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IJIiua liulf roan, glnnood Inwnril Ih. ynchi. which waa heading fur the trull, ami ill. mi nt nn, but I shook n i bend. "Mind il.o fiiKlnp. IJInm." I mil. I lih uu n.iMh coolni'tui an I could tiiim Iit. The iniHKlii hi'tun n u nnil the kill niiiy iIIiiiIiiIhIm'iI. mul Ihc (ml Inn t urti.cl In l.iki, hl hnirlnuii wllh very lift of hl (mm. Hi, hml lliniwn nil hU rap. anil an hi, liNikuil oit hit ihniil.l.T I miw hlii evil lure alllirpl) outllni'il. I rnunti'il iilowly lo niyx'lf the niimhrr of airokoa that woiihl Ih mmtmmmmrv to ferinn hlia In oolllalon It 1 ho IMTBUtcMl, charKliiK Rnlnt hip promrpi our own will, arruw like I fllKht oit th walor. Thn adore waa I rkif. and I had counted on full depth of water, but IJIma now culled , out wnrnlnnly In hla ahrlll plie tn.l our bottom arruped a I vicri-d off Thlp mnneiiver coat me the equivalent of ten of the Itullnn'a deep atrokea. and the hallow wuior milled a new fitment of dunger. Hland by the oar. IJInm." I railed In low tone; and I paw In a flimh Mlna I'al'a fnre. quite calm, but with her llpp not IIkIii. Ten yarda remained, 1 JiiiIriiI, he tween the pklfT and tho atnilt, and there wup nnihln for tip now but lo let ppee.l nnil ppare work out llielr problem. IJInm Bluo.l up nnd poized the nur. I threw Iho wheel huril uimrt In a luat hope of doilKlmr. and the luiinch limed bmlly aa It pwiiuk round. Then Iho - bow of the pklft roao hlKh, mid Helen puriink awny wllh a little cry; there wap a MTiurbliiK und RrlndliiK for mi lnni.nt. a IJinva. beiidlnit forward, dux the our Into the aklfl'a bow and rheikoil II with the full wolKht of hlr body. Aa we fended oft Iho mil anutiped mid apllniored and he turn bled Into the wutor wllh a (troni pliinh. while wo awerviil and rm-ked for u mnnieiit und then aped on lliriiii-'h the Utile alriill. I.ool.lim buck. I auw IJInm awlm minx lor I he ahore. lie roao In the wuter mid culled "All rlisht!" mil I knew he would lake excellent cure ol hliimoir. The Itullun hml uhlpped hie oara und luy where wo hud left him. and I hoard M int. uhiivn the hint of him enmlle. Illlluh (li rl.llvoly u Wo ulliled out of Klk'lll. "MIkp llollirook. wilt you pleum leer lor me?' mid III effoelliin the neeoaHury (huiiitia of iokIIIoii Dot I nilithl Rot to the enulno we wore nil hie to re'inln our couipiiHure. I paw MImi I'm loin h her foroheml wllh hoi linmlkerrl.lof ; but ahe auld iiiilhlnu Kven ufier Kt. AkiUIiu'p lor hove In lulu flhnie held up all. The wind rniii'nuliiit I" freahen, wax whlpplim the hike wllh u phurp IukIi, und I lllllile llnllll vt my tilllliiK IiiimIii.1I. with Iho cnB.no, and or l lie iicceai,li fin- orcanluniil dlioctlona lo ihe tlirl ui Hie wheel. My rniiirlllon nl the ilntiKor lo which I hud pui'lilly bioiiuhl them wim HtroliK hi me; hut there were olliir t III iikm lo I h I n k of. Mlvi ',il lon'.d mil be ilis'oUod tip to the atiliinia uf our encounter, for thn I : itlluri ' ronrtiir t roul.l hurdly he uccounted foi on Hie pcore of atuplilliy; und Ihe nut in al p lice mul quiet of thin roc' only etui huHlzod the Rrnrlty , her pIlKhl. My flrat thuiirh' .. ;It.i ! muni Hi once an.irm ie- nioiel to neme olio r ,i ' ih lli-n.' T ".nol o... Iill , i, 1 fev mi' I 0i ... u. . ;,.i.ij wr , ,y ni. tci.ajle bar-1 kii.vlte. Aa I tended the angina I aaw, even when I tried lo avoid her, the tlicura of j , 1 e'en Kolbrook In the atern, qulla In- I ui ui on ateerlni and calling now ,-,,l en lo aik the couna when la IJIma Bora Under Hia Arm a Repeating Riftt. tny priocciipntlon I forisui In clve 11 The utiirtii wna dtlvlnit a dark ho.nl ncniKp the luke, nnd the thunder boomed more loudly. Si, nun In thlp neighborhood break rpilrkly und I run. full ppi-cd for Ht. Auniha'a to avoid the ruin that already blurred the went. We lunilod wllh aome dlDlculty, on Ina: to the roiiKheueil wntor and the hard drive of the wind; but In a few mlnutea we had reached 81. Acnthn'i where ftlxtcr Murtarot rlilnR open I lie diHir Jim aa the atorm let o with a roar. W'l en we n-aehed the plttlnx nnim we talked with unmlatakuhle reatrulnt of the atorm and of our nice with It aeropp the luke while Hlmer Muriiarot atiHiil by miirniurlnK her Interept and pymputhy. Hhe wlihdrew Immedlnte. ly and wo three aat In alienee, no one wlKhlim lo peak Ihe firm word. I aaw wllh deep pity that Mian I'ut'a eyep were brlithl wllh lepra, mid my heurt burned hot with aelf nrciiMitlon. Hlater Martarota quirk atop died awny In Ihe hull, and atlll we waited while the ruin drove nKiilnnt Ihe limine In ahoela and tho hrunchca of a liin.lnit miiple rmlched apliefully on one of the punea. "We hove been found out; my broth er la here." auld Mlaa I'ul. "I am afrnld thai In true." I replied "Hut yuu nnmt mil dlnlreaa youraelf. Thla la not Hlrlly, where iniir.li r la a polite dlveralon. The Italian wlnhed merely to frlnlnon ua; It'a a eaae of aheereal hlurkiiiull. I am aalmined to huve ulven him Ihe opportiiiiliy. It wua my fnult my itrlevoua fuiill; and I am heartily aorry for my alupldliy." "Ho not ammo youraelf! It wua In evltnlile from Ihe hoKlnnliiK Hint llonry phoiild II ml ua. Hut thla place teemed remote onouuh. I hud really ('Klin lo fool quite aeeure but now!" "Hut now!" repealed Helen, with a little pluh. I marveled nt the Klrl'a eouipoaure ul her quiet ncccptuiice of the kIiii iiiIiiii. when I knew well onniikli her xhainefiil duplicity. Then by one of IIioho Inlulllona of Rrare Unit were o chiiriiilim In her Phe bent forwuril nnd took Mh.!. I'ut'a hand. The em eiuld rhiKa lliihhed on hoih ua HioukIi III iiMMorlion of klimhlp. "Denr Aunl I'ai! Vou mutt not luke thai bout affair too aorioualy. It muy not huve been father who did Hml." Hhe fapered. droi,ilnit hor voice u, fhe niciitionod her father I waa nwure ihat Mian I'ut pin uwuy hor tileco'a I anil wllh a auililea Koaluri I did not know whither of Inipiitlcnre, or whether pome new romliitlim hud tnkon hold of her. Hhe roue and iiiovi d nearer to me. "Whin have jou to propose. Mr. Ihmovun?" alio atked. and pomoihlni; In her lone, In the limit of her dour , mid me that ahe mount lo flijhl, thai rlie know more than ahe whthed lo any. and thai ahe rolled on my aup port: .erl n alUIng thla my hi art went "ii i., her ,.. I ' iK we niiKl.t lo bo uwny at ' 'lie -III biril.j out auldenly. "Th'. '.,ee wna IIMi'mcn: Kuther h .Hi.lnrd atmiild huve known better ihnt lu aeud Ul here!" Knlhor Rtoddurd did Ihe boat he o.ild for ua, Helen. It la unfulr to blmue him." asld Mlaa Pal. quietly. "And Mr. Donovan linn been much mora than kind In undertaking to care for ua at all." "I have blundered badly enough!" I eonfeaped, penitently. "11 might b batter. Aunt rat." b t i u Kan Hi Ion. phiwly. "to yield What can It mailer! A qiinriol over money It la eoi.ll.l-" Mliia I'al atood up uliriiit!y and anld quietly, wlthuiil llltlnu her voice, and lurnlnu: from one to the oilier of ua: "We huve prided ournelvea for 100 yearn, we Amerlenn ll.iltirooka. that wo had Rood blood In ua. and character charac-ter and decency and morality; and now that the men of my houae have thrown away their blrthrlRht and made our name a playthltiR. I am going go-ing to ae whether Ihe Roncral de cadence haa atrurk me, loo; and with my brother Arthur, a fiiRltlvn hecaux' of hia Crimea, and my brother Henry r. n ly lo murder me In hla greed. II l lime for me lo teat whatever blood l left In my own poor old body, and I am going to hoRln now! I will not run away another atop; am not go Inn to bo blackguarded and hounded about thla free country or driven acroaa the acn; and I will not give Henry llollirook more money to nae In dUgruelng our nnnie. have got to die I have got to die before he gelt It"- and h anilled at me ao bravely Ihut pomeihlng rlulrhi-d my lliroal pinldenly--"nnd I have every Inlen lion. Mr. Donovan, of living a very Helen hud ripen, and ahe atood alar-Ing alar-Ing al her aunl In frnnk aainnlahniont X'lt often, prohubly never before in her lire, had anger held away lu the koul of thla woman: and there wua noinrthliiK aplendld In Ha niuiilfonln lion. Hhe hud ppoken In nlniual her uaunl tone, tliouth with a pnaalonuie tremor toward the rloae; hut her very real i aim waa lu llaoir omlnoua. "It ahull be ua you auy. Mlaa I'al." I auld, aa aoon ua I hud got my breath. "Certainly. Aunt I 'at." murmur... I Helen, tamely. "We run'l be driven round the world. We muy up well atuy where we ara." The atorm waa abmlng. und I throw open Ihe wlndowa to let In Ihe air. "If you haven t wholly loat fultb In nie. Ml i-a llollirook" "I have every fnlth In you, Mr. Don ovun!" niii.-ii ui.. i... "1 ahull hope lo take bolter rare ol you In Ihe future." "I am not afrnld. 1 think Hint II Henry tliula out that he cannot frlKlilcn me It will have a rulmlug fieri upon him." ,"Voa; I puppoie you are right, Auui I'ut." paid Helen, paualvely. I went home reeling that my reapon alhlllllea hud been greiuly Increuaeil by Mlna I'm 'h iiiunlloslo; on ihe whole I waa relieved thul he hud not or dorrd a ret rout, for II would huve din ireaaed me purely to abandon the ruiiio at thla Jiitirture to aeok a now hi. Unit plure lor my chuigea. Ung uflerwurd Mlaa I'ut'a docluru Hun of wur rung In my eura. .My hourl liana now aa I remember It. And I ahould like lo be a poet long enouKh to write "A Hullu.le ol All Old Ladlep," or a lyric In their honor turned with the gruce ot Col. ljveluce und blithe wllh the aplrlt or Krlur Herrlck. I ahould like to Inform It wllh their beautiful tender aympulhy that la quirk wllh lean but readier with atrength to help and to auve; and It iiuiiiu reiieci, too. the noble patience, undlamayed by time and diatauce, that makep a virtue of waiting walling In the long twilight with folded handa for the ahipa that uaver come! Men old and ballle acarred ara celebrated In ong and atory; but who ara they to ba preferred over their aerene liter-boodT liter-boodT Let the worn nothera ol I ha "rl'l !" ihioiicd i.v i. ii,,., i, i,. r Jced nl .,,iti,,rl,,!,.. ,..,. I,, ,. luilow lit h.,111 l,,-k n,l l,,..M,,ii. , " iii r .1 1 1 , 1 1 1 .1 1 ,:.ii,i,.,i. ii in. ui,, Hilo. tr ihot a,,, .up,,.,,,,. I,, ,. cnipiiii t Wl lot ui. ui, l . c,,.i, M"t .Olio llt.ui whoo tor it I be lue tun. I sll al Hi. I, I,.,., , ,akl. I'UliH. I r Whole Km i. a.lllt Dial f llicr. a. Hit il lo of t. .ii li.m linn 'hod the Ino In i.r iii.. , ,i, r. It loin,, on ttni, ii,, mc. i, It 1 ., ii,- ' ini iuaii In-(it - I. in l.i a, ,,. ,o lll.l I'liill.l IM,K,. .; Ih.,.,. ,,.,. II,. Dial , mi.,, I, i..,,,. . I nl. Itiu li.it I. in in, Iii .im,,,.! all of u i t W" wal. li Iho... ti.i.i,,,,, aiii:ol. t.i U lllrir qiltol W.il, I. Ii.llliu their ! e.'ioi nliii,, f ,, ,,,, w,th lloweta, eO hlo ..im- ih, in wllh l, mi.. CHAPTER VIII. A Lady of shadow,! and Starlight. I ua llltio o'clock before IJItllH me in, dripping from hla tumble in 'lo hike and hla wnlk homo Hiroiieh mo-raln The Halliiti had nuolo no or-kit or-kit to tin, I,-. I him. he ri-imriod. but V had wntrhod tho man row out to ae Hillotto nnd i llmli alioard IJIma tea an unhiokon rocord or never hav-UK hav-UK a.kiil me a question Inaidred br eirln.lt i He muy Inquire which ah.e-p 1 wim for a particular morning, hut liy. whore mid when nre unknown In Ua iK-nliiihiry He wua. I knew. Mir-h Mir-h entllloil lo un etplaiinilon ol the l:i- dileril or Iho adorn, Kin. il uh he oiil.l u-k none, nnd when ho had diMtaod hla -tot Ii. h mid reported lo Be In the lll.rary I told him In n word taut there mluhl he turllo r Iroulilo, U.I Hull I ahould eviH'ct him to aland ilnkt watch ut Ht. Atailuia tor a while .11. u . ,...r.,l .. .1,. i, Ilk the Km. I. nor. Hla "Yea. air.' I ai aa culm aa though I hml li.l.l hlin to lay nut my dreaa clothea. mid 1 eat wllh him to look up the cmdener that ihe dlvlalon or pat ml duty might thoroughly iiuderatood. I gavo the Hcutchman a revolver and IJInia bora under hla arm a repeat-lu repeat-lu title with which he and I hud ill-Vllrd ill-Vllrd ouraelvea al llmee In Ihe plene-iilptacllee plene-iilptacllee ot breaking glnaa bulla. I nljni-d hllll Iho waler fnuil and laid ihe lardener to look out for Inlriidera front the road. Theae pn-eaiillona taket, rang the lie 1 1 at Ht. Agalha'a and taked lor the la.lloi. but wua re-llrvad re-llrvad lo learn Ihut Ihoy had rellretl, for the altuation would not he helied by debate, and It they were lo remain al Ht. Agalha'a II waa my affair In plan the neceaaury delenalve airntegy without troubling them. And I miiat olinlt here, that at all llmea, from the moment. Drat auw Helen llollirook wlih her fuiher at Hod Date, I had every Intention ol phleldlng her lo Ilia uimo.t. The thought ol trapping her, ul catching her. flagrante dellrto. revolting; I hud, perhapa. a notion thai In aome way I ahould be able to thwart her without allowing my own hind: but thla. aa will appear, waa not to be ao entilly acromtiliahed. I went home and reud tor an hour, than got Into heavy ahoea and aet forth to reconnolter. The chief avenue ave-nue of danger luy, I Imagined, acroaa the luke, and I puauod through Ht. Aga Una lo aee that my giiaida wore about their hualueaa: then continued along a wooded bluff Hint roae to a cunaldorable hi-lulu uhove the hike. Tle-re waa a winding path which the pIlKrlmugea of achoolKlrla In aprlng and autumn had worn hard, mid I (ul lowed It lo Ha crept, where them win a Hone bench, eatabllahed tor Hi ae of thoaii who wlahed to luke llielr aim wi In rum fort. The path thai roae tliriiimh the ! rrom HI. Aguthu'a docllii.-d iiuulu Iriun Ihe acui. uml rume out aume where below, where there wua u aprlng arred to the achoolKlrla, and where. I dare auy. they atlll Indulge In the In raotutlona of their apoclca. I nmiiaed myaeir picking mil the pier llnhla na Inr ua I hud leurned them. full,. wing one or the lake aleumera on Ha Iriiii cuurae from I'orl Anuundule lo Ihe vll luge- Kleven chimed Irom the cliuti.-l clock, the utrokop aieullng up lo me j dreamily, a moment luier I heard u t-i In Ihe path behind me. light, quhk, am. ouger. und I bent down low on the bom'-. , t,i n MI.K H, .il-i me from vl.o.-, und wiillod The ptepa drew cloaer in the bench, mid pome ona puaaed hi : Ind me. I wua quite aim- flint II wi i a woinun fiom the lliihineaa ol the plop. Hie Icmlnlno iiuullty In the voice that cunl.iiiioil in hum a little pong, and ul the IuhI mo mint the uon ruat'e or t-klrla. I time and apoke her nuioe before my eyea wore aure ol her. "Mlaa Hotbrook!" I exi laiui.il. Hlie did not cry out, Hamuli ahe aioiiped hark quickly rrom the bench. "till. It'a you, Mr. Donovan, la II ?" It moat cerlulnly la!' I laughed. "Wt mm lo huve almllui tuatea, Mlaa llolbrook." rrci riK contini kh.i |