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I , kiin .i.,:iid l,,r . in 11. but ii.it for ; 11,1, mill il.'lllal ot ll , I.I IH Mv ' Hut lliH nC III. ,,,i. Mr. Iliilluoi'k. I I I. .1,11.., I to tolloW till- I II I k IO tlllh ,oliii and I iiw " You i-iolinlilv .nv flint boiiiii lioiil ' iloun tin ro. that Ik my nhop Aa I ti'll you. I am a iiiiiIht of riitini'N. 1ln' bun'. I h.i,o. aoini. r.'iiiitiitloii- hon.-kt haiid woik, iitnl my output Ih llmltiul. I rl nil bo d -. ,ly ( lnmrlii.-, If you hum never In urd of llm lluitrl, kill.. ki-ll.. aliiHik hla head In mork grb-f. walked to a rnbiiri-iie nml tiHtk up a I'll'" nml flllnl It. II" o.ik canylnx off tin, hlluiitlon well, but hla rool ni-Mi iiiit;iT. i ion. Mr IliirirblKi., I nm norry tluil I miikl In lli vo Unit bi'ii tofoiii Mill have I n known iik llollnook. Tin- f.n I waa 1 l. iii li.'il for m. Ilil, ufternooii. iilltn lull-, aa I al. in.l In III" ialh be low there I beard iull illalluelly a youiiK womiin 1-11II ou faitier." "Ho7 Tin 'ii ynu'r.. an i-avekdroppi-r aa well aa a IreapiiBker! "- and the man liiiti'hi'd. "Wn will mlinll Hint I Bill both." I ftari'd, amcrlly. "Yon are ronalderale, Mr. Donovan!" Dono-van!" "The yniiiig wniiinn who railed you father nnd whom you anawercd Iroin I the diH-k of the hoiiM'buitl la a peraon 1 nnw - - "The devil!" He ralnily pufTed hla pipe, holding the ImiwI In hla flngera, hla Idle hand thruat Into hla trouaera porket. "It waa Mla Helen llollirook that I ii here. Mr. HarirlilK"." He atarted. then rerovered hlmarlf I and peered Into Hie plie bow l for a aeroiid: llien Imiked at nm with nn aiiiiiHiil amlle on hla fnre. "You n rliilnly have a wonderful tin agination. Tin. peraon you auw, If you aaw any one nn your Halt lo llieae premlaea today, waa my daughter. Koanllnd llnrlrliUe. Where do yuu think you knew her, Mr. Donovan?" "I aaw her tlila morning at HI, Agatha'a arhiHil. I not only any her. but I talked with her, and I am nelth ar deaf nor blind." He purard hla llpa ami atudled me. with hla head alliibtly Hilled In one aide, In a nml fnablon that I did not like. "Mather an odd place to have met Ihla Mlaa what name, did yuu any? Mla Helen llollirook; a rloked arhoolliouae, and that aurt nf thing " "You may euae your mind 011 that point; alio waa with your alaler, her aunt. Mr. Hnlbrook; and I want you to undrratiind that your following Mlaa I'ntrleln Holhronk here la In faiuoiia and Hint I have no other bual neaa but to protert her from you." He bent hla eyea upon me gramly and nm'. led rrvi . I tltnea. "Mr. Donnvuii." lie begin, "1 r. i-eai that I am not Henry llollirook. and my daughter - la my daughte'r. and not your Mlaa Heleu llollirook. Moreover. If you will go to Tltip.vanoe or to Annan, lule iin.l nk iibout me you will learn Hint I have been a realilent of Ihla roiiimunlly. winking at my tin, I,' that of a riinoe maker. TI1.1t abop down there by the rre. k und Ihla Iii'Iimv I built tmaelf." Hut the girl-" "Wua not Helen HolbriKik. but my diiliKhler. Itomillnd lliirlildge. Hhe haa bieii uwny at aehool, nnd rauie home only a w. ek ugo You are rl. ar ly mlHtuken; and If you will mil, ua you iiniloiibteilly will, on your Jllm llnllnimk at St. Aguibii a In 1I1.1 morn lln;. on will undoiibliilly find your young ludy there quite aaf.ly In iliarg.. i what wna Hie mime. Mlaa l'niili't:i llolliiiHik?-ln whoa.. (.-, .1 1 r you tuke ho pritifuwoithy an Inti rem " f wim tn r.ilng me iulli nn though 1 were 11 hi lipid aiiioollioy, but I r.il ll.'d kiiir.i leiilly to demand: "If you nre o pe.ii'i aliie and only a b latiiiuker here, will you i,. me why 1011 liaxe en iiiiea who are mi iinvloua to kill you.' I Imagine that luunler I mi 1 rnuiiiioii on the unlet flume of thi Utile ire. k. mi l that 1111 Italian aallor In not eluplo) e,l to kill iii.'U who li.oe not a at of nunc anil Ii, bind them." Ilia browa knit and I tin Jan under Mi kluirt In. ml Ilgl cd 111 en he aiiilli'd and threw hla pipe on the raluirclle. I have only your word for Ii Hint there'll nil llallun In Die wood pile. I l ave til. nda aiding the country folk here and lu the hike illlugea who run vouch fin- uiu. Aa 1 tun not In tUo , I Brought My Horaa to Vim aa I Neared the CotUae. b nt liiierekle.l In your affaire ; all not tioiii.ii. you for your rreib; m; but aa Hie hour la lule and I 1 I have anilklled yuu tbut wn b no m i iih I iilaiii lu roiumon, I w ml yuu good night. If you care for tut to earry you home " "Thank you, no!" I Jerked. Ho bowed with allghlly eingr rod eoiirtnay. walked to the dor md ibrew II open. Me naked ad,!1 A.I left my horae, wlahed me a pJ'Vm ride home, and I waa atrldlng u tha highway In no agreeable trim 0' mind before I quite realized that after narrowly eacaplng death on hla tiouio boat at the lunula of hla Faiiiilra. Henry Holbnmk bad not only arnt me away aa Ignorant na I bail rome. but had added coiialdcrubly to my per pleiitbe. CHAPTER VI. ' A Sunday'a Mlatd A ft a Ira. The faithful )M, upenrd the dir of tlleiiarui llouae. and after I hid awiillowed the aupper he alwaya had ready for me when I kept late houra. I eklalillkhed myai If In comfort on the terraeo and atudled tho aff.iln of lha houan nf HolhriHik until tha roMna rang up the dawn. On their lilit I went lo bed and al. pt until IJIina rame In at ten orlm-k with my col.-e. An old hymn rhlmed by the rhapel bella reminded me Hint It waa Sunday. Hervleea were held diirlng the mm-mer. mm-mer. an the hoinie aervanta Informed me, for the benefit of the rnttageri at I'ort Annan, lule; and wnlklng to our pier I am. 11 auw a tlmlllu f launchea and ranoea ateerlnx for HI. Agalha'a. I entered the achool grmin,l by the (llennriii gate and watched aereral amart trapa approarh by the lake road, drpoHliliiK other devout folk at 1 he chapel. . The klght of bright pnrii.iiU and llio,'l' h i.ow-1 Hi nil .,,!, Hugdr.y Hint bad fallen lu 11,1, ,,ulH, ,riW o( I In- world, na though out of the bright blue above. niii, n. lr, my evpeibnc,., f u, nl,M Al)1, 1"" "" " " "r "f the main (mil of ifd and fr,h rame Mlaa I'm. Helen llulhi.a.k and siller Margaret and a,u l01(aril rhapel ' ll waa Helen who greeted me drat. "Aunt I'at can t wlil,tu, , . tatlona nf 11 .lav like Hila Were cbiigilncd to think we i,,.Ver knew Ihla part nf Hi., world b.-foie' - "I'm kiire there la nu dang, r mid Mla I'at. amllliig at her own ',dlty ll khe gave me ,,.r hand thought bat hhe wUhed l ,,e.,k to n, ., but Helen Imgeted at , ,, ttd II W.l .he who i ,, ,;, tliat waa on her 11,11,1 n,,, "We me iii,,l , ,.,,.,, . y bliv. beiin! noihiiig Mr Ikunitan " "Nolhlng. Mi Holhronk.-' 1 ,id; and I tinned a,u t,,,,,, SUt, "! 1"' l "'U dirhciili to Helen. Who met my K.1 1l,u h . Illg can, 1. 1 And I look account of the gl, anew Ilk I Walked between her ll Mb,, I'at. ''",.! a tielll,,,) .,n. ,,r. 'auil.v.k un, u,ple .leniaH,. , . .Ii.,,,,,. ,,., r. 1 a iiiowii mil,- I 11,,,. , r, re hug ua. The open kkv. the frcl, air, , morn- lot.Untu ,, ,,, ,',, , vei'duouk eanh In n.,',.,.h, ave habbuth beiiedlnion 1 cl,.,., ,d all luy . ,k k I l,a ,,'l,a , p voice running , ,K ,ulll w(lh h.'r am... It ... , ,llll( , , m l .ee h. r tl.rouul, tl... ,u.k 0y tbu day b. f,e. Hanoroii,:,. rating L ber father, the foe of thin dear old lady who walked beside me. ll .i an Inipokhllilo thing; the thought wan iinrhlviilroiia ami unworthy nf any man culling hlnikclf gentleman. No one ao wholly beautiful, no one with her voire, her alendy tranquil eyck, could. I argued, do III. And yet I had awn and heard her; 1 might have tombed her aa aha eroaaed my path and ran down to the houaobont! Hhe wora today a white and green gown and trailed a green parnnol In a white gloved hand. Her ainall round hat with Ita aharply upturned hrlm Imparted Im-parted a new franktieaa lo her fare Heveral tlmea ahe looked at me quirk ly alio wna almoit my own height and there wua no qiieal Inning the per fee! honeaty nf ber aplendld eyea. "We hoped you might drop In yea-terday yea-terday afternoon." ahe anld, nnd my eara were ul once alert. "Yea." laughed Mlaa Cat, "we wen" "We were playing rheaa, mid allium! came In blnwa!" anld Helen. ' We played from lea to dinner, and Hlater Margaret really bad In come and tear ua away from our game." I had now learned, aa though by her own Intention, that had been at Ht Agatha'a, playing a harmleka game with her aunt, nt the very moment that I had Been her at the canoe-maker'a. canoe-maker'a. And even more ronrliislve waa the fart thai ahe had made Ihla atute-ment atute-ment before her aunt, and that Mlaa I'at had nrqub-aced In It. We had reached the churrh door, and I had really Intruded entering with (hem: but now I waa lu no frame of mind for church; I murmur! d an eg-cuae eg-cuae about having Icttera to write. "Hut Ihla afternoon we ahall go for a ride or kail, which ahall It be, Mlaa llollirook" I mi I it. turning tu MUa I'at In the church ixirch. Hhe rvcliaii;.'il glancra with llil' n before replying. "Aa you plume. Mr. Donovan. It might be that we ahould be aufer on the water " I wua relieved. On the bike there waa much leaa chance of ber being ole aerved by Henry Holhronk than In the blghwaya about Annundale. It waa. to be euro, a queatlon whether Ihe man I had encountered at the canoe maker'a wua really her brother; that queatlon waa allll to be Bottled. The preaence of (lllleaple 1 hud forgotten utterly ", but ho waa, at any rule, the leuat Important Im-portant figure In the little drama unfolding un-folding before me. "I ahull come to your pier with the launch nt five o'clock." I Buhl, and with lliaukk 1.111. inuring In my eara I turned away, went home and railed for my hone. 1 reH-ated my Journey nf the ulgbt before, making duyllght acquaintance with the highway. I brought my home lo a walk aa I tieared the canoe maker'a ma-ker'a cottage, and I read hla nign and the lettering 011 bk mull box nnd ,111 lulled nivHelf thai the name llarlrl.lre waa Imllnpuialily act forth on both. There waa no one In Bight; perliapa the nilienture and wtii-nlng of the night had cauaed llollnook to leave; but at liny rate I waa bent upon nk lug uboiit him In Tippecanoe vlllace. Tlila place, lylni! two mllea beyond tho inline muker'a, 1 found to be a alccpy timolol of perhapa ,M) 1011:1 ;ea. a country atnra, a pokt-tifbco, an, I a blackamlih ahop. There waa a water trough In front of the etore. und I dismounted to give my horse n drink w hile I went to the . .tla'e behind the I cloaed a' ore tu Uu ahDpkceper. I I found Mm In a garden under an apple tree H a ling a tiewapnper. He I win an old f 'Dow In apei-tarl, a. nnd. nil-inning thai I waa an Idler f 1 j the aiiruiiu r riilnnv, he greeted tne j emit teoiikly. I iiu. ktlone.l him na In I the rbnra ter of the wlntera In thla region. i".ke of Ho- einploytnriiia of the Ullage folk, then ni. iilli.ii. d thr i-ani'i. maker "Ye.; be worka the yenr round down then, on lb,. Tlpi.eenn.ie II II, j I bla i nnoea nil oyer Ihe country -ihe ; llaitrl.lg,.. ili.it k hi, naiin'. Yoii mint I have keen I, Ik rlgn tb.'ia by the re lnr lodge They nay ,u gel a big ptlnai for lil-i M.tio. k. ' ' I kii, .i,e ,.' nnilvi- In tine , parte?" I v. nt. i.e.l. j "N'.; but boa b. in here a good! while. I gue, ., iii.Ih .Iv knoiva win re he ruinea f.mii -or rana He woikil pretty haul, but I giie,, he llk. k It " "lle'a nn Imliiktiloiik niiin, la he?" "nit. Ile a a ktoudy worker; but be'a a queer kind. i.ki. Nuw, he never v ntl !. never gma lo churrh; and for Ihe a.ike of Ihe argument, neither do I "and Ihe old fellow winked pm.llgioiikly. "Hoa a mighty odd man; but I run't Bay that tlmt a ngalnat him. Hut he'a quiet and peara-alile. peara-alile. and now hla daughter-" "Iih. he haa n daughter?' "Yea; and Hint a all he haa. ton; and they never have tiny vlkltnra. The daiiithier Jiiat come home the other ilny. and we uln't bnrilly keen her )ot. Shea been nway nt aehool." "I kiippoko Mr. Hmiildge la nbaent koineHiiiek; be doPkii'l live down there all III" time. 1I0.M he?'' "I ran t any that I could prove It; koiiieiimea I don't aoo him for a . Hi or more; but hla hii,lucka Ik bla own. atranger." ho concluded, pointed point-ed I r. "You think Hint If .Mr. Iliiilrlilgo bud a vlaltor you'd know ll?" I per-alated, per-alated, though the abopkeeper grew Icke amluhle. "Well, now, I might; and aguln I mightn't. Mr. llnrlrlilge la a queer man. I don't aea him cve-y day, and particularly In tha winter I don't heap track of htm. With a Utile leading tho atorekeepei dekcrllied llnrlrlilge for me, and hll dearrlptlon milled exactly with tha man who had caught mo on Ihe canoe-maker'a canoe-maker'a premlaea the nlghl before. And yet. when I had Ihnnked tha atorekeeH.r and ridden on through the village, I wna aa much befuddled aa ever. There waa aniiiethltig decidedly Incnngruoiia In the Idea tluil a man who waa, by all auperllclal algna, at leaal a gentleman, ahould be eatah-Untied eatah-Untied In the bukliteka of making ranoea ra-noea by tho aide of a lonely creek In thta odd rnrner of the world. From the atorekeeper'a account, Hurtrldge might bo ahaenl from hla retreat for long perloda; If he were Henry Hoi-brook Hoi-brook and wlahed to annoy hla alater, It waa not ao fur from thla lonely creek to Ihe Connecticut town where Mlaa Put lived. Again, aa to the daughter, daugh-ter, Jual home from achool and not yet fnmlllar to the eyea of the village, ahe might eaally enough lie an Invention Inven-tion lo hide lha vlalla of Helen Hot-brook. Hot-brook. I found myaelf trying lo account ac-count for Ihe fact that, by antne menna khort of tho mlraruloua, Helen llollirook llol-lirook had played cheaa with Mlaa I'ut at Ht. Agatha'a nt Ihe very hour I had aeen her with her fulher on the Tip-IH'ranoe. Tip-IH'ranoe. And then I wna baffled aguln na I remember. d that I'iiiiI Stoddard Stod-dard had aent the two wonieu to Ht Agatha'a. and I hut their domination could not hr.vc been chuarn by Helen Hnlbrook. My thoiigl'.ta wandered Into many blind alleya ua I rode on. I wua thoroughly thor-oughly dlkgiiated with myaelf at Uniting Unit-ing the liHine enda of the llnlbrooka' uffulra multiplying ao rapidly. Tha aim nf noon ahone hot overhead, and t turned my borne lino a roiol that led homeword by the enatern ahore of tho lake. Aa I approached a Utile country church at the crown of a long hill 1 aaw a crowd gathered In Ihe highway and reined n.y bori.e to aoo what had happened. The congregation of furtueri and their faiulllea bad Junt been dla-mlHaed; dla-mlHaed; and they were pienklng about a young man who atond In the renter of au culled Hi rung Drawing rimer. I wna aiiia.il to tlnd my friend till-lekple till-lekple tho renter of ut 1 111 1 Ii in "Hut. my dear air," cried a lull, beaidnl 11 111 n whom I took to be tho mlnlkter of Ihla wuyaldu flock, "you miiHt at leaat tlvu ua Ihe privilege nf thanking you! You cannot know what Ibla ana lo us, u gift an niiinlllceut an fur beyond our dn atna " Whereat Cillleaplo looked bored, book hla head, and tried In fore hla way through Ihe eiiclicllng rumb a. He waa rind In u Norfolk Jn. Uet ond kiilrkerbockera of fantustlc plaid, with a rap to match. A young fiiin.r. lu ting my rurloally und hciivy with great newa, wblaperrl to me; "That boy In short pnnta put afl.Oii) bill In the collection basket. All In one bill! They llioughl II waa a mil take, but be tutd our prciubur It maa a free gift.' I TU ll'l I'llNTINCKD ) A Large Supply. Culler "I nm cnllecilng for tho roela' hosiitul. Will you coulrlbuta something?" lMltor "With pleamire. Call around tonight with an ambulance and I'll tiuve koine porta peady. |