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"t niiumi'H t tlin fin ! of liiin-Mn DiiMiuun ii wrl'er mitiuncilriK near ! ri .Miniinilnli' MIhm I'.Urlrln i.inlli'iMl t Unni.v m Unit "lie fonrril lirr lirritln-r Henry, who, rulnr-il by H hank fiillitre, litiil fiitiHtiintlv Ihriiiletieil her for innni'j from hi fnthor'H will, (if whlrli MIb'4 1'iiHlelii wiim Kiinnlliin 'I hey cnmo to Port Anniimliile to escape Henry Dotiiivuii Mytii:itlil7.eii with tin' two women, lie leurneil of M,m Helen's ii.ii nnylnff fiultor Dunoviin illm-ovcrrtl una riiiitnred nn Inlrmler, who rovel to h JloKlimltl (llllejiple, xiiltor for the hnntl of MIrh Helen llnllirook (Jlllegjilp illmip liniircd the follow Inn mornlMK A tounh Bailor npppiireil unit wns onlored nwuy Donovan imw Mlis Hollnook unil her fa ther meet on frltmlly li-inm. Donovan foiiKhl mi lliillun nhHimsln. He met tho iniiii lm Htippoyed wm HollmmW. hut who Hiild lie whh HitrtrlilKi't " eiiniie muker CHAPTER V. Continued. Ho bjioUo tho nitmo cnruleHsly, hla innnncr mid tono Implying that there could ln no dobutliiK tho uubject. I wmi tirnpnrud for nvnsluu, but not for UiIh cool donlnl of lila identity. "Hut UiIh nftcrnoon, Mr. Holbrook, 1 clmnccd to follow tho crock to this lioliit und I b.iw " "Yqh probably nnw that houseboat down there, that la my nhop. Ah I tell you, 1 am a muker of canoes. They liavo, I hopo, jiomo reputation honoBt hund-work; nnd my output Is limited. I shall bo docply chagtlnctl If you liavo novcr heard of tho Hartrldgn canoo." Ho flhook Ills head In mock grief, walked to a cabarotto and took up n plpo und filled It. He was carrying off tho situation well; but bis cool iiobh angered mo. "Mr. Hnrtrldgo, I am Borry that 1 -inunt bollovo that heretofore you liavo been known u Holbrook. The fact was clonchod for me this nftornoon, qulto lato, ns I Htood In the path be low thorc. I hoard qulto distinctly n young woman call you father." "So? Thou you're an eavesdropper rb woll oh u trospasHor!" and the man laughed. "Wo will admit thut I am both," I flared, angrily. "You are conslderato, Mr. Dono van!" "Tho young woman who called you fntb or nnd whom you answered from tho deck of tho houseboat la n person I know." "Tho dovll!" He calmly puffed his pipe, holding the bowl In his lingers, his Idlo hand thrust Into hlH transom pocket. "It watt MIhb Helen Holbrook that I Raw horo, Mr. Hartrldge." Ho started, thon recovered himself and puoroil Into tho pipe bowl for a Hocond; thon looked at mo with nn iinuaed smllo on his face. "You cortnlnly have u wonderful Im agination. Tho person you saw, If you Bnw any ono on your visit to these promlitm to-dny. was my daughter, Hotmllnd Hartrldge. Wiroro do you think you knew her, Mr. Donovan?" "I saw her this morning at St. Agatha's school. I not only say her, but I talked with her. and I am neith er deaf nor blind." Ho pursed his lips and studied me. with hlH head slightly tltltcd to one F.ldo, In a cool fashion that I did not like. 'I'-iiher nn odd place to have mot this Miss what nnnio, did you Bay? Miss Helen Holbrook; u closed t.ohoolhouse, nnd that sort of thing." "You may caso your mind on that point; sho was with your sister, her mint, Mr. Holbrook; und I want you to understand that your following Miss Patricia Holbrook hero Is In famous nnd that I havo no othor busi ness but to protect her from you." Ho liont his eyes upon mo grnvoly and nodded several times. "Mr. Donovau," ho begin, "I repeat that I mil not Honry Holbrook, and my dntightcr Is my daughtor, and not your Miss Helen Holbrook. Moreover, If you will go to Tlppecnnoo or to Annundalo and ask about mo you will loam that I have been a resident ot this community, woiklng at my trade, that of a canoe-muker. That shop down thoro by the creek and this house, I built m) self." "Hut the girl" "Was not Helen Holbrook, but my daughter, Rosalind Hnrtrldgo. She has been away at school, and came home only a week ago. You uio clear ly mistaken; and If you will call, as you undoubtedly will, on your Miss I'olbiook at St. Agatha's In tho morn ing, you will undoubtedly tlnd your youti'c lady thoro qulto safely In churo of what was tho name. Miss Palrkla Holbrook? In whoso behalf you toko bo pralsoworthy an Interest." Ilo was treating mo quite as though I wcro u stupid schoolboy, but I ral lied Biifllclontly to demand; "If you uro so peaceable nnd only a boatmakor hero, will you toll mo why you havo enemies who are do anxious to kill you? I Imagine that murdor isn't common on the quiet nhorcB of this little creek, and thai an Italian Bailor is not employed to kill men who have not a past of somo sort bohlml them." Ills browB knit and tho jaw under Mb short beard tightened. Then ho ftralled and throw his plpo on tho cr.t nrotto. 'I havo only your word for It that tfciHo's nn Italian in tho wood-pile. I imvvo friends among tho country folk liero und in tho lake villages who can vouch for me. As I am not In the wif "rv .irr j v n . . mawcTB imiiw m ii khbmm wmww IPCTBi J mm I Drought My Horse to a Walk least Interested In your affairs I shall not trouble you for your credentials; but as tho hour Is Into and I hope 1 havo satlslled you thnt wo havo no acquaintances in common, I will bid you good night. If you euro for a boat to carry you home " "Thank you, no!" I Jorked. He bowed with slightly oxaggerated courtesy, walked to tho door and throw It open. Ho nsked whoro 1 had left my home, wished mo u pleasant rldo home, nnd I wns striding up tho highway In no ngrceable frame of mind before I quite realized that after nurrowly escaping death on his house boat at the hands of his enemies, Henry Holbrook had not only sent mo away ns Ignorant na I hnd come, but hnd added considerably to my par plexItleB. CHAPTER VI. A Sunday's Mixed Affairs. The faithful ljinui opened the door of Olenarni IIouku, nnd after I had Bwallowed the supper he always had ready for mo when I kept late hours, I established myself In comfort on the terrace and studied the affairs of the house of Holbiook until the robins rang up the dawn. On their hint I went to bed and slept until IJImn came In at ten o'clock with my coffee. An old hymn chimed by the chapel bells reminded me that it was Sunday. Services were held during the Hum mer, ho the Iioufo servants Informed me, for tho benellt of the cottauers at Port Annnndnle; and walking to our pier I soon saw a flotilla of launches and canoes steering for St. Agatha's. I entered tho school grounds by tho Cilonarm gnto and watched several smart traps approach by the lake roud, depositing othor devout folk at the chapel. The sight of bright parasols and modish gowns, the semi-urban Sunday thnt had fallen In this quiet corner of the world, as though out of the bright blue above, made fill the more unreal my expciieneoB of the night. And Just then tho door of the main hall of St. Agatha'B opened and forth came Miss Pat, Helen Holbiook nnd Sister Margaret and walked toward tho chapel. It was Helen who greeted mo first. "Aunt Pat can't wltlistnnd the temp tations of a day like this. We're chagrined to think we never know this part ot tho world beforo!" "I'm Hiiro there Is no danger." said MIsb Pat, smiling at her own timidity iih she guvo mo her hand. I thought that sho wished to speak to me uloiio, but Helen lingered nt hor side, and it was sho who aBked tho question that wns on her mint's lips. "Wo are undiscovered? You have heard nothing, Mr. Donovan?" "Nothing, Miss Holbrook," I said; and I turned away from Miss Pat whoso oyes mudo lying dllllcult to Helen, who mot my gnzo with charm ing candor. And 1 took account of the girl nnow as I walked between her and Miss Pat, through a trelllsed luno that alter nated crimson ramblers and purple clematis, to tho chapel, Sister Marga ret's brown-robed Ilguro preceding us. Tho open sky, tho frosh nirs of morn ing, tho bird-song and tho smoll of vorduoiis earth In themselves gavo Sabbath benediction. I chnllongcd all my souses bb I heard Melon's deep volca running on In light buntor with hor aunt. It wns not po.slblo that I had seen her through t)io dusk only tho duy before, traitorously mooting ED GAT as I Neared the Cottage. her futher, the foe of this dear old ludy who walked beside me. It was an Impossiblo thing"; the thought was unchivulroiiB and unworthy of uny man calling hlmseir gentleman. No ono so wholly beautiful, no one with her voice, her steady tranquil eyoa, could. I argued, do ill. And yet I had seen und heard her; I might havo touched hor ns she crossed my path and run down to tho houseboat! Sho wore today u white und green gown and trailed a green parasol In a white-gloved hand. Her small round lint with Its sharply upturned brim Im parted n new frankness to her fuce. Suveral times she looked at me quick ly she was ulniost my own height nnd thoro was no questioning the per fect honesty of her splendid eyes. "Wo hoped you might drop In yes terday nftornoon." she said, and my ears were at once alert. "Yes," laughed Miss Pat, "wo were " "We were playing chess, and almost came to blows!" nld Helen. "We played from ten to dinner, and Sister Murguret really had to come nnd teut on away from our game." I bad now learned, as though by her own intention, thut hud been tit St. Agatha's. plulng a harmless game with her aunt, ni the very moment that I hnd seen her at the canoe maker's And even moro conclusive was the fact that she had made this state ment befoii' her aunt, and thnt Miss Pat had acqulosced in It. We bud reached the church door, und I bud reully intended entering with them; but now I wus In no frame or mind for church; I murmured nn ex cuse about having letters to write. "Hut this nftornoon we bIiiiII go for u ride or u .sail, which shull It be, Miss Holbrook?" I nnld. turning to MlhB Put In the church porch. Sho exchanged glances with Holen before replying. "Ah you please. Mr. Donovan. It might be that we should bo Bofer on the water " I wiiB relieved On the lake there wns much less chance of her being ob served by Henry Holbrook than In the highways about Annundnle. It was, to bo Hiiro, a question whether the man I hud encounteied ut the canoe-maker's was really hor brother; that question wus still to bo settled. Tho presence or (illlcsplo l had forgotten uttorl ; but he wns, at any rate, the least im portant figure in thu little ilrumn un folding before me. "1 Hhnll come to your pier with the launch nt five o'clock," I said, and with thanks tiiurinuiing in my ears I turned awuy, went homo and called for my horse. I repeated my Journey of tho night before, making daylight acquiilntaneo with tho highway. I brought my hnrso to a wnlk as I neared tho canoe-maker's cottage, and I read his sign nnd tho lettering on his mall box nnd sat isfied mysolf thnt tho numo Hnrtrldge was Indisputably sot forth on both. Thoro was no ono in sight; perhaps tho adventure nnd warning of tho night had caused Holbrook to Ieuv; but at nny rnto I was bont upon list ing about him In Tlppecnnoo vlllagu Tltla place. lying two miles boyoni tho cunoo-mnker's, I found to bo a Blcopy hamlet of perhaps 50 cottages, a country store, a post-ofllco, and a blacksmith shop. There was a wutor trough in front of tho store, and I dismounted to glvo my horse a drink whilo I went to tho cottage behind tho closed store to scc-k t'co shopkeeper. WAltab W 'fir wwifiUtsHovji w cv I found him In u gardon under nn apple tree reading a newspaper. Ho was an old fellow In spectacles, und, assuming that t was an Idler from the summer colony, he greeted mo courteously. I questioned him ub to tho chnracter or the winters In this region, spoke of tho employments or the village folk, then mentioned tho canoeiuuker. "Yea; he woiks the year round down there on the Tippecanoe. Ho sells his canoes all over tho country the Hartrldge. that's his name. You must have Been his sign there by the cedar hedge They say he gets big prices Tor his canoes." "I suppose he's a nntlve In these parts?" I ventured. "No, but he's been here a good while. I guess nobody knows where ho conies from or cares. He works pretty hard, but I guess he llkoB It." "He's an Industrious man, Is he?" "Oh, he's a steady worker; but Iio'b a queer kind, too. Now, ho never votes and he never goes to church; nnd for the sako or the argument, neither V do I" and the old follow winked prodigiously. "He's a mighty odd tiiun; but I can't say that that's against him. Hut ho'a quiet and peaco able, and now Mb daughtor " "Oh, he has a daughter?' "Yes, and that's all he has, too; and they never havo any visitors. The daughter Just come homo tho other duy, and wo ain't hardly seen her yet. She's been i.way ut school." "I Biippose Mr. Hartrldge la absent sometimes; he doesn't live down thero all the time, does he?" "I can't sny that I could prove It; sometimes I don't seo him for a month or more; but his business Is his own, stranger." he concluded, point edly. "You think that ir Mr. Hartrldge hud a visitor you'd know It?" I per sisted, though the shopkeeper grew less amiable. "Well, now, I might; und again I mightn't. Mr. Hartrldge Is a queer man. I don't see him every day, and particularly In the winter 1 don't keep track ot him.' With a little leading the storekeepet described Hartrldge ror me. and hlB description milled exactly with the man who had caught mo on the canoe maker's premises the night before. And yet, when I had thanked tho storekeeper and ridden on through the village, I wus as much befuddled as over. Theio was something decideilly Incongruous in tiie idea that a man who was, by all superficial signs, at least u gentleman, should be estab lished in the business or making en tices by the side or u lonely creek In this odd corner or the world. Prom the storekeeper's account, Hartrldgo might be ubsent from his retreat for long periods; If he were Henry Hol brook und wished to annoy his sister. it wus not so fur from this lonely creek to tho Connecticut town where Miss Pal lived. Again, as to the daugh ter, just home ft oni school and not yet familiar to the eyes of the vlllngo, she might easily enough be an Inven tion to hide the visits of Helen Hol brook. I found myself trying to ac count ror the ract that, by some means short or the miraculous, Helen Hol brook bad played chess with Miss Pat at St. Agatha's at the very hour 1 had seen her with her father on tho Tip pecnuoe. And thon I was bullied again ns I remembered thnt Paul Stod dard had sent tho two women to St, Agatha's, und thut their destination could not huve been chosen by Helen Holbrook. My thoughts wandered Into many blind alleys as I rode on. I was thor oughly disgusted with myself ut find ing the loose ends of the Holbrooks' affairs multiplying so rapidly. Tho sun of noon shone hot overhead, and 1 turned my horse Into a roud thnt led liomoword by the custom shore of tho hike. As I uppronched a little country church at the crown or a long hill i saw a crowd gathered in the highway nnd reined my horse to see what hnd happened. The congiegatlou of farme und their lumllles had just been dis missed; and they were pressing about a young man who stood In the center of nn oxelted throng. Drawing closer. I was amazed to find my friend (ill lesplo tho center or attention. "Hut, my dear sir," cried a lull, bearded man whom 1 took to be tho minister or this wayside tlock, "you must at least glvo us the privilege of thanking you! You ennnot know what this means to us, a gift so munificent so far beyond our dreaniB." Whereat Gillespie looked bored, shook his head, and tried to force his way through the encircling rustics. Ho was clad In a Norfolk Jacket and knlckorbockers or funtastle plaid, with a cap to match. A young famer, noting my curiosity and heavy with great news, whispered to ma: "T'Oat boy In short pants put a f 1.000 bill In the collection basket. All la ono bill! Thoy thought it was a mis take, but ho told our preucher It was u tree girt.' (TO UK CONTINUED.) Five Million Under Armt. 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