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Show flsERIAL I ..- - THEdl I SMUGGLER n n ; ELLA M1DDLET0N :j TYBOUT jj ;i lUtutratiou by Ray WJtert S SYNOPSIS. Thrse ma - Kllsalxth, Oul.rl11 and Flla- start! for ransila to ei-ii, the sununt-r llisre on UwN stsnmrr th-y Wat. frlcM--n-.it t.y an aarntly tl.-ni.-nt. d alruuser, a he. nmtins a hs brimming In en of ihrni. took .-J,,, i, In a.-ru-tlntllng a ihnto of lh Itlo. Hilar al.ar-.l h-r iHtrH.rti with a Mr llritlmni. also iKIUIIil for I'silltrla. Tha yoilOK Wiitl,n on a a.sl.l.,-1,,, lour met Mr. tlraliaut. ami. ....! ewalllh lr l.nat.an.l wlm l.a.l mania for ending Tli.-y ioth ttiin,-duc-.l to l.. rj Ullirld .i,.f ljt.lv I:. tnh A cuttiiae by Hip u. sun was r.-rtl.-l by the trio for the surmti.-r KltslM.n that friend of hr fatli. r a was to rail -Two n.-n rulla.l on. f t !..- rs-ltta tha- iiufvr-Mi-llnif elpttisi-r on Hi. t"mw. Thr elrls wr "not l limns." Iut til. tvi.rd l,v tlx i nr. In I. ft that ,m-of ,m-of II, a tn.n was Klls-tts-ili s f-tlli.-r's frl'ml. Ths man pniml In tat J..l.n f KlaKa anil llonlon llniiall. A ... of Vfllow , air from Mr ilisham'a p i. a-l f. II lulu lli. Iian.la of Kl.a- Mr. tint, l.atn'a hair ana I. Iit.lt. Iiity K.lllli I . I . I h. girl a of a robin ry of J.m la al II.. I. .11.I. I Vail in for lb. aaf.ly of lor own me. l. Irfi tli.in In a a,.f. al tlio r.n-las-a Mr llonlMii ll..ih.l ana r..i-rly llitrorfui oil. cikiilnln.il Ma ici.-er n- Hone, r.l.it.i.-.1 11. I- .1 ,n ami I..I.I f nival, rl-t.tia rl-t.tia tl.ilngs of a y.nr t.. r..r.- i oiiii.'i l.il with Hi. ...U.K.- Kil i Hi. cellar. OO. Of III. Kill. r..l, .,, ,,, . lift hut. tun. tlio .in. i i i.iini. r..iri of ol.i.h l.nh Oonli.n II. iin. lt ami l.i-lv IMIili .-r- oin. ... i.lao l:ll... .. ... il.iri..l th. crll.tr. ot.rl....irlna a comer-.hIImIi comer-.hIImIi Hit. between M.iiv . nil. .net a tniiii. II.- ir.o.. t l. .r ...ii. .lii.rK.-.l wllh miiiil.r. I'M. yn.ina a n ne..., In K.. p Hi. ... r. l l,ii,lr ll.lltli li.l.l n alory of a loal Iom. I mi... Hon with II. .- liln k.-v. Klla. nml ilni.l .n II..H-li.H II..H-li.H ili.. ov..r. A l.n.lv K.lllh an. I Ml Hiu- """. "' ll.l.lnvlnic n linrvi.l ImiiiIoii. ...I.., Al ii aiipir I.I. It an. I.. 1. 1 on tl. r.ka l:lliiil..i b r.illi.r tut.-ti.rloii.l tut.-ti.rloii.l I...I li.-r tltia,', vau.li.it a a.arrlt ty Hi, .nilr. ii.triy. CHAPTER Xl-Contlnuid. II ana a vary bxaulifiil aorl.l. ttio. Ihn aim annk alowly out tif al-jht. Inavluit the hravrnt tlntrd with arnr-let arnr-let and kuIi!, fndlnn hore and there to ambor and alcat pink, and we In-atlnrtlr.ly In-atlnrtlr.ly grew allcnt while watch-tn- H. Finally Mr. Dennett touchfd me on Ibe houldnr. "Iok." he aald. I turn.d In the dlrectlun be Indicated Indi-cated and naw a Utile iklff undur full all, hraillna fur the npen iva. The white ranvaa Rlramed roilly pink In the itiniot (low, and we could o the nmire o( a man allhiHirlir.il aualnit the tky. A (reih hrere had apriina up and the boat cut tbrounh the wavee. now cani-nlnn. to one aide until un-til the aalli im-'med to dip In the wa-txr, wa-txr, now righting Itx'lf and dnrilnx forward ai thouab exulting In In dun-gt'roua dun-gt'roua freedom. 8tndlly onward It went, and ai I watched It Mr. (!ra-bam'a (!ra-bam'a aong returnnd to me. A I moat unconarloualy I rvpeated a few llnoa: "Wh.ra th. fnr-awny dim horlcon Tutu-lira lha inl.t-notiiid a.a. Th.r. Il.lh an t'ltknown Klnmlnm Wllh Ha aataa ajnr for m. " "Yea," anld Uordun lli-nurtt, adding after a moment, "it la Graham, you know." 1 contradicted til in at once, acrurc In my superior knowledge. "Oh, no! Mr. Graham la at home. aw him tlili afternoon and he iniil Mr. (Iraluim wan far from well. He la with her, of courae." 1 roee ai I ajinko, for It waa time to ko home, and Mr, Dennett man alao. He looked at me In a puzzled, Incred-tiloua Incred-tiloua aort of way and oure or twice aeemed about to apeak, hut thought better of It. Aa we wulked towurd Mr. Dlake I remembered Ibe ahudnaa and my fright of the pievloua night. I begun to tell hint alniiit It, but a Kleum of gold ciiimhl my eyo nml 1 aw he aua weurlng the aciirf -pin with the H.hiuv a lieml. Kiir .tuiio reumin tbo alKbt of tlila pin chucked the wi.hU on my llpa and a feeling of dlatruat roiu In my heart, totally iiiiJuatlMuhle. I Mr. Illakii Jolnetl iih and we walked lowly home III alienee. Interrupted only by occaalonul perfunctory ro- mnikn. I waa coiihcIuiih of a return of my former duprea.liui, iil.o of an liiclliiiitliin to bo very dlaugreeulile Indeetl rhould any one give me the allKhie.t provocation. IVrlmpa my compniiloni realized thla, for at the turn of the pnth they aald giKid by and went on to tho village, vil-lage, Having mo to return to tbo cottage cot-tage alt , Kar In the dlxtatice I auw a womun a figure I tbtiugbt might be Gabrlvllu coming home along the hore, und I decliletl to wait for tier. Ro I went around to our little slip. Intending to alt upon the ledge until ahe arrived. .Much lo my tiirpriae, 1 found It already occuplod. for Mra. t Ornliuni lilt, or riilber cniiii hi-d. upon ,"v1 the ledge mulllcd In n thick ahawl. yi lK r thin hamla were claapHd o tlgbt- 1y togeiher that the velna tood out like corda and the knucklea were blue ? and prominent. Although It wai evl "i dent from her absorption Ihut she had I not heard me approach she diHpluyed j no surprise when 1 sat down beadle '! her and when I spoke she unawerud as j I though I had beeu thore all the tluio. 1 Th sun I ail quite set now and the sky waa grny find leaden. Tile wind ! blew sharply from the e.iat. bringing with It a penettating chlU whlih mnde me shiver In spite of myself, "Mini Jim li. it belter go hnme" I nmjisled Surely It Is lint also fur ton iii alt lu te ' In ri fly -he rai.e.) her bund and pointed toward the ocean He Is nut theie." ' -Mr. titahain?" "Yea." tlonloii lit-nneit had been right, and this aaa the way Mr Graham looked after his Invalid alfe. I tried not to show the Indignation I felt as I thanked her for the rusts, ami asnln mtM-'.-r-ti'.l she would he better a' . home. "Hoses" she repented "till. )e It waa Harry's bleu: be Is altvnta so thoiightriil I hope you liked thorn ' "I do not consider It very thoughtful to leave you like this." The winds sprang to my Hps and I regretted them as stain as they were uttered. "I fold hltn to go." Hhe was at once on the deft naive. "Mm would have slaved with me If I hud asked him. 1 wanted him to go. Hut, oh" Hhe collapsed again and shivered j convulsively. I "The skiff Is so little and the ocean ! Is so big." ' "He goes so often 1 should think . you would be accustomed to It." I four my voice was not very ytn-1 ytn-1 pathetic, but, as (Inbrlelle suld, there were times when Mrs. Graham Jarred one's nervous system. Hhe was look . log straight at me now with an ei ; preaaton of terror In bur large dark eyes. ! "Often," she whispered; "often? Ah. you don't know! Hey or night when I the fancy takes possession of him be ; has to go; he says he cannot help It. , Luat night and to-night." "Last night!" I ejaculated. "You ; don't mean to suy he left you lust ' night?" ; Hhe Immediately stllTeued. resenting I the Implied criticism. "There waa no reason he should . not. I was all right as soon as I got ' to bed. He was restless and wakeful ! and I did not need attention. It was . best be should go. I waa quite com-I com-I forfahle ut home." I CJnMo comfortable! I could Imagine the thlu ttlill.i face upon tint pillow, i with (tightened eves staring Into the darkness hour after hour throughout -rr' - ',!" Ground It Under His Heel. the long night, and It was not my Idea of comfort. I uttered an Impulsive ejaculation of sympathy, but ahe checked me with some dignity and remarked re-marked that she thought she would tuke my advice anil go home. "I shall be all the better for a cup of tea." sho said. "Isn't It curious how depressed one gets when one Is cold and tired." 1 watched her frail figure walk languidly lan-guidly In the direction of her house and know that the tea, even If she drunk it, would bring her no comfort. Hevcittl times ahe stopped and looked behind her and looked out over the expanse of water toward the far horl-son. horl-son. I knew she was looking fur the little skiff I had seen bounding su joy-oiisly joy-oiisly over the waves, and when she resumed her walk, her Ihln shoulders drooping und her head bent upon her breast, I felt the ctuiieuipi for Harry (imhuiti which something In his per-sonulliy per-sonulliy prevented me from feeling whin lie huh actually present. I was very glad when ll.ihrlelle Joined urn and my thoughts could be dlverlcd lino niiothi r iliitnuel. I saw ut onco tbut her urtortiooti had not bo. n a success und sho was anxious to tell mtt about It. "Will," situ began, slipping her hand through my arm, "I've hud the funtilfMt experience. I'm glu.l my brother Is not recovering from un nines ni-nes that left him with a crook In his temper." It seemed she hud gone to jny Killlh's sitting room ut the hole! Kor the fumphclls had taken a suite), and Hulling her uli.no hud presented the rosea and hud a cozy little chat, us well as a cup of tea, which sho found very cheering. "And then." continued Gubrlell. "Just as I was about to come home 1 heard some one go Into I-ady Kdith's bedroom and slain the door. Hho got up quickly and then Hat down again and 1 saw she looked worried. Then I heard a smash of china and some-body some-body swore yes. nti'l swore hard, too. I didn't know whether to get up or sit still and. of cour, I did the wrong thing; 1 sut still and 1 ought to have gona out; 1 knew that later." "Well, what happened?" "In a inlnuin tho door between the rooms wits flung open and Lord Wilfrid Wil-frid murehed in, so angry ha never saw me And. oh. Klin-, bis arms were fil l of roses" "llo,e:" "Yes. red roses. Iozeiis of them They weie mure than he could carry and fell on th" ll.-.r all round him. and whenever he saw one on the carpel car-pel be stepped on It." "What"" "Yea. he did. and ground It under his I I. I iti bi-Kan to say something, too. In a hlii.letlng sort of war when l.ndy Kdith Interrupted him. Sho sttmd In front of him, very tall and straight, und looked directly at hltn. She aald: Mlfild. we are not alone ' Her head 1 was very high In the nlr, and 1 never I saw her look so lovely; I felt awfully sorry for her. too. tor I think her pride , miiHt have suffered " i "What happened then" ' "Well, then he saw me and I certainly cer-tainly wished I was not there to he seen -and muttered something. And then he dumped those glorious roses on the II. sir and rang the hell. 1 trlef to talk pleasantly while we were wait lug for Ibe boy to come, but honestly tha whole room seemed full of red rosea, I never saw such flowers In my life, and I couldn't think of a thing to say. When tho hoy came Lord Wll frld said: 'Take that trash and throw It out.' and he gathered them up and went off. "J.ord Wilfrid went off. ttvo. Urn ld something civil to me about having sailed about In the sun until he had a horrid headache and the scent of the roses was Intolerable. Dut you know he didn't have to smell them, for he could have stayed In hla own room He scowled at his sister as h left tha room and I think she Is dread fully worried about hltn. Hhe la going to get a ditrtor from the city, for she doesn't think this air agreea with him." "I wonder what can be the matter with him." I speculsted. "Perhap hs Is threatened with brain trouble. 8ht seems to be so careful of blm, and lh leusl things excite him." "1 couldn't help wondering where so msuy exipilaltn rosea came from." said Gubrlelle. "for flowers are hard to got hen-, you know. Ijidy Kdlih said her brother had never been able to endure the odor of roses, but I noticed that the white ones w sent dlil not seem to excite hltn at all. In fact, 1 don't think he saw them. What sort of a time did you have?" I told her about my afternoon as we mounted tho steps leading to th cottage, and we agreed that wa were very glad our own families were mere ly commonplace and possessed nc highly wrought Invalids to be watched and guarded. The cottage was brightly lighted, and Kllzsbeth stood In the dtxtr to welcome us. A metamorphosed KHz-beth, KHz-beth, absolutely radiating happiness and arrayed lu her red dress, which she only wears whsn sh feels especially espe-cially cheerful. "Wher hive you been?" ahe t" claimed. "1 thought you would new come home." Hhe seised our bands and drsggel us Into the living room. "l.ok!" sh cried, her third finger estended. And there waa th marqulto ring, Hi even rubles shining In the bright light, and Its diamonds twinkling ecstatically. ec-statically. I TO Htt CONTINt'KIM |
