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Show JLLlASTRATIOHcS 3Y W'tTv, 1 V X 1 s frrn. NiKI ,tfS I YNOPSIg Mlee Patricia llolhroo anil Mt lllet tlulhvonti, har nut-e, wva nlrnii"'l I' ' th . .r- of lirii. lhiiinn. a will" ennnmerln nar IMrt Annenilal Ml I'atrl.la innll.lxl iMivin till hatred her ItrnUiar H-ntr. whi. r-iln-il ! bank failure, Iiaa omalanllr Ihraaimri tier fr Iminrr lion tile falh-. a will, nl Mh HI mm I'atrlrle waa (nanllan Tl. rema fit fori Annimlilt to ape Hf-nf r Itomivan rn.illl. Willi IK l" wtn.-n. lit laarried of Mia Helen's an raptured aiT intriiiler, who pmved to In tli-alnalit (llllaeple. aultor fur Ilia han't til Mm IMon Mill.ro.ik. 11 llp dlaap i peered tl'i riilliialt'i mnr A mnsli alloc eare.l enj was 1.1.1-red away CHAPTER IV. Continued. The place wa clearly I ha aunimrt Kxne of cltjr man In at'arrh ot qulel and I waa turning away, whim ud donly a anmiD i volt rui out cloar Ijr fT.itn tha bank. "Hallo, tha liouaclmat!" "Yea; I'm here!" aneworrd th man below, "Com on. father; t'r bean looking for you everywhere." called III vulci again. "Oh, II I loo bail you've born vail Inn." Iio answered "Of cuurs Iwn walling!" alii-"una alii-"una bark, and ho Jumped up and ran towatd her. Then down 'ho atop flashed tiailf n llollirook In whit. Hhi pauard al tha (to an Instant before runllnulni hmr descent lo th crank bending bar head at aha sought the remaining tlrpa. "Heddy, you dear old frautl, I thought you wer coming to moot mi on lha rlilKnt" I turned and groped nijr war along tha darkening palh. Mr heart wai thumping wildly and my ftimhaad was wet with perspiration. IJIma alotNl on th bank lighting his laotorn, and I Rung myself Into the lannrh and bad hint ran for henna. W war anon crossing lh lake. I lay bark on tha cushions and gated up at lha bright roof of alara. Iliiftiri' I reached (llrnarm lha shock ot find Ing llolrn Itnlbrook In frliimlly nnu mimlratlon wllh bar father hail paaerd, and I aat down to dl' hit al ulna o'rlork with a atmnd appetite. CHAPTER V. , A Fight an a Houboat. . Al ten o'clock 1 called for a bora nd mile out Into tha night, turnlni Into the country with tha Intontlun . f fDllowro Ik lako road to tha To- aloa I bad aiplored In lha launch a few hour bettira. All waa dark al HI. Aialha'a aa I paaaed. No doubt Helen llofbrook had retiimad In due court from her Tlilt lo her father nd, after accounting plaualhljr to her aunt for her abaano. waa aleeplnf lb Bleep of tha Juit Now that I thought f tha matter la all Ita baarlnm, I ao-ruaed ao-ruaed mywlf for not having gone attract)? to 8t. Agatha'a from tha lone ly bouaa on Tippecanoe creek and waited for her there, demanding an iplanallon of her perfidy. Hho wa treating Mlaa Pat lufamoualy; that waa plain; aad yat In my heart I waa iciulag and defending her. A fern lly row about money waa ugly al wait; aad aa unfortunate eren criminal father may (till bane aom claim oa hla child. Then, aa again! auch reasoning, tha tlalon of Mlaa Pat roaa before m aad I fell whatever chivalry there la In ma a roue with rattle uf pear. Paul Hloddard, In committing that dear old gentlewoman lo my car, had not aikrd ma lo fall In lora with fear niece; an. Impatient to ba thua wayed between two Inclination, 1 chirruped 'i tha bur and galloped awtftly over tha allent white road. Tha whole reatun wa very lonely, aad bow that tha beat of hoof no lunger lun-ger raag In my ear I be quiet wa oppressive. op-pressive. I airurk throuab the wood and round tha cni k, and the aih be aide It. Tha little at roam wa aat III murmuring Ita own name niualoally, with prrhiip niter note In dolor anca lo Ih night; and following the palh carefully I came In a fw niln utei to the atep that linked the cottage cot-tage with tb houarbtmt at the creek's oilK. It was Juat there that I had i seen Helen llolbrook. and I altiod . " ajulle atlll recalllag thla, and making - . aura that ha had coma down thoae alep In that quiet out of the way cor- , y ner of tha world, lo keep try at with " her father. The tory and a half cot- , :. I tag covered wllh vine and t ' '1 cloae-wrapiied la shrubbery. A semi '-I circle of taller plnea within hut th v' '1 collane off roniilvloly from the high- 1 way. I crawled throiiKh the cedar ' I and walked along alowly lo lha gale, v near which a post tipporlel a algu i , board. I (truck a match and read: ' ' ', KI OATH I i i a. II A II I It 1 1 1 1M. I ' , Cation Makor "AM ' Tlppatanim. Imllana , Z J 1 f 'ly i Thla. Ihea, wn the home of the y , cunot ninki-r mentioned by IJiuta. 1 , a fuund hi nam repented on lh rural " S .i delivery mall bin afflied to lh algti i-" , poal. Ilenty llolbrook wn probably a . , Inmrder al the bouse It required no ' '. p great tli-tluetlve puwur to fathom " -1 that. I atule bark IhrniKh the hetise ' ' , ni down to the hoiuHuiit. ttevcnil canoes, t umf illy covered with tar- ' j Pauline, la atinui th dra k, and rhitlr 1 war drawn up Hon to the luug. lo v J feoua In aliliahapn fuihlon. If (bit I 4iouiiboHt era im e.tn-M u.aUnr' ahup 1 ' II riathtd Ovr M That Hi Wu th Dark taller I Had Ordrd from Olanarm, he had choaen a secluded and picturesque pictur-esque bmii for It. As I leaned agalnal lha rail atudy-Ing atudy-Ing tha lines of the house, I heard suddenly sud-denly tha creak ot an oarlork In tha stream behind, and then low voire talking. I drew back against tha houae and waited. I'oeillily tha canoe ca-noe maker had been abroad, or, mora likely, Henry llolbrook had gona forth upon some lulrhlaf. and my mind flaw al onra to Iba two women al Bt. Aga-Iha', Aga-Iha', on of whom at least waa still under my protection. Tha boat approached ap-proached furtively, and I heard now very distinctly words (poke la Italian: "Have rare; climb up with tha ropa and I'll follow.' Then lha boat touched tha platform tightly and second later a man climbed nimbly up Ilia side. Ills companion com-panion followed, and they tied their boat lo tha railing. They paused now lo raconaolter so closa to ma that I could hava touched them with my hand and engaged In colloquy. The taller man gava directions, the other replying In monoeyllablee to show Ihst ha understood. "tlo to the aide porch ot tha cottage, and knock. When lha man cornea to lha door tell him that you ara the chauffeur from an automobile that ha broken down In Ih road, and that you want help lor woman who has bean hurl." "Ye. lr." "Then you know lha real.' "Tha knife It aball ba dona." I have made It tha rule of my life, again! much plnful aiperlenca and the admoulllon ot mauy philosopher, lo ael drat and reaaon afterwarde. And here It waa case of two to oue. The men began stealing across lha deck toward the step that led up lo the collage, and with rather more eal than Judgment I look a step after them, and clumsily kicked over a rhalr that fell clattering wildly. Iloth men leaped toward the rail at the sound, and I flattened myself against the house lo await developments. The silence waa again complete. "A rhalr blew over," remarked on of the voice. "There I no wind," replied the oth er, the one I tecognlied a belonging to Hie leader. "Hee what you can Bud and have care!" The speaker went to tha rail and began fumbling with the ropa. The other, I realised, waa allpplng quite nolaelesMly along the smooth plsnklng toward me. bis built body faintly ill boueited In the moonlight. 1 knew Dial I could hardly be dlatlngulahuble from the long Hue of the bouse, and I hud the additional advautage of know-lug know-lug their strength, while I was atlll an unknown quantity to them. The men ..'mid assume that I was cither Hart-ridge, Hart-ridge, the boatmaker, or Henry llolbrook. llol-brook. one of whom they had come lo kill, and there la, as every one known. Utile honor In being the victim cf mlstuken Identity. I beard the man baud ci etching along Ih null aa he advanced cautiously; there was uo doulil but that be would (Uncover me In another moment; ao I ranolved to lake Ihe Initiative ami give battle My flngrr tlpa touched the back of one of the folded rump rhalr that rested agaluit the huuse, and I alow- : ly claspsd It. I saw the leader still lauding by Hi rail, the rope In hi , hand. HI arcoiupllc wa to closa that I could har hi quirk brenthlng. and aomethlng In hla dimly outlined crouching flgura wa familiar. Then It flashed over ma that ha waa the dark sailor I had ordered from Oleu arm that afternoon. Ila wa now within arm length of ma and I Jumped out, awung the rhalr high and brought It down with a rraak on hla head. Tha fnrca of th blow carried m forward and Jerked the chair out of my graap; and down we went wllh mlg'ly thump. I felt Ihe llallan'a body slip sod twist llthely under ma aa I tried lo clasp his arma. Ha atruggled fiercely to free himself, and I felt tha point of knife prick my left wrist aharply as I Bought lo hold hla right arm to lha deck. Ill muscle were Ilka Iron, and I had no with lo lei him rlaap ma la his short thlrk arms; nor did Ihe Idea of bring airurk wllh knife cheer ma greatly In that first moment of the flglil. My main bualnei was lo keep fre of th knife. Ha was tlowly lifting ma on hla knees, while I gripped hla arm with both hand. The other man had dropped Into th boat and wa watching us across lha rail. "Make haste, Olusepp'" be called Impatiently, and I laughed a little, either al hla confluence In the outcome out-come or at his rare for his own te curlty; and my courage rose to find that 1 had only ona lo reckon with. I suddenly Bllpped my left hand down lo where my right gripped hi wrlat and wrenched It (harply. Hit finger related, re-lated, and when I repealed the twlat the knife rattled on the deck. I broke away and leaiied for Ihe rail with aoma Idea of Jumping Into the creek and swimming fur It; snd then the man In the boat Irt go twite with revolver, the echoing etplo-tlon etplo-tlon roaring over th still rreek with the found of Minting buttle nhlpi. "Hold on to that man hold him!" be thouted from below I heard the Italian srraplng about on Ihe deck for his knife aa 1 dodged round Ihe home. I was antltfled to let things Hand at they were, and leave Henry Holhrouk and the raune maker to defend their own llret and property Then, when I wa about midway uf the ttrpa, a man plunged down from the garden and had me by the rollar and on my bark before I knew what had happened. hap-pened. There waa an Intiant't tllrnce In which I heard angry voices from the houseboat. My new assailant Ila tuned, too. and I fell his grasp on me tighten, inougn 1 was well winded snd tame enough. 1 heard the boat f'llkr thP pUtfrln harply as the second man Jumped Into It; then for an Initant ttlencr aguln held the valley My captor teemed In ili.ml,, n, retreating boat, and poking a platol Inlo my rib gate me hit attention. "Climb up these tlepn tin, I do an I lull you. If yon run. 1 win thoot you like a dog" "There a mistake" 1 began chokingly, fur the Italian had almost triingled me and my lungi. were a ruiply aa a tpent hollows "That will do Climb1" He stuck the revolver Into my lack and up 1 went and through Ihe gunlen toward the rottage. A door opening on ihe veranda was nightly ajur. mn 1 as tliruit forward none loo gmtl;- U , lighted room. My captor and I ttuilled each otlitr attentively tor half a minute He u beyond quest loo tb man whom Helen llolbrook had sought al tb houseboat house-boat in th summer dusk. Who Hart-rlrlge Hart-rlrlge waa did not matter; It waa evident evi-dent that llolbrook was quit at home la th canoe maker's houae. and that ha had no Intention ot calling any ona lie Into our affair. Ha had undoubtedly undoubt-edly beard Ihe revolver shots below and rushed from Ih cottage lo Investigate; Inves-tigate; and, meeting mc In full flight, be had naturally taken II, for granted that I wa Involved In aoma dnalgnt on himself. As he leaned against a table by lb door hi grave blue eye crullnlied me with mingled Indignation Indigna-tion and Intereat. I aeenied to pintle him, and hit gate wept me from bead to foot aeveral limes before he spoke. Then his eyes flsthrd angrily and h took a atep toward to-ward me. "Who In the devil are yon and what do you want?" "My name Is Donovan, and I don't want anything cicepl to get horn." "Where do you coma from at thl hour of the night?" "1 am apendlng th summer at Mr. Ulrnarm'a place, near Annandale." "That's rather unlikely; Mr. Olen-arm Olen-arm Is abroad. What were you doing down there on tha creek V "I wasn't doing anything until two men came along to kill you and I mixed up wllh them and got badly mussed tor my trouble." He cyd ma wllh a new Interest. "They cam to kill m, did thryt Tun tell good story, Mr. Donovan." "Quite ao. I waa (landing on tha deck of th bouaeboat, or whatever II "Whr yon bad no bulla lo b "(Iranlrd I had no business to he there; but I waa there and cama near getting killed for my Impertinence, a. I hava told you. Those fellow rowed up from the direction of th lake. On of them told th other lo call you lo your dour on the preten of summoning summon-ing aid for broken motor car off I her In Ih road. Then he waa to tsb you. The assassin was an Italian. Ital-ian. His employer apoke lo him In I bat tongue. I happen to b acquainted ac-quainted wllh It." "Yoa are very accomplished person,'' per-son,'' h obssrvrd, dryly. He walked up to ma and felt my pockets. "Who Bred that pistol?" "Th man In charge of Ih ipdl-tlon. ipdl-tlon. Tha Italian waa trying to knlf ma on Ih deck, and I broke away from him and ran. Ills employer had gone bark lo th boat for aafety and ba took crack at m aa I raa acroaa lha' platform. It's not lb fault of either that I'm not quit out of bual-na." bual-na." An Inner door back of ma creaked lightly. My captor swung round at Ih sound. "O Hneallnd! Il l all right. A gentleman gen-tleman here lott hi way and I'm giving giv-ing bim bla bearing!." The door closed gently, and I heard tha sound ot stp retreating through lha cottage, I noted Ih aniloua look rn llolbrook fare aa be waited tor tha aounda lo cease; then be ad-dressed ad-dressed me again, "Mr. Donovan, thl I quid neighborhood, neigh-borhood, and I am paareabl man, whoae wordly good could tempt no On. There ware undoubtedly other betide yourteif dowo there at Ihe crock, for on man couldn't hava mad all that row; but a you ar the on I caught 1 mutt deal wllh you. But you hava protested too much; lb Idea of Italian bandlta oa Tippecanoe creek la creditable lo your Imagination, Imagina-tion, but It doein't appeal to my common com-mon tense. I don't know about your being guest at Ulenarm bouse-even bouse-even that la flimsy. A gueit In th absence of the boat I Just little too fanciful. I'm strongly dltpoted to tab you lo th calaboose at Tippecanoe Tippe-canoe village." Having been In Jail several times In different parte of lha world I was not anxious lo add to my experledcea In that direction. Moreover, I hal com to thl lonely bouaa on Ih Tippecanoe Tippeca-noe to gain Information touching tha movement of Henry llollirook, and I did not relish Ihe Idea ot being thrown Into country Jail by him. 1 resolved to meet the situation boldly. "You serin to accept my word re luctantly, even after I have aaved you from being struck down at your own door. Now 1 will be trauk with you. 1 had purpose In coming hero " I He stepped beck sod folded his arms. "Yes, I thought so." He looked about uneasily, before bis eyes met lulne. His hands beat nervpualy on hla sleeve at he waited, and I resolved re-solved to bring matters to an Isaue by peaking hla name. "I know who you are,' Mr. Hoi brook." HK hand went Into his pockets gain, and b stepped back and laughed. . "Yon are a remarkably bad guessur, jjr. Donovan. If you had viiited m by da) light Instead ot coming Ilk a thief at midnight, you would hav saved yourself much trouble. My name I displayed over the ouler gat. am Kobert Hartrldge, the canoe-maker." canoe-maker." (TO BB CONTINl'KIM |