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At III- l.m .1 t..l U ofll.'a ll.l.n nn n .x,.. I.v ! "in. all.r-.l n .11 ,rt ,,i.. II,,. I ,i,,. ,,f II- lliil- fe Ian a.H .r H' - i.i.i. m.i,il..l 1,-r f,m,.-r Ml.a I'.it atl I.,, .v.iii -I 'Mk In" II,-l II,-l . nrnu I i,i.ii, la.lv r . ,,tlln lj VI. a II. I, n IL.tlir,-!. ,i ..I..-IM , 1 In a n -. l,.n ll.l.n ,,. II till I,. J l,i.v.' I,...n nt hum... ...nnti mat (111 I l-ai.ta. 1 CHAPTER XlU-Contlnunl. ' "T. niyat-lf." lit. rnhlllnii'il, liil.lllR ft rhnir nt'iir tut. nml iluclim tiln (fi'l In nn opi-n wliulnw, "am rursnil with rticiril hi-nllli. I hnvit quilt. ri'toviTi'tl f rrtm ilin.t. iinktml ruia at tint niititn,ry tluink lit your niliil.HirntliiiiH - ;in. mil wllllim lt put nn thn kIiivvh i'Ii I ytni nt nny tliun." "Ynii ilu nut urrat h.iniir; lull tin- j nfT :tlr miiHt milt (nr lowi-r Ifiniifrn i turo." f "Af you will! It In nut Ilk my I , pTr.nl ami KrnHntm waya to furco a - flulit. I'linlnn nfn. but may I Inqulri- (nr Ihr hi'nllh or the ladli-a at Halnt i hnt'a.hr'naiiui'a?" J "Thpy are qnlttt wpII. Ihank you.H f .-."I am alati 4o know ll;" aud bla 1 tone loat (or t tin moment lla Jaunt I 4 neaa. "Ilnnry Ilollirook haa Rune to ( New York." "Oood rlililnnre! I nrlalnird, hear- i tlly. "And now" I " Anil now If I wnulil only follow li ault, evi-rytliliiR would bo Joy plua for Hn latmliod nml aln.n'd lila kntna at my dlaromlltur, fur bo bad rt'ad my tliouiihiH exnctly. "You certainly are tint only blot on , the InmlaraiH!" "Qultp an. Antl If ! would only go ( hnnre the in'tly llllle 1,1)1 Hint la bit v Inx f n lie t I'd In thn ili'llclitful Kunli'n. iindtT thtt -ye nf a frlnndly rhupiTnti, would ku furwurd without lulirrup-I' lulirrup-I' tlon." Hn apnkn aohr.rly, and I hml oh- arrvtMl that whnn hf dropped bin rhuff ' a note nf nmlnnrhnly rmpt Into hl f talk. Hn foMi-d bla arnit and w.miI j, on: "Khe'a a wundiTdil ulrl. Iiiiunvan . TlnTu'a no nlht-r ulrl llkn hi r In nil I. ibe whin world. I ti-ll you H' hurd I for a ulrl llho Unit to In. In hrr puxl j tlon the whole family broken up. ami I thut rontenipilhlti ful her of herx hutiit' V In about with bla hi In inea of plunder L ll a plllfiil. Dnnoviin, H n pltKul!" T "It'a h rheerleHH nii'ita. It ull enme ' after the bunk fiillure. I auppoHe." !i "Prartlcully, thouuli Hut htolhem nver Rot on. You aee my Kovemor wait bit by Ihelr hunk fulline; unit Ulsa I 'ii I rea.'iitid Hie fin I Unit hi harked off when Klunu Hut Hie (ill leaplea tllku tht'lr tll.'llll ille; fulher I never milleuled. whleh lllilk.'it llie Hiiro thui your Auni I'nt Klven me the ley ' eye" "Their affulra are certainly luls.'d." j' I replied, nun rommlltiilly. "They lire Indued; and I havn nludled f Itin whole hualuean until my nciir mind la niuHMod up. llkn aernmhted eRKa. Y'our own protiy Idyl of the nunnery cunlen ail.U l lie note pP quanto. (1rnaa my pulin with Rold and ' I'll tell you nf attliliKit IhlliKa that lie In the futurn. I have un Ideu, Donovan; Dono-van; alneular thnui-.h It aepni. I've a notion In my bead." i "Keep It." I reiortttd, "to prevent a Icriinlal vacuum." "'rimhed! Absolutely criuhed!" he replied, Kliinmlly. ' Kick me. I'm only I the hunt." We were allent while the few aounda of the vIIIiiko atreet droned In. He roiiu and pared the floor to whake off lila mood, and when he aat down be eemed In better aplrlta. "Ilnlbrook will undoubtedly return." I aald. "Yea; (hoiii'a no manner nf doubt about thut." "And then thuro will b" moru trotl ble." "Of course." "Hut I auppnflp there'a no gueiiHlnc wb. n be will come b.iek." "He will rotnn buck ai ainin aa he'a apent hla money." I felt n Uellcaey about referrluit to that transaction on the pier. It watt a wretched bualnnaa. and 1 now reallied thut the ahame of It waa not Ion on Gllleaple. "How doua Henry com to hare tbat - i i ... i i - i i U W aaaaaaaan "What th Devil Did You Bring M Up Her Forr Italian arnundrel Willi blm?" I tak d ufior a piiimo. "He'a the aklpper nf th Btlletto," Ullloaplo replied, readily. "He'a a lone way from lldo-waler," I remarked. "A blurkxuard of Juat hla aort once aalled me around the Italian penlnnula In a felucca, and aaved me from drowning on the way. Ilia heroism hero-ism War'Ttot; However, wholly demarcated. demar-cated. When we Rot bark to Naplea he robbed me of my watch and money-belt money-belt and I profited by the transaction, hnvlna; Intended to Ktve him double Ibelr value. Hut there are plenty of furm boya around the lake who could handle the Hlllntlo. Henry didn't need a diico expert." The mention of the It nil n n clearly troubled (illleaple. After a moment he mild- "Hn tuny he holdlna: on to Henry In aleud of Henry a holding on to him. Do you sec?" "No; I don't." "Wi ll, I have nn Idea that the dno known aomelhlnx Hint's vnlualile. I.nat Nutnmer Henry went rrulnltiK in Ibe Sound with a prelty rotten crowd, poker Iii'Iiik ihn chief diversion. A mini died on Ibe bom beforo they (rot buck In New York. Thn report wua Hint he fi ll down a liiilohwiiy when he wna drunk, but there were some mily stories In ihn pnpura ahoul It. That Itnllan snllnr was one of the crew." "W here Is ho now?" "Over ul llnillo Orrhnrd. Ho knnwa his mini nml knows he'll he buck. I'm wnltlim for Henry, Ion. Helen uave l.lui $:u.uui). The way the mnrkel Is riiinilni! he's lll,.-ly In r.i broke nny ilny. He pluys Hliuks like a crazy niiin. mid nrter he's hunted he'll be hack on our blinds." "It's hard on MIhs I'nt." "Ami It's harder on Helen. Khe's In terror nil the thn.. for four her duller will ko up nu'iiliist Hn' law nml hrlim furl her dlKKmce on Ihn fiimlly. There a her l ucle Arlhur, n wanderer on the face nf thu earlli for his sins. That was hud enoiich k II limit Hie rent of ll." "That wits lined, too. wasn't It?" "No. Just general cii".iln.'ii. He blew In Hie Ilollirook bunk ami skipped." "You told me that Henry Hnlhrnok found his way here ahead of you. How do you account for thai?" Ilu looked at me quickly, and rose, aiinlti pacliiK the narrow room. "I don't! I wish I could!" "Il'a about the laat place In the world to attract him. port Annnndaln Is a quiet resort frequented by western people only. There's neither huntlriK nor flahliiK worth mcnHonliiK; and a inon doesn't come from New York to Indiana to null a boat on a thimbleful of water like this lukn." "You aro quite rlRhl." "If Helen Ilollirook nave hliu warn-Inn warn-Inn that they wore com In here " "Don't you dnru say It! Hhe couldn't ijiave done! Hhe wouldn't buvo done ll! I (ell you I know. Independently of her. that he was hero beforo Father Slodiltird ever aufK.-ted tills pluco to Minn I'nt." "Well, you needn't got so hot about It." "And you needn't Insinuate that ah It not actlnK honorably In this affair! I should think that uflur making love In her, aa you have been doing, and playing the role of comforter to Mist I 'at, you would hav th decency not to accuse bar of connivance with Henry Hen-ry Holbrook." "You let your lealouty get th better of your Rood aense. I have not been making love to Miss Hnlhrnok!" I dc rlu red. angrily, and knew In my heart thai 1 lied. "Well, Irishman," he purlalmed with entire good humor: "let us not bring up mine host lo find us locked In mortal mor-tal combat." "What tbe devil did you bring iu.jui bore for?" I demanded. "Oh, Just to enjoy your torleiy. get lonesome sometimes. I ti ll you I man doea get lonesome In Hilt wurU when he haa nothing to Iran on bill a blooming button factory and a stepmother step-mother who fllis among the world cr pensive aanalnrla. I know you lave never had 'Mutton, button, who's Ret lite bulton?' chanted In your ear, hut may I ask whether you have ever known Ibe Joy of a alepmolher? I run see that your answer will bo an unrugretful negative." He was quite thn fool again, and tiered at mo vacuously. "My atopniolher Is not thn common l.vpo of Juvenile flcilon. Hhe hun never attempted during her widowhood to rob l he orphan or to poison hlin. llkus your Irlnh lion it. no! Shea a g.sid woman, and rli h In her own rliihl. hm I couldn't nltind br illelary. She's afraid I'm going lo die. Donovan! Hhe thinks everybody's lining In die Kill her died of pneutunnla and she nld Ire wnter In Ibe IliiRer howl did It. and she w uiiled to havn I he Imtl. r nr rented fur murder. Shu hn.l a n. w dlneiiKii fur me every morning. It was worse t li it it being left with n button works lo draw a slopinoih. r like that. She ut. i nothing hut hot water and cwi'IImi-Ii herself, and huddertd when I il. tiiiiiiil.'il suuniiKii mid Inn kale ai rakes every day. She raucht hi" one day rh iii'iiig up a couidi. nf rhlrkeiin anil a mug nf Hast Willi the i-:u ,1. i,.t and It was nil over. She hml notlrrd. she mid, thai I had been cnuuhliig of lull I was doing a few rlt-iin -lies loo many, Hint was iill-nud wired lo New York for dortora. She had nil aorts. Donovan-allonlnta and pm uiiionunirlc apeclnllnla and lung expel u. "The people on HI rim berry Hill thought there was a medical rnuven-Hun rnuven-Hun In town. I was kidnaped on tin-golf tin-golf course, where I was about lo win the cHMern Connecticut long drive cup. and locked up In a dark room ai home for two days while tli.y n-nted mo. They made all the known tests, Donovan. They tested me (or ills-aiet ills-aiet that haven't been dln.oveied yet, and for tome that have I n ' tlnct tlnce the dnyt of Nouh. You inn nee where that pul me. I wss ufnild j lo fight or sulk for fear Ihn ulkiil-'n j would tend m to the madhouse. I , was afraid to eat fur fear tin y would Ihlnk that wua a symptom, and every time I asked for food the tape worm man looked Intelligent unit began pre-srrlblng, pre-srrlblng, while the rust of them were terribly rhURrlnod because they hadn't acored first. The only Joy 1 koI out j of the rumpus was In hitting one of those alienism a ilntiui. il hard clip In lb rlhs. and I'm glad I did It. lie wus feeling my medulla oblougalu ut the momeni, and us 1 resent being manhandled man-handled 1 pasled him one he was a young chap, and fair game I panted him one, and then grabbed a null on"" and slid. I stole away In a clumbnut for New Haven, and kept right on up Into northern Maine, where 1 tiayid with the Indiana until my father"! relict re-lict went off broken hearted to Htd Neubelm to drink the waters. And Br I am, by lb (rac of God, la i... si a-,...,, ,i 'pr-'oct h..i! h ami In ('ill ciinr.d of dn button lr.lt Let of tin- woll.l " ; 1 Vo l IlliM- l:.!.M.e,h In .11 solely irlil."' I s.ii.i Pe hi, k.. on iiiniiinfiil If In spile i.l mi... ii I t,j, , i, hi. B-taine.l. He tt.l i U,i I. l..,Ct n leillHV of'iiiliius hiin or an, I wl"h iltua'lal ex-1. ex-1. t;, e of l:(o He I, ,1li .we, I Ino In lli, t:eit. on I an I ro.le utt.it he trkil n,e ,i, k un iheiiuh In Impart a-'l.itm of mi ,iii. ft. Hid ton ever i t Charles Hur wr I 11a didn't ne d me fur proof, Hut lea. 1 Mi I ntlr.hl lave ti.i.l one word lb Mm Ii . on my mind thai he i'l Hi" Itiolik. tn h i, k Ion far. I ln!it he happier if he hn l brought llm a little p. .n. r up to date. I timid f.-.-l los 1 mo, lrl.hni.in." atopped nie liK.illi Dnre liml un aiuliltton lo find an huant limit. iKiuiiiiin. hill I gave It up it ea-ior to he nn honest man than lotnil I give you pi.ice!" I ti, leain. il ...me Hiliuts from the yn Initiou kltii.- Inn inn. h waa mill ouqii.. In Hie alTalnl of thu llol-bnoks llol-bnoks The Itallan'n pte..m-e na-HOnd na-HOnd n liew slKllldcanee flout Uilles- pin miry. He had I n party to a ct.pli u In kill Ilollirook. nllun Hkttl.lge. on the nlitht of my a.lven-ttn. a.lven-ttn. tt the l.i.,i.. limit, nn.l I fell in wadcrim: who had been Hie shadowy dltrlnr nf that enterprise the row-art row-art who had Iiiiiik off In the creek and wiled for Hie evil deed In be done. CHAPTER XIII, Tht Oat of Dreamt. a my heart I wan anxious to dn Jialre to Clllcspl. Had It la that w at all so given to passing solemn Jiutnient on trilling lentlmony! I my. n am not I in uhle. 1 should at at time give to the linns a man who ills his Ihum't aa a pnpercutter; fur aih a one la clearly marked for tiru-taiy. tiru-taiy. My prejudices rally aa to a tnupelcall al the sight of a girl waring overshoe or nibbling bun-hiiaj bun-hiiaj the one tuggestlvu of predatory iahlta and went lungt, tbe other of ntrvotit dyapepala. The night waa fine, and after reluming re-luming my horse to tbe si able I continued con-tinued on to the (llennrm bont house, I was strolling along, pip In mouth, atd waa half way up th boat home strpa when a woman shrank away from the veranda rail, where th had been standing, gating nut upon th lako. There waa nn mistaking her. Hhe waa not even disguised tonight, ami aa I advanced across (he Utile veranda ver-anda the turned toward me. The lantern lan-tern over the boaihouse door suffused ui both at I greeted her. "Pardon me, Mlsa Ilollirook; I'm aftald I have disturbed your mcdlta-Hons." mcdlta-Hons." 1 salil. "Ilui If you don't nilnd " "You have the advantage of being no your on riound." she replied. "I waive all my rb-.hta as tenant If you will remain." "It Is much nicer here thnn on St. Agatha's pier; you ran see the lake and (he slurs heller. On the whole," she laughed, "I think I slinll stay a moment longer, If you will lolerat me." 1 brought out some rhalrs nml we sat ilown by the rail, whom we rould look out upon the star sown In avi na and the iimk Moor of slurs In-nt-ntti. Helen bent forwutd with her elbows "'nllng nn Hie rail, her lunula clasped under her chin. The luiuplltlit fell 'nil upon her sllvhlly lifted heuil, and upon her shoiil.lers, over which lay a filmy veil. She hummed dr. ainlly for a moment while I watched lo r Hud vhe one ntood for the day and unother lor thn nlghi? I hud last seen her that aflemoon after an hour of tenuis, ten-uis, at which she was expert, mid she had run away through tll. n.irm gn' with a taunt for my defeat; hut now 'he spirit of start and of all earth s II. til things wan upon her. I looked twice ami thrice nt her rleaily outlined profile, ut the brow Willi Us point of dark hair, al the hand whole, on the emerald wus rlearly distinguishable, distin-guishable, and sail. II. il myself that ihero could bo no mistake ulioul her. "You grow bold," I salil. anxious lo hear her voire. "You don't mind Hie picket a bit." "No. I'm quite tiip. rlor lo walls and fencea. You hnve heard of thunn l-ast Indians who appear and disappear disap-pear through rinsed doors; well, we'll assume thut 1 had one of those follows fol-lows for an ancestor! II will save the trouble of trying lo account for my "Hi and 1-ntiuruen. will tell you In confidence, Mr. Donovan, thut I don'l like to bo ohllgi d lo account for myself!" (TO UK CfiNTINCKIl ) |