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Show 7 SERIAL V Ut ST"Y cvj OTIlELZl SMUGGLER By .j ELLA MIDDLETON I; TYBOUT s ;i llluitration by Ray Wallers : SYNOPSIS. Tl,r B'rl - Kllialwlli. Ilal.rlall ami I--I-.- .Ii.t.-.l f,.r I a , ,n I a I" m-ml II." a.,iu,.-r II.. ir iiii I. .... I al.ion.-r II, .-y W.I.- f r i 1,1 . ,. .1 .v ... ,..,r-.,,! ,1.110 ul-,l ul-,l strai.s-r. mi... llti.tu-a a l4 l-l-i,tti to on of II, em. I....k h)..u I III r.i- I Hulling ii I I.. ,. Ihr mo. kino alisr.d lirr alut.-t.H.iii Willi u Mr. Ilialiiim. also I...MH.I Ii.r i '.in n. hi Th young w,mti un ..nM-.-l,, r II. "I Mr. Ilrahilln. .tix .H ,. ,11 , a ti.t I, ,,.iHi.l who h.l in .in. f--r iilhii( Th.-v wr Inlr.. du.l I I.01.I Wilfil.l ,m.l li,lv ll-llth A cull. Iv Ih iK'Mn ,! l.nl.,1 l-y th trio f..r in in, m. t. Klitil--lli piri,',l Unit a frl.il .,( I,T lath, re waa 1.. .all T.. iii.ii cll..l ...... ..f Iti-ni t-lne II." ,,i.r ,i. in atranr ..n th ..unir. T,., Kirln wr 'n-u al h--iti." I.l illa,-avrd bv III rnr-la l-ft that ti i.l th in. II waa rllliih-tli lalh.-rt frlli.l. Th" noli proved In ! J.,t,n I'. ICii.k.- and II. it. I. ii ll.mi. tt A wisp "f y.llow hair ri .iii Mr ilraliaiiia li'l Ml Int. . Hi. hanla ..f l:n.". Mi. ilia I, am . h.lr was hlai . laolv t ilth 1.11 tli lrl i.f a ml. I ry uf liwl at II, h,,tl. l'.-arlt,g f.ir ll, aaf.-iy uf ti-r i,n iii., .1." lift Hum In a ant at th Inl. Mr llot.l.ili ll.nn.-ll N. ,r,,.rlv Inlrn.lil. t. rtplullii-.l hla nn.T a.-llon.. relumed ih I. .I has ami told of niyatsrl-nua niyatsrl-nua .lolna ! a y.-or l."f.,r ...III,.. I-.I vlt Ii II, cntliis.- Kx,l,,rlt,ic th i "liar, on i,f th sola foiimt a .phlnt . nit l.ui-.,n. l.ui-.,n. th ..- I r.,,,ii,. r.,,rl i,f whl. n l-.ili ri.ir.1on II.,, .,"11 an, I Isilv K.lllh "r found t.i ....... .I KM-. al,,n. .l.r-.l th ..liar, overhearing a ronv.-r-.rill. .11 thrra l,.-lwn Miry Ann and a mini Hi proved li h l.r a-n. cliarg.l with muril.r. Th yiuma win. n na I to kr. Ih a.-, ret. I..ty Hrtiih I..I.I a n.ry i.f a I...I l,.v In ...in l wllh th aphlna k"y KIU ml H"t,l, 'i li. ii-li"tt ii-li"tt ill.. ..r..l Iji Iv K IHIi ami Mr urn-ham. urn-ham. Ih" lallar illa.lui In a In.ii "I...I. tinrilnn vol, At a hui-i-t a hi.'h lil.l on Ih r.-ka ,i;iliul..-ih rallo-r nn-trloii.ly nn-trloii.ly lo-t hr rltiat. audita- a .nr.-l, liv tin- nllr ,arly Mi. iltahuin I..I.1 1. of hr hul I'a mania fr .alllna at nil hour, of Ih" ,liiv ami main lla- ,rlrl, U ,-.. .1 a .tolll.V "II" iH-IWn-ll l..,lv K.lllh ami l-"r.l Wllfrhl. r.-l r I l,.ln Ih ran. of th lalt.r'a an.r Mury Ann hrouaht tin, k Klli.ito-ih a rltiK, CHAPTER XI. Contlnutd. "It mi Mtiry Annw.'' ahn anlrl. In aniiwi-r In our qm-allimi. "lati't ilio ' the tlr-nrcat udl Ihlnn? To think of hnr aim ily motltiK ninnil aniunit llio naka until alia found It! And aha voultln't litka penny of raward. I think I n-ully hurt hnr faallniia wht-n 1 trlml lo Inaim on It. 1 novnr win an Kind lo get anyllilnu In iny Ufa. fur you know how I viiIiihiI Hint rltiK." "Whin did ahe llnil It?" I Imiulrrd. "I ImvH Juat coinu hack from thr rorka." Hut Kllmlii'lli win itbnva infra da- "II dia-aii'l nifi'liT whi n aim fnund It ao long aa It la hero." alio aalil. "anil dinner la raaily. I fi-el hungry onuiinh , In i-.it the liihli'i liith." So h went lo dinner mnl ware aerveil by -Mury Anne, whom wo en h commit Hinted In turn, niul 1 Innlaleil upon her ileHrrlliitiK Hi" ry apot where aim found the ring. "Sure. Mlaa Kline." ahe mild. "It down on litem ria-ka whi re I apn-ad yer U ,i r lliat hilthl. Ilelweell two atonos It wna. and Ilka n not jrou walked over It lime anil iikhIii, lie thankful now ihul It'a 'ere niul don't warrlt yur.elf 'ow I 'aiipened to pick up litem purtlculnr alont-a." "Thnt'a true philiiioihy," aurni-il (ia-brlellii, (ia-brlellii, "and anyhow let'a tnlk aliout aoinelhliig clue. I waul lo loll Klliu-beth Klliu-beth about Lord Wilfrid and the Tne." CHAPTER XII. "Of roume." mtld (innlon llennetl. "you know your own ulTal m heal." "I itm Klitil you have cniiiu lo aurh A aeiiHllile roiii'luHlnn." I replied, leaning lean-ing oer llie edge of the hunt mid trailing trail-ing my hand In I ha waler, alihough I knew mu'ti mi ail Ih nlwav. Irrliuilng to the one who iniiulpuluiea I lie aall. "And no doubt you think 1 m a vary fro nil mirl of a rliup." II tirenerved an oHientRtlinia alienee. "I am nnaweie.l." he anld, with a vexed IhiikIi; "fnund guilty on my own Indli'linenl. Hut I hoped you would not agree ao uniam-rveilly." 1 wiped my hand n my hanrtker-chlof, hanrtker-chlof, apieaillng Iho Inner lo dry In the aun, and looking out to Willi apparent iiliMirptlon In Ihn horUon. "One ear and one aide of your fuee are very red. U It aunlinrn or wrath?" "The aun l hot." I replied, with alar rlty. "I'eihit, wo had heller go home. Will you meer for the ilmni?" "Not on your life! I'vn got you out here now, and I Intend to keep you. You are powurle.a. inailem-olnelle." inailem-olnelle." I knew I wna. and rageil Inwiii.lly Wa had been ripondlng the morning on tho water, a not Inlreuiienl oreur-renre oreur-renre of late, and mull the liilrniliie-Hon liilrniliie-Hon of a certain tiiiforlunata topic 1 hail enjoyed myaelf Itiiiueinily; for the day wan perfeclluit. and my companion com-panion thoroughly utnliratood the matiugenii-nt of hla boat, aa Wttll an the art of being agreeable. The cnnverailon hal aomehow liified lo the robbery at the hotel, and 1 had llioiighllekiily mentioned the ate lu our dining room und Lady IMMh'a Jem-la repimllia therein for priilei lli n lie ha. I protested im dnal our ioouimthi; sim h a re.ponitillMy. nn, I mi;, -,t their Hiiini .llule n-.uin to loir owior. which p-opmltlon I rle i-!lni-, to con-.nl.-r, aiol Hie aiminn-ni I wined hoi. ending with an en.iluiii, i ,i-.or'..n on hla p,ir that we ah, nil, 1 riot I,., allowed to l-mo home amt.n l:h-.iit n Kit.it ilian Thl. had l-i n !.e last alinw. ami I ha.l replied nb an a-perliv whh h riilled for the re mark at the Ih kIiiiiIi-k of Ihl i-lLtpti-r Look here." he ream I. firmly "I'm not c--!ni! to l.aek down on one wind I have d. hill I III roriv If .,'. an- aiiitiy nhoui It. I think ou don I lillte iltideryiand my mnllve." 1 l.ot ua talk uf onii-llilng elao. Mr IS-ntu-tt." Hut llati-ti. Ml.a Kllae lly your own admlnaion. ou ri ally know iiolhlng whatever ahoul Iheae people" "You fotget ihni the) are older frl. tida than yout.eif. after all" "The aetiernl naked me In call; olh erl-e I nhoiild not have ventiited lo Intrude." Ilia milliner waa decidedly ailff. and he Jerked the tiller reaeni fully ; aa we changed our coin ye In w ili re.poti.e. a atnotheted eM-liiltlal loll t-aiaiied in K ii t ri ft iii y will, for Ihe ln-.it caieeneil alai inlnitH. "Iiont be frlghti-ned." lie anld. for gelling hla irrlmtlnn. "I won't tipael , you." "I'm not frightened." "And don't quarrel with me any , more. I won't have my morning .polled by any confounded Kngll.h-man." Kngll.h-man." "It waa a womnn," I inurtniired. "not a man." Wa both laughed, and by rouimon con.enl let the matter drop for the time being, for' I waa unite willing to reaunie the Inry, delightful, ininn raderta Into which hud drifted, and to banlah unpleaaant auhjecia which might Inlerfere with It. Ho wa talked or were alleut aa Ihe plrlt moved, while the white rapped wave, lapped agalnat tho boat, and the water datired In Ihe (untight, wllh coo! green .liudowa hero and there, dii-p and unfathomable, aa .lindowi ahould ha when the ocean Ilea beneath litem. "lo you know," he anld, at Inat, "Ihut I have In my po.aua.liin aome thing belonging lo you?" "Ili," I auld. with what I flattered CaSDaaaaa)BBakjBaaaBaaVBaBVBBaa)am "Wa Muit Go Home," I Bald Slowly. myaelf waa fine Indifference, "I think you muni be mlataken. 1 havo not butt anything." 1 waa bareheaded, for I liked to feel the wind blow through my hair, and aa It curled naturally I waa rum forlnbly certain that my iiemouul appearance ap-pearance would not bo endangered by o doing. 1 wlahed, however, Hint my lint waa firmly pinned upon my held aa he leaned forward and looked at ma, hi. blue ayea laughing, and a dimple In hla cheek very appaieni. I aluayn thought dlmplea ao out of plnca on a man porhapa hecauae I have none myaelf and alwnya wanted them. "Why aren't your aldat'omba matea?" ha Inquired. "Hecauae 1 Ilka them heat Ihla way:" I tried to .peak rareleaaly, hut hla laugh waa ao aponlancoua and merry thai I guvn up all effort at prelenae and Joined In heartily, "When are you going to give It back lo me?" I aakeil. "Not yet," he .aid, auddenly aerloua. "I mum r ati urn It In my own way, and I tin not think tho time hua come, do you?" Hul I did not answer, for I felt my face grow Ktiddenly hot, and aoinu tlmea one ha. nothlug to Bay when one moat ilo.lrea to apeak. "We mint go home," I auld, alowly. "The morning haa quite goua. Take me In, plea.e." Thl. time he made no objection, but headed for the .bore, and aa we approached ap-proached the little allp he turned wllh an evident effort and uddreaaed me .nherly. "Ml.. l-:ile," he anld, "at the rlak of off, -tilling you again, 1 uitiat lay Homeilitiig more." "Don't," 1 entreated; "It 'a not worth while don't .poll the morning. You know you auld you did not want to do Hint." (live buck that box to her Lady Kdlih. If you do not, you will certainly cer-tainly regret It. Hut If you won't, In .pile of what I tell you, for hi aven'. nuke don't mention It to any one a. you did to in I Ii i morning to the Craliiiina, for ltmtnuce, or uuy one at all." "I am not likely to any anything," I returned, atllfly. "I very much re gret having mentioned It to you. lly Hie way," I continued, "I qultu forgot Houielliltig Important. At hunt, It In Important to nn because. I am cn-rioua. cn-rioua. Whoie did you get your ecarf pin'.'" "My acnif pin?" Ills hind liiviilmitiit lly .ought hit thiiMit. bui he w.ia wearing a negligee lull mid aof I allk tie. oh. I don't moan lo.lay. The !i htlixe held, vou know. Ill dull go.fl. ; W brio did It come from?" It was a ate, pie enoilKh question. --tld one en-Ill llll.wereil. hut Hordoll I Ii. mo -ii iti.,.-i deep red beneath hit tun .no! hioiiKht the bunt tip b.-.lde tin. silp In Mlvnce. "Won- I In tet.i'lntion for bl M-ral.tenr In ! the tii i'ier of the Jewel. I waa deter-! deter-! ll.ltie.l to l-r.-sa the ipl.-allon. now Dial I aaw be wUlod lo avoid a reply. . "My pin" oh. tea, I remember. I'm 1 glad ou liked It." Tin not a, no I III,.-, I II; It Inter " hi ?" "Oh. 1,,-ianae I- did I would Ilka to know where ton ,,-t It." "Well - I found It." "Where?" .U-ain a pmi.e. and nitriln Hie bl.iod mounted to hi. fin e "Where did ion llnd II? 1 would really like to know " "111 Ihe .(recta of New York." Ilia eiet tetii'd iii iii, et mine, and I knew 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v 1 thai he lied; al.o that he reallri-.l I knew II. I .aid no more, but .topped out on the .lip with an unpleasant tightening of the musclea of in y throa( and m cttrloua .en.ntlon thai everything waa allpl-lng nwny from tne. ' Hood by." 1 .aid, dully, aa I reached llu, lep.. and he i ils.-.l hla rap In alienee. al-ienee. At the top I paused mid li.'ked hark, for I thought I heard my tiatne. He .at batehended In the .tern of hla bonl, gaging after tne. hut made no effort to altrnct my attention nor to follow me ashore, .o t decided t waa nilatn'acu and he had nut called me. I wished he had. I wanted to go back and n.k hlin to explain, but pride for bade, and I re.utncd my walk to the hou.it wllh my bend a. high In the air aa I could get It. hoping to Impre.a Ii 1 in with the dignity of my exit and general air of froaty disapproval. Kllzahoih railed to me aa I paaacd Ihe door of her room, where aha waa reputing luinrloualy on her couch, book In hand. "Hid you have a good time?" aha Inquired, with Intereai. "No." I returned, briefly; "horrid." "1'hat'a loo bad. And oh, look at your noac! How did you ever get ao burned?" Kllrnbelh haa a atialght little note which la my envy aa welt aa my admiration, admi-ration, and the la alwnya very careful lo guard It from too Intimate an acquaintance ac-quaintance wllh Ihe aun, ao I knew her i xclnniiitlon wna orca.lonod by genuine aympathy. Neverthele.a, I re-fuaed re-fuaed her offera of rold cream and other fl rat alda to the complexion rather rath-er ungratefully and went on to my room, where ahe promptly followed fol-lowed tne. "Did Mr. Ilennett ear anything about tonight?" ahe a.ketl, aa aha aealed herself on (be fool of the bed. "No; why ahould he?" "You don't mean to lay you have forgotten?" "Korgotien what?" "Kllae, aiimetltnea I think you muat he In love or, rather, I ahould think ao were It any other girl. Ik n't you know Ihnt we give a dinner lo-nlght? Our very flrat formal effort, to cele brate Ijidy Kdllh'a birthday?" I turned, brush In hand, and atared at her. I had Indeed forgotten, although al-though our menu for the occa.bin had I n dl.fiiHNod nnd our totleta decided upon that morning at breakfaat. "And lhat'a why t wua concerned aboul your ttiiae," continued Kltxabetb cheerfully, "and your neck, too, for that nintler, for uf courae yon muat wear an evening gown, and we all wuut lo lix.lt well. You had renlly belter bel-ter try the cold cream and other aluff." This llino I did not refute, for I had a tne, mil vision of my face, aa the Klaaa ri'imrted It, rising from Ihe delicate del-icate luce of my while frock, und the plcitre tlld not plea.ii me. So I apent the nf lei noon In anoint lug my unfortunate unfor-tunate countenance, and reflecting upon the frnlltlea of man thinking of him na a apeclef rather than aa a pur-Hoiiallty, pur-Hoiiallty, and determining In let him severely alone In the abttract, even while ineilllntlng upon u proper courae of discipline for the Individual. ITD III; t'ONTISI'KD I |