| Show 4 4 0 I 1 AT 4 ily jai jul if tell N V AN v bite copyright 1901 by the S 8 8 mcclure company 4 4 0 01 it was nine sir william colville of col allie manor w to I 1 0 first discovered sl SI gnor knor labano sir william prided him lim wit ou oil being the I 1 1 atron of struggling beulus a ai d so NO gave gae him the commission to I 1 eri in marble the beauty of his only daughter dauib ter the lady margaret the sculptor was a man of twenty eight with a fair face and an aristocratic biarl g there could be no that he was a real artist with th clitso ills enthusiasm promised a masterpiece it was mas arranged that he 14 should stay at the manor while bis his work N ork NA was as in ili i ro regress gress it a length task but the sit slugs mere anything but tiresome to the young lady signor allano was its both well traveled and well mell read and N w I 1 lie ile I 1 e knew how to keep the mo ments from dragging drugging be he yet arese prese preserved arved his attitude of deepest respect lady margaret looked upon him with mith rever ence as a it genius perhaps his youth an aal I 1 good looks contributed somewhat to I 1 cr er enjoyment in the bittings hit tings but this pride prial forbade her to ledge the e bust N w hen finished as at all I 1 that he had promised if either of the tv two 0 young people sighed that the long mornings in the studio would mould be no more they gan gave e no sign three n months afterward tie tl e father and daughter were vere passengers on a steamer for tl it e orient they had been out three days before they di dlo tco covered vered that the sculptor was on board ward he ile explained that through the death of a relative rel atlie be had come into a fortune and had set out on oil a tour around the world sir william was rather cha to find his lis BO so far beyond the need of his help 11 bile he lie con cort granulated him on bis his good fortune therefore his ills manner yet conveyed coni eyed the fact that he be did not consider that bla his change in prospects entitled him to treatment as an equal the lady var garet was mas a most well nell brought up young woman and she unhesitatingly follow ed her father a cue two days later as she sat alone on deck signor albano approached her with the assurance of an old friend and entered into conversation in v into aln her manner showed him that the old days of happy intercourse must be forgot t atz 41 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 J I 1 I 1 L I 1 DID TOC YOU NOT RECEIVE PAYMENT if 21 FULL FOB pon YOUR WORK ten the italian was imperturbable NN hen lien she rose to go he ei even ell dared to lay a hand upon her arm as be he bald said lady margaret I 1 am here on tl is teamer steamer today because I 1 knew you N were ere to sail on it I 1 am here to say something to you and you cannot go until I 1 have spoken the girl had snatched away her arm and faced him proudly as she drawled with slow blow insolence did you not receive payment in full for your work A look of such poignant suffering crossed his mobile face that a flush of shame rose to her own cheeks ills voice noice was mas full of reproach as he replied Is it kind to taunt me with the fact that I 1 had to sell my genius for still lings and pence lou were not so when you were my model I 1 lou on were not only pleased with my work nork as an artist but I 1 fondly hoped that I 1 bad had found favor fai or in your eyes as a man I 1 perhaps her heart responded to his words but only pride of race showed in her voice as she ans answered hotly sir have haie ou on lost your senses and walked away like an injured queen halt half an hour later the sir llam bunted hunted up the sculptor and said should you speak to my daughter gain again while this I 1 N will III appeal to the captain to have you locked dp tip in your stateroom sir NN illiam replied signor albano respectfully but imploringly do not drive roe me to desperation rut but sir NV william refused to listen for the next few days lady Al margaret argaret often felt his sad imploring eyes fixed upon her but be did not again venture to approach her the fifth evening a note va was as deliver ed at her door almost immediately 7 following signer signor albano made hla his ap BP bearance pe arance in the g room lie ile car fried a re revolver olver in bis his hand band ills face was pate pale an I 1 his eyes blazing gentlemen he said to ta tie e dozen loungers in the room I 1 must trouble you to go out in the next half halt hour I 1 may receive a note it if I 1 do all will I 1 will it if I 1 do not we will all go to tho the bottom together ther at exactly 0 9 0 clock abete was mas a hurried scuttling of the tin oLeia the ship was soon in commotion discussing plans for bis his capture but be he was armed and prid evl evi dently mad and hence must be cajoled rather than forced at quarter to 0 9 be he called to the whig group outside the saloon door we have hilie fifteen minutes left eft I 1 marn every one not to hasten the calamity by tampering with my door it if you open that door you will explode thirty pounds of dy at once oute there was theatrical about it all and yet tho buenace inthe ital lan ian a voice brought a shiver the captain made a sign to the ship a carpen ter and arid they silently went below avoiding tin fatal door the cari carl enter feverishly legan work on the room partition it seemed hours before he be bad cut a hole large enough to allow his body to slip through just clear of the door wua nus the signers steamer trunk tuo mires v ires ran from the door to the trunk and from the interior came a noise poise like the ticking of a clock IN lien the wires had been cut the captain said softly now up with ith the co cover ver ahl ALI here Is the clockwork and a ban among the wheels does the business at the same moment the report a of f a rei revolver rang rung out up in the saloon the clock wasi pointing to 9 the mad lover over had pressed the weapon to life temple pulled the trigger and fallen back a corpse the white faced pas halted tremblingly for another report but lout instead they heard beard a woman a cry the lady margarct had bad fallen fainting in the doorway inas aa there dynamite la in the trunk truly ninety pound pounds of it but tor for the coolness of the captain lives would have been sacrificed to the disappoint ment merit of a madman and arid did the lady Mari margaret aret yield at the last moment that is 1 th the secret locked in lier her ov own a proud heart t I 1 |
