple, rnlllng me nil. Hi a g.iluK nrriiFS the lake lo meet Arlhur and lliiaallnd. I ahsll lake ii." l.i. nu ll over to Ihe Island In brlni! Henry. Wo xhniild all lie buck at.dli'tmrm In nn Imur. Please tell Helen II. ,1 tie tnii.t have her, that no Ml I'al linikrd ul me oddly, and her llnrers Inn, In . I a stalk of, hollyhock holly-hock beside her as her ryes rested cits, mine "l.nriy." ah said, "do not be sorry for Helen If pliy Is ull yon have fm her." I laiieln it and s. lred her hands. ,"JIIs I'.il. I could not feci pity for any tun. so skilled wllh the swoid as ah"! Ii would b gratuitous' Hhe put up a apleiulld flr.hl. and It's to her credit lli.it she stood by her father and resented my Inlet fereiiro, aa she hsd every rlsht to tn. Hho was not really acnlnat you, Mlaa Pat; It merely happened Ihut you were In the way when she struck at mo with the foil, don't you see?" "Not JubI that way, I.nrry." and she ronilniird lo gaxe lit mo wllh a aweet illalrena In her eyea; then. "Uimullnd la very dlReieiit," she added. "I have ohaerved H ' The wnya In which Ihey are utleily unlike are remarkable; re-markable; hut I mustn't keep Ollleaple walling. Ooodhy for a little while!" And some foreboding told me that sorrow hsd not yet done wllh her. Glllaeple shouted Impatiently aa I rim toward him at the bonthouse, fit's the Stiletto." he called, pointing point-ing lo where the aloop lay, midway of Ihe lake, "Hhe's In a hsd way." 'The storm blew her out," I sug-gi!-d, hut the sight of the boat, list-Ussy list-Ussy badly, aa though water logged, .VJtrk im oodiiously. it "He'd kaitier pick her up," he ealtfc er.4 he waa already dropping one nf ths canoes Into tho wster. We pad died awlftly toward tho sloop. The like waa still fretful from the storm's balling, but the sky waa without fleck of flaw. The earlleat nf the little steamers was crossing from the II-Isgn, II-Isgn, her whistle echoing and reecho-Ids, reecho-Ids, round the lake. "The sloop's about done for," snld nlrlesple over his shoulder; and no drove our bladea deeper. The Htlletlo waa floating stern on and rolling log-til)', log-til)', bat retaining still, I thought, something of the sinister air that she hail worn on her slrsngn business through thoso summer dnys. "She went to bed all right; see. her slls are furled snug and everything's lu shape. The storm drove her over here," said (llllesple. "Hlm's struck something, or somebody's sniaahed her." It seemed ImiHtsslble that the storm unassisted had blown her from llaltle Orchard acroas Ijike Annnndule; but we wore now cloao upon her aud Becking Beck-ing for meana of getting aboard. "Hhe's a bit sloppy," observed (ill. lesple, as we swung round and caught hold, The water gurgled drunkculy In the cuddy, ael a broken lantern rallied ral-lied on the deck. I held fast aa he cllnibtd over, sending me off a little as he Jumped aboard, and I was working work-ing bark again with the padtllu when he cried out In alarm. As I came alongside h came back lo help in,., und when he bent over tii catch the painter I saw Ihnl his fuce wss while. "We might have known II," he said. "It's the lust and worat that could luip-lien." luip-lien." Kace down acroas the cuddy loy the body of Henry llolbrook. Ills wnlet. soaked clothing was torn as though In a fierce struggle. A knife thruat In tho side told Ihe story; he had crawled to the cuddy roof to gut awuy from the water and hud died (here. "It wns Ihe Italian." said (illlesple. "They must huvn had a row last night after we left them, and It tuuie tn bis. He chopped a hole In Ihe Htlletlo Htllet-lo and But her adrift to sink." I looked about for tho steamer, which was backing awuy from thu pier at Port Annnnilnle. and slgiiuled her with my hunilleicnlif. And when I furod OlllcHplu again ho pointed silently si-lently toward tho lower luke, wheru a canoo rodo the bright Viiiier. Itosnllnd und her father were on their way from Itcd (lute, tu Glennrtii. Two blades flashed In llm sun aa the csnoe came toward uh. (illlctiplu'i III quivered and ha tried In speak as lie pointed lo them; and then we boili turned silently toward HI. Agathu'i, where the chapel tower roso above the green wood. "Htay and do whut Is lo be dune," i said. "I will And Helen and tell bur.'' THK KNO. |