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are not to Tex Miss Pat unnecessarily
In tbls affair. To rouse. her in the
night would only add to her alarm.
She has had enough to worry her al
ready. And I rather imagine," I added,
bitterly, "that you don't propose kill
ing her with your own hands."
'No; do give me credit for that!"
she mocked. "But I shall not disturb
your guards, and I shall not distress
Aunt Pat by making a row in the gar
den trying to run your pickets. I want
you to stay here five minutes count
them honestly until I have had time
to get back in my own fashion. Is it
a bargain?" She put out her hand as
she turned away her left hand. As
my fingers closed upon it an instant
the emerald ring touched my palm.
"I Bhould think you would not wear
that ring," I said, detaining her hand,
"it is too like hers; It is as though
you were plighted to her by it."
"Yes; it is like her own; sho gave
it"
She choked and caught her breath
sharply and her hand flew to her
face.
"She gave-it to my mother, long
ago," ishe said, and ran away down tho
path toward the school. A bit of
gravel loosened by her step slipped
after her to a new resting place; then
silence and the night closed upon her.
I threw myself upon the bench and
waited, marveling at her. If I had not
touched her hand; if I had not heard
her voice; if, more than all, I had not
talked with her of her father, of Miss
Pat, of intimate things which no one
else could have known, I should not
have believed that I hnd 6een Helen
Holbrook face to face.
CHAPTER IX.
The Lights on St. Agatha's Pier.
On my way home through St. Aga-
tha'B I stopped to question the two
guards. They had heard nothing, had
seen nothing. How that girl had
passed them I did not know. I scanned
the main building, where she and Miss
Pat had two rooms, with an lnterven
ing sitting room, but all was dark.
Miss Helen Holbrook was undeniably
a resourceful young woman of charm
and wit, and I went on to Glenarm
House with a new respect for her
cleverness.
I was abroad early the next morn
ing, retracing my steps through St.
Agatha's to the t-iono bench on tho
Muff with a vague notion of confirming
my memory of tho night by actual con
tact with visible, tangible things. The
lake twinkled In the sunlight, the sky
overhead was a (lawless sweep of blue,
and tho foliage shone from the deluge
of the early night. Hut In tho soft mold
of the path the prints of a woman's
thoo were unmistakable.' I bent down
and examined them; I measured them
ungraciously, Indefensibly, guiltily
with my bund, and rose convinced
that the ne at outlines spoke of a modish
bootmaker, and were not apt to be ex
plained away as marking tho lightly
llmred step of a fairy or tho gold-
sandaled flight of Diana. Then I de
scended to St. Agatha's and found
Miss Pat and Helen loitering tranquil
ly In the garden.
They gave mo good morning Miss
Pat calm and gracious, and Helen In
the spirit of the morning Itself, smll
Ing. cool, and arguing for peace. De
"ptlon, as a social accomplishment,
fhe had undoubtedly carried far: and
, I st hard put to hold up my end of
, uie game. I have practiced lying with
; I astniasters In tho art the bazar
Vipers of Cairo, horse dealers In
-. ..Iosco w and rug brokers In Teheran:
I, ut I dipped my cobra to this amnxtng
"I'm afraid that we are tunklntt our
HTfa a nul.mnrr t v. in mM
Pat- "I liivird thn wnlcl'incn r.i .
3-e walks Inst nlulit
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uroi,o in. " f..lt Hint we were luck
at hast ns fur ns i;lt. eleventh cm
tury. The rpliixti if water which you
MU It a
"No." I observed, dryly. "Ijinia
wears blue serge and carries a gun
that would shoot clear through a cru
sader. The gardener Is a Scotchman,
and his dialect would kill a horse."
MUs Pat paused behind us to de
liberate upon a new species of holly
hock whose minarets rose level with
her kind, gentle eyes. Something had
been in my mind, and I took this op
portunity to speak to Helen.
"Why don't you avert danger and
avoid an ugly casastrophe by confess
ing to Miss Pat that your duty and
sympathy lie with your father? It
would save a lot of trouble In the
end."
The flame leaped into Helen's face
as she turned to me.
"I don't know what you mean! I
have never been spoken to by any one
so outrageously!" She glanced hur
riedly over her shoulder. "My position
is hard enough; it is difficult enough.
without this. I thought you wished
to help us."
I stared at her; she was dlftlng out
of my reckoning, and leading me into
uncharted seas.
"Do you mean to tell me that you
have not talked with your father that
you have not seen him here?" I be
sought
Yes; I have seen him once, and
It was by accident. It was quite by ac
cldent."
"Yes; I know of that"
"Then you have been spying upon
me, Mr. Donovan!"
"Why did you tell me that outrage
ously foolish tale about your chess
game, when I knew exactly where you
were at the very hour you would have
had me think you were dutifully en
gaged with your aunt? It seems to
me, my dear Miss Holbrook, that that
is not so easy of explanation, even to
my poor wits."
"That waa without purpose; really
It was! I was restless and weary from
so much confinement; you can't know
how dreary these late years have been
for us for me and I wished Just
once to be free. I went for a long
walk Into the country. And if you
saw me, If you watched me "
I gazed at her blankly. The thing
could not have been better done on
the stage; but Miss Pat was walking
toward us, and I put an end to the
talk.
"I came upon him by accident 1
had no idea he was here," she per
sisted.
"You are not growing tired of us,
began Miss Pat, with her brave, beau
tlful smile; "you are not anxious to be
rid of us?"
"I certainly am not," I replied. "1
can't tell you how glad I am that you
have decided to remain here. I am
quite sure that with a little patience
we Bhall wear out the besiegers. Our
position here has, you may say, th
strength of its weakness. I think the
policy of the enemy is to harass you
by guerrilla methods to annoy you
and frighten you Into submission."
Yes; I believe you are right, she
said slowly. Helen had walked on
and I loitered beside Miss Pat.
"I hope you have had no misgivings,
Miss Pat, since our talk yesterday."
"None whatever" she replied, quick
ly. "I am quite persuaded In my own
mind that I should have been better
off If I had made a stand long ago. I
don't believe cowardice ever pays, do
you?" '
She smiled up at me In her quick,
bright way, and I was more than ever
her slave.
"Miss Holbrook, you are tho bravest
woman in the world! I believe you are
right. I think I should be equal to ten
housand men with your spirit to put
heart into me."
"Don't be foolish," she said, laugh
ing "nut to show you that 1 am not
really afraid, suppose you offer to take
us for a drive this evening. I think It
would be well for me to appear to-day,
Just to show the enemy that we are
not driven to cover by our Httlo ad
venture In the launch yesterday."
"Certainly! Shnll we carry out
riders and a rear guard?"
"Not a bit of It. I think we may be
able to thame my brother out of his
evil Intentions by our defenselesaness."
We waited for Helen to rejoin us
and the drive was planned for five.
Promptly on the hour, nfter a day of
activity on my part In cruising tho
lako, looking for kI;us of tho enemy
we set forth In an open trap, nnd
plunged Into country roads that trav
ersed territory now to nil of us. 1 car
ried Ijinia along, nnd when, nfter n
few miles. Helen n .iked to ink" the
reins, I changed seat3 with her, nnd
pave myself up to talk with Miss Pat.
The girl's mood was grave, and she
wished to drive, I fancied, as an ex
cuse for silence. The land rolled grad
ually ojvuy Into tho south and west,
nnd wo halted, In an hour or so, far
front the lake, on a wooded eminence
that coninipncled a long sweep In every
direction, and drew Into tho roadside
Ijinia opened a gate that admitted us
to a superb maple grove, and In a few
minutes we were having tea from the
hamper In tho cheeriest mood In the
world. The sun wan contriving new
marvels In the west, and the wood
that dipped lnkeward beneath us gavo
an Illusion of thick tapestry to the
eye.
"We could almost walk to the lake
over the trees." said Miss Pat. "It's a
charming picture."
Then, as we all turned to the lake,
seeing It afar across the tree-top
through tho migrant twilight, I saw
the Stiletto standing out boldly upon
the waters of Annandale, with a lun
ruld Impudence that I began to as
gorlate with Its slim outlines and
siowy csnvas. Other craft were
abi-vid, and Miss Pat, I Judged, spoke
orlv of the nn ttlness of the general
landscape, and there was. to lie sure
mi lrnmin why the sails of the stiletto
ht'oul.l have bad any particular slgnlll
nwico for her. Helen was Rtlll looking
down i:on the lake when .MU Put
suggested that we should go home;
and even after her aunt called to her,
the girl still stood, one hand resting
upon the trunk of a great beech, her
gaze bent wistfully, mournfully to
ward the lake. But on the homeward
drive aha had asked for the reins
again her mood changed abruptly,
and she talked cheerily, often turning
her head a acarlet-banded sailor hat
was, I thought, remarkably becoming
to chaff about her skill with the
reins.
I haven't a care or trouble In the
world," declared Miss Tat when I left
them at St. Agatha's. "I am sure that
we have known the worst that can
happen to us in Annandale. I refuse
to be a bit frightened after that
drive."
'It was charming," said Helen.
'This is better than the English lake
country, because it isn't so smoothed
out."
"I will grant you all of that," I said.
I will go further and admit what is
much for me that it is almost equal
to KUlarney."
There seemed to be sincerity in
their good spirits, and I was myself
refreshed and relieved as I drove into
Glenarm; but I arranged for the same
guard as on the night before. Helen
Holbrook's double-dealing created a
condition of affairs that demanded
cautious handling, and I had no lnten
tlon of being caught napping.
From tho window of my room I saw
the Japanese boy patrolling the walks
of St. Agatha's. K buckboard of young
sters from Port Annandale passed in
the road, leaving a trail of song be
hind them. Then the frog choruses
from the little brook that lay hidden
in the Glenarm wood Bounded in my
ears with maddening iteration, and I
sought the open.
The prevlons night I had met Helen
Holbrook by the stone sest on the
ridge, and I iannot deny that it was
with the hope of seeing her again that
I set forth. She was beautiful with a
rare loveliness at all times, yet I found
myself wondering whether, on the
strange frontiers of love, it was her
daring duplicity that appealed to me
1 set myself stubbornly into a pillory
reared of my own shame at the
thought, and went out and climbed
upon the Glenarm wall and stared at
the dark bulk of St. Agatha's as 1 pun
ished myself for having entertained
any other thought of Helen Holbrook
than of a weak, vain, ungrateful girl
capable of making sad mischief for
her benefactor..
IJIma passed and repassed in the
paved walk that curved among the
school buildings; I heard his step, and
marked his pauses as he met the gar
dener at the front door by an arrange
ment that I had suggested. As I con
sidered the matter I concluded that
Helen Holbrook could readily slip out
at the back of the house, when the
guards thus met, and that she had
thus found egress on the night before.
At this moment the two gunrds met
precisely at tbe front door, and to my
surprise Sister Margaret, In the brown
garb of her sisterhood, stepped out,
nodded to the watchmen in the light
of the overhanging lump, and walked
slowly round the buildings nnd toward
the lake. The men promptly resumed
their patrol. The sister slipped away
like a shadow through the garden;
and I dropped down from the wall in
ride the school park and stole after
her. The guards were guilty of no
Impropriety In passing her; there was.
to ho Biire, no reason why Sister Mar
garet should not do precisely as she
liked at St. Agatha's. However, my
curiosity waa piqued, and I crept quiet
ly along through tho young maples
that fringed the wall. She followed a
path that led down to the pier, and I
hung back to watch, sUll believing
that Sister Margaret had gone forth
merely to enjoy the peace and beauty
of the night. I paused In a little thick
et, and heard her light step on the
pier flooring; and I drew as near as I
dared, in the shadow of the boathouse
She stood beside the upright staff
from which the pier lights swung
tho whlto lantern between the two red
ones looking out across the lake. The
llght3 outlined her tall flgiiro distinct
ly. Sho peered about anxiously sev
eral times, nnd I heard tho Impatient
tap of her foot on the planks. In the
lako sounded the faint gurgle of water
round a pnddle, and In a moment a
canoe glided to the pier nnd n man
stepped out. He bent down to seize
the painter, and I half turned away
nshr.nied of the sheer curiosity that
had drawn me after the sister. Nuns
who chafe at their prison bars nre not
new, either to romance or history
and this surely was no affair of mine
Then the man stewl up, and I saw that
It wni Gillespie. He wns battens, and
I
his nrnu were bared. He began to
speak, but she quieted blm with
word; and as with a gesture she (lung
back her brown hood, 1 saw that It
was llekti Holbrook.
"I had given you up," nho Bald
He took both her hands and held
them, bending toward her eagerly. She
seemed taller than he In tho lantern
light.
I Bhould havo co:no across the
world," he said.
"You must believe that I should not
have asked this of you If I had not be
lleved you could do It without Injury
to yourself that It would Impose no
great burden on you, and that you
would not think too 111 of in
"I love you; I am here because 1
love you! he said; and I thought bet
ter of him than I bad. He was a fool
and weak; but ho was, I believed, an
honest fool, and my heart grew hot
ttn Jealous rage as I bow them there
together.
"If there Is more I can do!
"No; and I should not aic you if
there were. I have Mne loo far. M It
Is," she slshed.
ion must take no risks; you inurt
take enre Hint Miss put knows noth
Ing
"No; I must see father. He must
go away. I believe he has lost hit
senses from brooding on his troubles."
"But how did he ever get here?
There is something very strange
about If
Oh, I knew he would follow us!
But I did not tell him I was coming
here--I hope you did not believe that
of me. I did not tell him anr more
than I told you."
He laughed softly.
"You did not need to te'.l me; I
could have found you anywhere in the
world. Helen. That man Donovan is
watching you like a hawk; but he's a
pretty good fellow, with a Milesian Joy
in a row. He's going to protect Miss
Pat and you if he dies at the busi
ness.
She shrugged her shoulders, and I
saw her disdain of me in her face. A
pretty conspiracy this was. and I
seemed to be only the crumpled wrap
ping of a pack of cards, with no part
in the game.
Gillespie drew an envelope from his
pocket, held It to the white lantern for
an instant, then gave it to her.
"I telegraphed to Chicago for a
draft. He will have to leave here to
get It the bank at Annandale carries
no such sum and It will be a means
of getting rid of him."
"Oh, I only hope he will leave he
must he must!" she cried.
iou must go back," he said. "These
matters will all come right In the end,
Helen," he added, kindly. "There is
one thing I do not understand.
"The thing that troubles me is that
your father was here before you."
'No that Isn't possible; I can't be
lleve It."
"He had engaged the Stiletto before
you came to Annandale; and while I
was tracing you across the country he
was already here somewhere. He
amuses himself with the yacht"
xes, l Know; ne is more of a men
ace that way alwaya in our sight-
always where I muBt see him!"
Her face, clearly lighted by the lan
terns, was touched with anxiety and
sorrow, and I saw her, with that pret
tiest gesture of woman's thousand
graces the nimble touch that makes
sure no errant bit of hair has gone
wandering lift her hand to her head
for a moment. The emerald ring
flashed in the lantern light I recall
a thought that occurred to me there
that the widow's peak, so sharply
marked in her forehead, was like the
finger-prints of some playful god. She
turned to go, but he caught her hands
"Helenl'; he criedj.. softly.
"No! Please don't!"
She threw the nun's hood over her
head and walked rapidly up the pier
nd stole away through the garden to
ward St. Agatha's. Gillespie listened
for her step to die away, then he
sighed heavily and bent down to draw
p his ennoe. When I touched him
on the shoulder he rose and lifted the
paddle menacingly.
"Ah, so it's our young and gifted
Irish frlpnd!" he said. Grinning. "No
more sprinting stunts for me! I de
cline to run. The thought of aspara
gus and powdered glass saddens me.
Look at ' these hands those little
He Stepped Close to Me Threateningly,
hands still wrapped In mystical white
rags. I have bled at every pore to
give you entertnlnment, and now U'b
i;ot to bo 20 paces with bird guns."
"What mischief ore you la now ?" I
demanded, angrily. "I thought I
warned you, Gillespie; I thought I
even appealed to your chivalry."
"My dear fellow, everything baa
changed. If a nun In distress ap
peals to mo for help, I am Johnny-ou-the
(spot for Mother Church."
"That was not the sister, It was
Miss Holbrook. I saw her distinctly;
I heard"
"Hy Jove, this Is gallant of you,
Donovan! You are u marvelous fel
low!" "1 havo a right to ask I demand to
know what it was you gave tho girl."
"Matinee tickets the American girl
without matinee tickets Is a lonely
plelad bumping through the void."
"You aro a contemptlblo ass. Your
conduct Is scoundrelly. If you want
to seo Miss Holbrook, why don't you
go to tho house and call on her like a
gentleman? And at for her"
"Yes; and as for her?"
Ho stepped close to me, threaten
ingly. "As for her, she may go too far!"
"She Is not amwerable to you. Sho's
the finest girl In the world, ani If you
Intimate"
T Intimate nothing. Hut what 1 saw
ind heard interested me a good deal,
Gillespie."
"What you heard by stealth, creep
lug shout here at nUht, prjlng Into
ruber peopled affairs!"
"I l.nvo pVdned myself to caro for
Mh-.s Put."
IULKS (JOYKRMXG FILING.
Jude Wit ten Sends Out the Regula
tions on the Tripp Filing Which
Begins April 1st at the
Gregory Land Office.
A room apart from the land of
fice, to be known as the map room,
will bo maintained, in which pros
pective entrymen may select the lands
they desire to enter and have their
homestead applications prepared free
of charge by expert clerks assigued
to that duty. A large map of Tripp
county 51x90 Inches will be exposed
on the wall of this room for use by
applicants in making their selec
tions. This map will Uuw all tracts
which are subject to entry at the time
any applicant appears to make his
selection.
The lands will be selected and en
tered under the following rules
which will be strictly enforced:
Rule 1. The names of all persons
to whom numbers are assigned at
the drawing will bo called in the or
der of their numbers assigned them,
at the time named in tho notice
heretofore mailed.
A list of the numbers, giving the
time of entry; will be posted on the
outside of the land office and also
on the outside of tho map room. As
soon as a person's name Is called, he
will be admitted to the map room,
and he must make his selection with
in the time assigned him. If he falls
to make his selection at that time, he
w ill bo permitted to make a selection
after 4:30 o'clock on the same day,
but not after that.
Rule 2. No ono except the of
ficers In charge, persons holding
numbers, andth elr locating agents
who have compiled with these rules,
will be permitted to enter the map
room between 9 o clock a. m. and
4:30 o'clock p. m.' and applicants
and their attorneys cannot enter the
map room until the applicant's num
hers are called for the purpose of
enabling them to make their selec
tions, nor' can they remain in the
room after their selections have been
made.
Rule 3. All locating agents who
comply with these regulations will,
at 6:30 o'clock p. m., on each day
be furnished with a schedule of the
lands enterec. before that time dur
ing that day.
Rule 4. No person will bo per
mitted to enter the map room ns a
locating agent, or be furnished with
a schedule of tho lands entered, un
til he has signed an agreement that
he will furnish each homesteader ap
plicant assisted by him in making a
selection with his statement nnd
guaranty as to the approximate kind,
quality and topography of the tract
selected by him for such applicant
This statement must bo accompanied
by an affidavit of the locating agent,
or by that or some person nsso-
elated with or employed by him, and
mnul nmitaln flin utntoniont flint the
affiant has personally examined the I
lnml Koloelixl nrwl knnu-n frnm Riieh I
examination that the statements of
the locating agent as to tho kind,
quality and topography of the lands
are substantially correct.
Blank statements and affidavits
for use by locating agents will be
furnished free of charge to locating
agents or persons filing tho required
affidavit.
Any locating agent who falls or
refuses to furnish this affidavit or
who furnishes a false affidavit will
thereafter be refused admittance to
tho mnp room for any purpose nnd
will not recclxe schedules of the en
tered lands.
Rule 6. As soon ns an applicant
has selected his land, nnd received
his homestead application, he must
present the application to the regis
ter and receiver nt the land office
and make the required payments.
Rule 7. Persons who intend to
make second or additional entries,
minors who mako entries as head of
families, married women who make
ontrl's r.s deserted wives or bends
of families, soldiers, soldiers' agents,
foreign born persons or other appli
cants who are required to file affi
davits or other papers In support
of their homestead applications must
have such affidavits and papers pre
pared before lliey enter the map
room, as no papers oilier that the
regular homestead application will
be prepared, either In that room or
the land office. Affidavits of per
sons other than the applicant, made
In support of the application, may
be sworn to before an officer having
n seat located ot any place within the
United States, but In all cases where
the applicant Is required to swear to
the paper It must be sworn to before
tho register or receiver.
These rules are prescribed for the
purpose of Insuring accurato and or
derly selection of the lands nnd mak
ing entries, and to Insure, ns far as
possible, tho faithful and efficient
service of qualified locating agents.
Approved
Jas. W. Wit ten.
Superintendent of Opening.
Jas. R. Garfield.
Commissioner General Land Office.
This statement should be delivered
to and kept by the applicant for his
protection.
Lnei.tlnir agent's representations:
In cotiHlderotlen of n fee of $. . . .
I 1 1
CoOTTllht 1909
TkellouK of Kuppenhdmet
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J
receipt of which is hereby acknowl
edged, and for the purposo of fur
nishing Information which will en
able of to Bilcct land
suitable and desirable for fnrmlng
purposes, the undersigned hereby
represents and guarantees that tho
land described below Is of approxi
mately the kind, quality and topo
graphy herein stated, as follows:
Sec T N. R 5
P. M
Signed nt Gregory, South Dakota,
thla
Locating Agent.
Rtato of South Dakota, County of
Gregory, us.
I, the undersigned, do hereby sol
emnly swear that I have personally
examined the above described land
nre substantially true and correct.
I hereby certify that the foregoing
was signed and swum to before mo
by the affiant, therein named In
town of Gregory, f-'outh Dakota, this
Notary Public.
A St. IV.tiick's Social
The following program will bo
r ii'lered nt a St. Patrick's social
given by the young ladles' (lass of
the Clu lnthi n bible 'school nt tho
residence of .Mr. K. M. Godwin, South
Seventh and Gold streets, March 17.
The proceeds will be used for tho
benefit of the young men's class who
arc planning to build a room In con
nection with the church.
PROGRAM.
Plnno Solo 12. II. Wescott.
Vocal Solo Miss Howard.
Rending Miss Josephine Hall.
Vocal Solo Mrs. 10. 11. Wescott.
Reading Mrs. William Ilalrd.
Vocal Solo W. (1. llrooks.
Reading Miss Mildred Cummins.
Vocal Solo Mrs. Mae S Morgan
Piano Solo Miss Virgin MrDanlel.
Irish JokeB Luther Moore.
I'n nil For Rent.
K. K. Goodwin.
Mynard. Nebr.
l-'or Sale.
1OO0 good hedge fence posts.
John llobsrhledt.
