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Show JSS'IME TRAIL- Crittenden ' UpyravS? Marriott always smashing my thumb," he ended confidentially. "Ahl" Mrs. Archman raised her brows. Then she turned her back deliberately. de-liberately. "Come, Bess," she said. "Captain Bunker Is Just coming on board." Bess nodded. "All right, mother," she said. ' J'hen she turned to the young man. "Good morning, Mr. Carr." Carr's eyes were perplexed as he stared after the three. Particularly did his eyes follow the broad back of Lord George. "So that's mother's plan. Is It," he murmured disgustedly. "Confound "Con-found the fellow. I know I've seen him before, and It wasn't In England, either. Where the dickens was It?" . As the four reached the gangplank Captain Bunker came up It. "I'm sorry I wasn't on hoard when ju came," he said. "I hope Mr. Collins made .you at home." "Mr. Collins was very nice," responded re-sponded Mr Archman. "But I wanted want-ed to see you particularly, captain." "Certainly. Will you come Into the chart house, madam?". Mrs. Archman nodded and followed. "Captain," she said, as she took her seat, "where are you'to meet my husband?" hus-band?" If Captain Bunker was surprised he did not show It. "I don't know, madam," he said. "I'm sailing under sealed orders." ' off his cap. "I beg pardon I" he exclaimed. ex-claimed. Bess' teeth flashed. "You needn't," she answered. "You don't know me. You're Mr. Carr, aren't you?" The young man nodded. "I "can't deny It," he laughed. "Well, I'm little sister. Big sister gave me a message for you. And I've been wondering whether I ought to give It to you or not." An expression of sudden Intelligence Intelli-gence swept over the young fellow's face. "Oh I You're Miss Bess "Archman," "Arch-man," he said. "I ought to have guessed, though if you don't mind my aavlnir so. von don't look a bit like "YOUNG CARR" . 8TNOPSI3. Thrown from his auto In a New York village, a ' man Is carried unconscious Into the home ot av Miss Edith Grant A doctor discovers he has been shot, fatally. Consciousness re- turning, be babbles of "millions." He begs that Henry Archman, s millionaire resident ot the vicinity, vicin-ity, be aent for, declaring he has Important papers (or him. Archman Arch-man cannot be reached by phone, but word Is sent that his secretary secre-tary la on the way. A man announcing an-nouncing himself as Archman's secretary, Akin, arrives, talks with Morbach, and leavea with a package he gives him. Morbach dies. Archman's arrival, with his secretary, reveals that the man posing aa Akin la an Im- i postor. Archman denounces Edith Grant as a grirl endeavoring to snart his son Harry. Archman, It appaars, his millions made In Chicago, has yielded to the Importunities Im-portunities of his family his wife, daughters Nellie and Hessie (seventeen years old), and aon Harry and moved to New York In an endeavor to gain recognition recogni-tion by the Four Hundred. They have not aucceeded. Mrs. Archman Arch-man la bitter over her failure, particularly mourning the fact that she has not been "taken up" by a Mrs. Van Kull. Archman orders Nellie to get ready for a long Journey with him. He refuses re-fuses to reveal their destination to his wife, declaring It Is "not his secret." Nellie tells Bess she Is In love with James Carr. a youth working on Archman's ship, El Rio. She gives Bess a message for him. Archman and tenia rienart. Harry tells Bess your sister." Ills face changed. "You will give me the message, won't you?" he begged. "If you knew how hard these three days have been to me you wouldn't hesitate." Bess had been staring at him frankly. frank-ly. "I like you," she said suddenly. '"Shake 1" She held out her hand. The young man grasped It ardently. "Thank you I Thank you!" he cried gratefully. Bess' eyes twinkled. "Nellie said to tell you that shewai sorry she couldn't come to the ship as she had promised. She said you seemed to have something some-thing particular to tell her, and that, If you had, for you to tell It to me and I would send It on." The young man was evidently thinking think-ing rapidly. "I can't say all I would like, even to you." He laughed, with a sudden. brilliant smile. "But I will say this: I love your sister and I wanted to ask her to marry me. Just as I was about to speak, she met in my sister's house " "Tour sister's house?" "Edith Grant Is my sister. That's her stage name. And now your sister "What does that mean?" "I have a sealed letter, which I am not to open till I get out to sea. I can't tell you where I am going, because be-cause I don't know myself." "Then you don't know whether yo are to meet him on an Island? It is Important that I should know." Captain Bunker shook his head. "I know absolutely nothing," he protested. pro-tested. "Very well ; then listen to me." Mrs. Archman recounted the events that hud started Archman southward, and 1 told of the arrival of the map. "I'm sure this map was part of the stolen ' pnperg, and I am very anxious to get It to my husband. I came down here I to ask you to take It and give it to him when you saw him. But I have changed my mind since I came." J "Ye-es." The captain did not know what was coming. "Yes! For reasons of my own, I , want to get my son and daughter away t from New York. How many state-j state-j rooms can you have ready for passengers passen-gers by the time you are ready to sail?" , The captain counted up on his fln-r fln-r gers. "Six," he said. "That will be enough, captain. We will all go south wllh you." "But my dear madam!" Captain Bunker caught his breath. "I can't take you. I have no orders." "I'm giving them to you now. Mr. Archman did not forbid It, did her of his determination to marry Edith Grant. Mrs. Archman receives re-ceives a map, with the explanation explana-tion that It was among Morbach's papers, and suggesting ahe forward for-ward it to Mr. Archman. lord George Caruthera, traveling Kng-llshman, Kng-llshman, arrives at the Archman home, by Invitation. He makes a, good Impression. "No; but" "Very well, then; It's settled. I will take all the responsibility. It will really solve a lot of difficulties, captain. cap-tain. Besides, I'm not easy nbout Henry. I want to see him andaglve him that map myself. Yes! We'll Join you, captain." Captain Bunker, shook his head. "I'd be delighted to have you, Mrs. Archman," he said. "But I can't take you without orders from the head of the firm. I can't really. If you'll telegraph tele-graph to Chicago and get them to Instruct In-struct me " "Very well! I'll do It Meanwhile, get ready for us." Captain Bunker nodded, ne knew when to moke a virtue of necessity, did Captuln Bunker. "Of course," he agreed. "I'll be delighted to huve you all on board, you know. I Just couldn't take the responsibility myself." "I understand. By the way, captuln cap-tuln do all the workmen on the ship go with us?" "Oh, no I Most of them are carpenters carpen-ters connected with the docks. Young Carr is In charge of them." "Who?" CHAPTER VI Continued Mrs. Archman looked scandalized, and Bess, evidently fearing that she had gone too far and that Lord George might later guess her meaning, hastily has-tily swung the conversation back to what was, after all, the real topic at Issue. The conversation ended only when the auto drew up beside the entrance to the Ontario docks, where the Kl Rio was being put Into shape for her Toyage. The tide was In and the gangplank was far from horizontal. Bess ran up It hastily and looked about her, wondering won-dering If by any chance she might catch sight of the Adonis whom Nellie had described. She did not do so, however, and before she could look farther the others had followed her. A tall man In an officer's uniform was moving about the deck, giving orders now and then. He saw the party and 'stepped forward. "Good morning, Miss Archman," he said, tnk-lng tnk-lng off his cap to Hess. Bess nodded. "Good morning. Mr. Collins," she returned. "This Is my mother, Mr. Collins; and Lord Gt-orge Caruthcrs. You know my brother Harry, I believe. We want to see Captain Cap-tain Bunker on particular business." Collins acknowledged the Introductions. Introduc-tions. "Captain Bunker Isn't on board Just now," he said. "But I'm expecting him back every minute. Perhaps" Per-haps" he turned to the Englishman "perhaps If Lord George Is a navy man, he would like to go over the hip." "I Like You," She Said Suddenly.' "Shake!" She Held Out Her Hand. has gone, thinking all sorts of things about me, and I enn't get to her to tell her, and I don't know where to write." Bess hesitated. The young mnn's very apparent misery went to her heart. "Just between you and me," she snld. at last, "Captain Bunker hns orders to meet father and Nellie somewhere. some-where. You might 6end a letter by him Tint rpniiiiiher. It's a dead se- "Young Carr. Yonder he Is." The captain pointed. "Most of the men are In his charge. We are shipping a new crew, you know, but none of them are on board yet.V,. "Er who Is JlOrr? What do you know about hi in?" Captain Bunker" looked surprised. "Nothing much," he answered. "He's attached to the yards here. He seems a pleasant young fellow, though a little close-mouthed and Inclined to be mysterious." Will Mrs. Archman's pursuit of her hutband fit In with his plana or fmatrate them? (TO BB CONTINUED.) "Delighted, I'm sure," remarked Lord George. Meanwhile Mrs. Archman had been taring up and down the cluttered deck. "Well," she said, "I've henrd all my life about keeping thlnsa shlp-ahnpe. shlp-ahnpe. This la the first time I waa ever on a th'.p, and I must ay I'll never put any faith In the expression again. Are things usunlly this way or re you er full denning?". Colllni looked somewhat startled. Then he glnnced about him and a alow amlle curled his Hps. "Well," he Bald, "yon might cull It thnt. Things are bndly torn up Just now. But we're all right below and we'll be all right up here In a couple of days, when we anil. I'll be delighted to show you about," he ended. "Come thlg wny." lie tunwil toward the rompnnlonway. Mrs. Archmnn Minted down the ateps. Lord George stood aside to let Bess follow. The girl, however, tepped buck. "I'll be down In a minute, min-ute, Lord George," the said. "I'll Just poke about a bit on deck first." When Mrs. Arcbmim, Harry and Lord George hud reluruintly vanished down the coiiipaiilnnwiiy, Hess turned and picked her wny forward over the obstructed deck. Close by the cook'a gnlley he noticed a young man who 'wns sitting on the deck laboriously fitting a short piece of plunk Into a break In the mil. He was by no . means an Adonis, but he seemed to possess some of the characteristics thnt Nellie had described, and ahe mpped und looked at him until he j rnlsed his eyes and saw her. Hastily f he aeramhled to bis feet nnd snatched i ! cret." "Oh!" Carr'a eyes widened. "So that's where" He broke off, and stared over the girl's shoulder. "Who Is that standing with the lady by the companlonway?" he asked. Bess' eyes followed the direction of his. "That's Lord George Caruthera," she said. "Do you know him?" Carr'a eyes grew Introspective. "I am not sure," he said. "He looks to me like er " He broke off. "Well, maybe I'm wrong," he aald. "But he certainly looks like somebody I know." Ills expression allowed plainly that his thoughts, whatever they were, were not pleasant. Mrs. Archman's glance, roving nbout the deck, settled on her daughter and Purr. Krte flushed, and started Instantly In-stantly toward the two, oter the cluttered clut-tered deck. "Bees!" she eal.ed, as she drew nearer. Bess faced her calmly. "I'm so glad you've come, mother," she said. "I want you to meet Mr. Ctrr. He's superintending su-perintending the repair on father's ship. Mr. Carr. this U my mother, and Lord George Carutbers." Lord George nodded In friendly fashion. Mrs. Archman, howpver, glared Icily. The' tempernture had dapped. "Oh, yes!" she snld, with vey slight Inclination of her head, "tou're the carpenter, I believe, Mr. Carr." She g'nnced at the chips on the deck. Carr smiled. If he wns abashed he did not show It. "I'm trying to be one," he answered coolly, "but I'm not making very much of a flat at It. I'm |