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Show "" """"" iila.1 II'IWII ' ' " I nil II. I I1' ILLLkSTRATIOficS BY k V Mta Plr1rl tlolhronk anil Ml.. tltn Holhrook, l.rr nl-. wr i-ntrnati-,1 l, III rare of l.aiiran' a liiiovaii, a wrllr, nnimrrlti( n-nr Fori Annan.lal Mini l-alrlila n.i,n,l-.l to Itnnovan (it .1, farrt t,r hroihrr llnry. wlo, r,iinl by a hank fNllnr-. haI constantly ttiraatrnait bar lu.novaii Onrm.ml end , itpiiir-.l an InlmriVr. wlm pruvrd to na Itrainald itlla,li-. for II,. hrin.1 of itln lionnviin saw Mlft Holbrook anil hr fa Ihrr n,-l nn frln,1iy hum lunovan fought an Italian aaaaaatn It mat th nian lie autH)cl waa Holbrook. tun who aalil h Was Hartr!,!, a ran inakar. Mm I'ai annnonr-.l bar lnintln of Sshtln llntv Holbrook anil not akln( enothr bluing tilara. Donovan mt llrl-n In garoVn at nlahi. Imii.ii, it y f li-n waa c-onf....il ly the young ln,1y At mailt, ril,ila,l aa a nun. Illn atol ft.,n, til' hou Hlii- n,t llrglnl,1 I Ill-leapt, Ill-leapt, wnti topi h-T hla love illllaapla waa confront'! by Donovan At Ilia town tM-atofflr Hln. nnan s,-rpt liv llono-van. llono-van. aliupait a draft for hr falliar linn Ilia hand cif tha Italian sailor A young Uily raermhllna Mlaa llalrn llullir,Hk obarrvM alone In a rano.-. whan llrlan as thought to have hn al l,m lllh-lil arimltlil giving Htn I'.t) ' for Iiit falhar. aim had Ihrn llt to annul It Mlaa llln anil Donovan mat In tha alghi. HI,' tnhl him ililliipi waa nothing In hr Ha cnnlaasail Ina Inve for bar Immivan found llllli,l gnggoil ami tmunn In a rahln, Inhabited l,v tlia vll-lalnoua vll-lalnoua Italian anil ll,,ll,r.,k I In ralnaaM Mm lluth 'llllraf-lf and I ,.,., van ail nlltail luva fi,r Mrlen 1allln hara'lf llnaalhid a "vnlra ' ai'P'alril to Donovan for hali Kha told him lo ,i to lha I'anoa-wiakrr'a I'anoa-wiakrr'a hum anil a' that no Injury Ih frll him. II want In HmI (lai. At Ih i-ano makr'a hotti. lion. .van fnunil Ih I, miliar - Arthur ami llnry lliilhrook-who tail fi. unlit rarh nthrr. In rnnaultnllon. "Uoaaltnil" a'arctl. Ar thur avarlid a murtli-r. CHAPTER XVI Contlnutd. 1 am urmoful lo )rnu. PlriM turn 11 your Iriiublo orrr lo nie." "You tthl whit I aaki'd you lo do." (ho nld. "whon 1 hid 110 rlnht to tak, but 1 waa afraid of what mlKht happan brr. It la all right now and wa aro (olnR away; wo muat leave Ihia placa." "Hut 1 ahnll e you again." "No! You hav you have llelrn. You don't know ma al all! You will find your nilatnka to morrow." Bha waa urging nin toward lha atrpa that led up lo thn hou. Tha aob waa still In her throat, but aha waa laughing, a Mule liyairrlcally. In her relief that bar father had coma oft un-arathed. un-arathed. "Then you muat let ma And It out to-morrow; I will coma to-morrow ba-fora ba-fora you no." , "No! No! TMa la tood by". the aald. "You would not be ao unkind aa to atay, when I am ao troublrd. and there la so mucb to do!" y' were at the foot of the stairway, and I heard tbe ahop door itityi ahut. Oooil nliiht. Koaallnd!" (looclliy; and thank you!" iha wblapered. CHAPTER XVII. How tha Night Ended. Aa my homo whinnied uml I lurni'd Inlo thu wood a Hum walked boldly lownrd me. "My dear Donovan, I hnve beu run-aollng run-aollng your Imrae diirinit your almonre. H i a bail huhll Iiiivk fulhn lino of ami, ring nliout al night. I llkeil your dinner, but you wi'i-e rather too atixloua to gel rid of me. I ratlin by boat my'lf!" (i'ili, knorked the ohr from hl ple and thriiHt It Into hla purket. I waa In no fruuin of mind for talk wlih him, a furl which hu aevmi'd to ur mlie. "Il l late, for a fuel." he continued: "and we both ought to be In bed; but our varloua affalra requlro diligence." "What are you dulng over here"" I demanded. "Well, to tall the truth" "You'd better!" "To tell lha truth, my dear Ikino-van, Ikino-van, alnre I left your hoapliahl board I have been deeply porpleied over aome Important queallona of human conduct. Are you Interested In human typea? Have you ever noticed the man who ummona all portara and waiters by tha pleailiif name of a Oeorgaf The name In Itaelf la reaiwct-abla reaiwct-abla enougb; nor la Ita generic use per-nlcloua per-nlcloua a matter of taate only. Hut tbe lame man may be Identified other- lee by hie proaenen to coniume the cabinet pudding, the chocolate Icecream Ice-cream and tbe fruit In auaaon from the chiilenlnc American bill of fare, after partaking Impartially of the preliminary prelimin-ary flab, fleih and fowl. He la confidential con-fidential with hotel clerka, affectionate with chambermaid! and all telephone llrla are Nellie lo him. Types, my dear Donovan" "Tbal'a enough! I want to know whit you are doing!" and In my anger I shook him by the shoulders. "Well, If you must have It, after I started to tbe village I changed my mind about going, and I waa aniloua to see whether Hollirook waa really here; ao I got a launch and came over. I Hopped at the Islund but saw no one there, and I came up the creek until un-til I grounded; then I struck Inland, looking for tha road. It might save ua both embarraaMinent, Irlsliinaii, If we give notice of each nlher'a Intentions, Inten-tions, particularly at night. I hung about, thinking you might appeur, and " "You are a poor liar, Huttonn. You didn't come, here alone!" and 1 drove my weary wits hard In an effurt to account ac-count for hit unexpected appearance. "All Is lout ; 1 am discovered.' Le mocked. lie hid himself freed my horse; I - L "What Are Veu Doing Over Hirer" I Osmandad. now look the rln and refastenrd It to the tree. "Well, Inexplicable Donovan!" I laughed, pleased to And that my delay annuyed him. I was confldent that be waa not abroad at thla hour for nothing, and It again occurrod to ma that we were on different aides of he mailer. My wparlnraa fell from me like a cloak, is the events of the past hour Mashed fresh In my mind. "Now." I aalil, dropping the rein and palling thn horse's nose fur a moment, "you may go with mn or you may alt beru; but If you would avoid trouble Won't Iry to Interfere with me." I did not doulit I hat he had been sent in watch me; and his Immediate purpiiHe sei nied to b lo detain me. "I had hoped you would alt down and talk over llm Monroe Doctrine, or l lio imrlltliii, of Arrlcu. or something eiiially liitoreatlng. he remarked. "You dlMiiipoliit me. my deur iH-nefnclur." "And you mnkii iiim very tired lit Hie ml of a llli'Mime tiny. tillli-mile. 'lean iiitlnuo to watch tny burst-; I'm off" lie kepi nl my elbow, an I etpeciiil he wutilil. biilililiiig away wlih hla uau ill volubility In an effurt, now trunk i-iiimikIi. to hold me back; but I Ignored Ig-nored his talk and plunged ou through the wood toward the creek. Ileuiy HiilhriKik muat, I argued, have bud limn enough lo get out of the creek and back lo tin- Island; bin what nils-chief nils-chief (illlesple was furthering In his bcluilf I could nut Imagine. There wua a gradual rise toward the eroek and we were obliged lo cling to (he buahea In making our ascent. Bud-denly, Bud-denly, aa I paused for btealli, lilllea pie grasped my arm, "Kor Clod's sake, atop! Thla la no affair of yours. On my honor there's nothing that affects you here." "I will see whether there Is or not!" I exclaimed, throwing him off, but be kept close beside ma. We gained the trail that ran along the creek, and I pauaed lo listen. "Where's your launch?" "Kind It," he replied, succinctly. I had my bearings pretty well, and ant off toward tha lake, Ulllesple trudging behind lo the narrow path. When we had gone about io yards a lantern glimmered below and I beard voices raised In excited colloquy. Ulllesple Ull-lesple atarted forward at a run. "Keep back! Thli Is my affair!" "I'm making II mine," I replied, and flung In ahead of blui. I ran forward rapidly, tbe voices growing louder, and soon heard men stumbling and falling about In conflict. A woman s voice now rose Id a sharp cry: "l.et go of him! Let go of him!" (Hllesirie flashed by me down I In bank lo the waier'a edge, where lha iruggle euded abruptly. I waa not fai behind, and I aaw Henry Holbrook In the gruap of the Italian, who was explaining ex-plaining to Ihe woman, who held tha lantern high above her head, that he was only protecting himself. (Illlesple had caught hold of the sailor, who continued to protest his Innocence of any wish to Injure Holbrook; and for a moment we peered through thu dark, taking account of ene another. "Ho It's you, Is It?" said Ht-ury Holbrook Hol-brook aa tbe Italian freed him and his eyes fell on me. "I should like to know what you mean by meddling In my affalra. ly God. I've enough to do with my own Iteah and blood without dealing with outsider! " Helen Holbrook turned awlflly and held the lantern toward me, and when she saw me shrugged ber shoulders. "You really give yourself a great deal of unnecessary concern, Mr. Donovan." Don-ovan." "You are a damned Impudent meddler!" med-dler!" blurted Henry Holbrook. "I have had you watched. You yon " He darted toward me, but the Italian Ital-ian again caugbt and bold him. and another altercation began between them. Holbrook was wrought to a high pitch of eicllemeul and curaed everybody every-body who had In any way Interfered with him. "fouie. Helen." said Cllli-apl.-, stepping step-ping lo the girl's slilu; and at this Hiiiry Holbrook turned upon him viciously. vici-ously. "You are another niedillesomu oul-sldur. oul-sldur. Your father wua a pig a pig. do you uiiili rmund? If It hniln'l been fur blm I shouldn't bu hero to nli-.lit, caiiiplug out like tin ouiluw. And you've gut to amp aii:iiilug my daucli lor!" Helen turiii'd to the I lufln n Bn, spoke tu him rapidly In hla own tongue. "You urn. I take him nnuy He Is not lilumi-lf. T,. blm ,uv ,nu lni. best I could. Tell him-" Kho lowered her voice so that I heard uo more. Ilollirouk was sllll heaping tibuse upon (illleaple. who alood submissively by; but Helen ran up Ihe batik, the lanlurn light Mushing eerily about lu-r. The Italian drew Holbrook toward the boat that lay at the edge of the lake. He evrinvd lo forget me In his anger against Ulllesple, and he kept turning toward Ihe path down which the girl's luntern faintly twinkled. Ull It-sple kept on after the girl, the luntern lun-tern Hushing more rarely through the tutu In tbe path, until I caught the threshing of hla launch aa It awung out Into Ihe lake. 1 drew back, seeing nothing to gain by appealing to Holbrook In hla prea ent overwrought itate. The Italian bad bis banda hill, and waa glad, I judged, lo let me alone. A moment later he had puahrd off bla boat, and I beard the sound of oars reerdlug toward the Island. I found my horse, led him deeper Inlo the wood and threw off the saddle. sad-dle. Then 1 walked down tha road until I found a barn, and crawled Inlo the loft and slept. CHAPTER XVIII. The Lady of tha White Butterfliae. Tbe twitter of swallows In the eaves wakened me to Ihe first light of day, and after 1 bad taken a dip In the cieek I still seemed to be sole pro piietor of the world, so quiet lay field and woodlaud. I followed tbe lake shure lo a Habermen'a cump, where li the good comradeship of outdoor maa Ihe world over I gol bread und ruffe anu no questions asked. I smoked a pipe with Ihe Mahertnen lo kill time, and II was mi 111 but a Irllli- after six o'clock when I started for Ked Cite. A line of sycamores 200 yards to my right murked tbe bed of the Tippecanoe; Tippeca-noe; and on my lelt hand, beyond a walnut grove, a little filmy dust-cloud bung above the hidden highway. I thrust my cap Into my Jacket pocket and Hood walchlng the wind crisp the Mowers. Then my attention wandered to the mad antics of iqulrrel that ras along tbe fane. .nasi.. a, i...,..i..i ii When I turned to Ihe Meld agnln I saw ttonsllnd coming t,i,n, me along the paih. clad In while, halloas, and her hands lightly brushing Ihe luah graaa that seemed to leap up to touch them. She (mil not m-n me. and I drew bvk a little fur love of the pic lure ah made She ru"d abruptly mlilaay of the daisies, and I walked toward her slow-ly slow-ly It mum have b.-cn alnaly and I think we were both glad of a moment' mo-ment' reaplte In which lo it inly each other. Then she spoke at once, as though our meeting bad been prearranged- "I hoped should see you," she said, gravely. "I bad every Inientlnn of seeing you! I was killing time until I foil I might decently lift the latch ot Ited Oale." Hhe Inspected m with her hand! clisped behind her. "I'lease don't look at me like that!" I laughed. "I camped In a barn last nlgbt fur frar I shouldn't gel here In tlm." , "I wish to speak lo you for a few minutes io tell you what you may have iihiiiI about us my father and mo." "Yes; If you like; but only to help you If I ran. It la not necessary for you to tell me anything " Bha tamed and led Hie way armai the daisy Meld, (the walked awlftly, holding bark her aklrta from the crowdlsi Mowera, traverned Ihe garden of Red Oale, and continued down lo Ihe houseboat. "We ran be quiet here," she laid, tbrowlai open the door. "My father la at Tippecanoe village, shipping one of hla canoes. W are early rlsera, you art!" 8Iie grew grave agnln. "I bare Important things lo any lo you, but II a Juat aa well for you to aee me la Ihe broadest of of daylight, ao thai she pondered a moment, aa though to be sure of expreaalng ber aelf claxrly "so that when you ae Helen Holbrook lo an hour or ao lo that prtly gard. n by the lake you will unUralaud that It waa out really Kosahal after all that that amused you!", "Hut tbe daylight la nol helping that Idea. Your are marveloualy alike, and yel " 1 Muundered miserably lo my uncertainly. "Then" and she amlled at my dle-cotnniare, dle-cotnniare, "If you ran i tell us apart. It makes no difference whether you ever see me again or not. You si-e, Mr. bul did you ever tell me what your mime Is? Well, I know II, any how, Mr. lainotan." The Utile work table waa between us. and on II lay the foil which b.r lather had snutclied from Ihe wall me ulKlit before. I aim stood, K'i'Iiik down at Itosallnd. Pin-hion. I saw, had done aumeihlng for tin- auuulng n , tulilsnce. Hhe wore her hair In ihe pompadour of the day, with ex-actly ex-actly Helen' ewecp; ami her while gown waa Identical with thai worn I hat year by thousands of young women. wom-en. Hhe bad even Hi same gesture!, Ihe same utile way of renting her cheek against her hand I hat Helen had; and before the spoke she moved her bead a trifle to oue side, with a pretty auggeatlon of Just having been slurtled from a reverie, that was Hel-eu Hel-eu s trick precisely. Hhe forgot for a moment our serious affairs, lo which I waa not In Ihe least anxious lo turn. In her amusement al my pel pinny. "It must be even more extraordinary than 1 Imagined. I bave not seen Helen for seven yeara. Hhe la my cousin; and wheo w wtra children to-gether to-gether at Btamford our mothers used to dreaa us aiika to further the re-semblsoce. re-semblsoce. Our mothers, you may not know, wr DO onj. t,t.r,; they were twin sisters) But Helen la. I think, a trifle taller than 1 am. Thla ltle mark" ab touched the peak "la really very curloua. Hut our toother! tooth-er! and our grandmother! bid It. And you ere Ihitl apeak a little mora rap-Idly rap-Idly than ah doe at Iraat that used lo be the caa. jon-t , my grown up con.in at all. W probably have different lastea, temperament!, and ill that." "I am positive of It!" I exclaimed; "H1 i rn of "olblng, save that I was talking to an exceedingly pretty girl, who was amazingly like an other very pr,y llr wm)ln , km.w much better. "You are her guardian, ao lo speak. Mr. Donovan. You are taking care of my Aunt pt , , Ju how that came about I don't know," Tu MB t-ONTINt'KIl ) |