mavrmv II I mwpnpii V ! ft ".ySVa-JtW JJ - - : m 2r Mjpfigmru ?MuemjiM 7f NltHQUON y VLLLcSTPATom 3Y PAY WSLTETRd copYtfcHr 1907 ov oonaS'ftcpRiu ca SYNOPSIS. ' MIm PutrtrU llolhrunk nnt Ml in Ifi-leti lollironk, In-i iiIm iimp tul UHli'tl to he enra iif l.iinriiiii i- Iioii.niin u wrltot, 'UlninrrltiK wi I'orl Ainniinlnlp MIkm i'nttlclii rmilnli il ( Iihiiuvhii thai Bin 'ournl lici brother lli-niv. who. rnlni-il by i hanU rulliiii. hiiil rnnrfantlv tliii-n'i'in-il icr for fnnui-v friuii hl fiilhrr't will of which MIim I'.itriiln uih Knitriliiin Thry riiliip to Port Aiitiiitnlnlf to t tijtc Itrnr) Donovan gjtiimtlilri wllh Hip two Wolm-li Hi- li-iirtii'il of Mini IMiii'h nti- tinylnK miltnr Jiimovaii illMmrrrd anil UIt III '( IIM mini "IT VII" IH'HHl III ui- trslniilil (llllidplr. Niillor for tlu hunil of -1IH5I llt'lt'll I loll. POOH lillirppit' IIIHIIII ttnti'd tin- follow-in; tunming a roiiRii tullor lUiiMMri-cl unil wut niili-ri'il nwuy lonnvnri h.iw M'm llnli'ioiiK nun hit in her nii-i-t on frlonilh ktiih liiiiiov.iu rnill'lit no Ilnhtii ii"Hiiatii Hi- "iPt tin llian Im r uipniiMl iu llothniok. Ii'il who fi.llil Im Vim Ifjrtiirtili'. H i .iiiiip MiliUiT Aflir u iiImiii illnt ii'Hinii tioiio mi l'-rt Hiirlllv (Jlllfipli whh ills. om'imI h l ii ovnii ptiHi ulltiR ii (Oimlrv chiiriii with 11.(101. (tllli'Minr uilmttli'il In I.iii-v- "f Hoi litnoh'H pi fit in Mlii Put tirluiuwtoilK'-'I lo Motiowui Unit MIhm llcli" luul In I'll inK-tlni for n d-w hour Wlilln tullnij In ii liiiini-li, tin' Itiillim null"!- iilt'iiipinl lo inoh-Kt the Irlo. lint fnllml Mini Put litmmiriif-il Iht Intention of HkIiIIiik I loin llnlhriioU mill mil him'Miii; lui'itlii-r hlillin; Eilm-e. Miilioviiii lin-t Id Im In gnnli-n at ilglil. Duplli-ltv of llil'ii miii i oiifi'iii'il ly the youiiK liuly Kin- nilmllti tl lonuMniC kvllli her lulhiT ilcupiti Ikt uiiiiIh litcc-iilitlotiH. In ii nlKht iiii-rllliK wltli Dun uvnti. The Unci- uiiit for u long ilil" Un1 rollnwlni; day. Tlml tilKlit. iIIkkhIh'-iI h u nun. Helen tol from tlm house She inel Iti'Kltiiitil (llllcsplo. who tolil her his lovi' (IlllciUitu wait coufruiiti.il hy PoiioMin CHAPTER IX Continued. It was plain that lio saw nothing out of die way in thus oonnlvIiiK with illolon Holbrook against her aunt, and that he luul not boon struck by thi ononnlly of the Klii'B conduct In ta lldnK iiionuy from him. Ho drow in his 'canon as 1 di'baU-d wllh myself what to do with li lm. "You'vo not to li-avo tin1 lake," I nald "You"c not to no." "Thon I'm Kolng, thank you'" Ho HpraiiR into I lie canoe, drlvlhR It far out or my leaeh; his paddle uplnslipd, and lie was none. "Is (hat ou, sir?" called IJIma lie blind me. "I thotiKht I heard some ono lalKlng." "It is nothitiB. IJIma " CHAPTER X. The Flutter of a Handkerchief. , The next morning nt eight o'clock p sent u note to Miss Pat, asking if she and tho other ladles of her house would not take breakfast with mo at Initio; anil she replied, on her quaint tvlHltlug caul, in an old-fashioned hand, (that hIki and Helen would ho glad to Rome, but I hat Slhter Margaret hogged lo lie excused. It had been In my in 1 ii il from the tlrst to ask them to dine at Oleuarm, and now I wished to von this girl, to tout, weigh, study lior, as soon as possible after her meeting with Gillespie. I wished lo boo how she would bear hoi self before .her aunt and me with that dark trans act Ion on her conscience, j Hreukfust seems to be, in common experience, the most dlllicult meal of the day. and yet that hour hangs in memory still as one of the brightest I .ovor spent. The table was set on tho Jtcirace, and its while napery, tho best filenarm silver and crystal, and a bowl of nd roses still dewy from the night, nil blended coolly with the morning. As tho st i a wherries were passed I felt Hint the little table bad brought us together In a now Intimacy. It was de lightful to sit fnco to face with Miss l'al, and not less agreeable to have nl my light hand tlilv bewildering .girl, whoso oyes laughed at me when 11 sought sbamu in their depths. Miss ll'at poured the coffee, and when I (took my cup I felt that it can led Ihonetllctlon with It. I was glad to 'mio her so at pence wllh the world, and her heurt was not older, I could have sworn, than the roses beforo her. "I slmll refuse to leave when my 'time Is up!" uho declared. "Do jou jthlnk you could spend a winter here, Helen?" "1 should lovo It!" the girl replied. "It would be perfectly splendid to watch Ihe seasons march across the lake. We can both enioll ourselves nt 8t. Agatha's as postgraduate students, and I alto a special course In weather here." "If I didn't sometimeh hear trains passing Annandale In the night, I Hhouhl forget that theies a gieal busy world off there somewhere," said Miss Pal. "I am ashamed of mso!f for having been so long dlscoveilng this upot. Except one Journey to Califor mla, I was never west of Philadelphia until I came heio." Helen stood by the Hue of scarlet geraniums that marked the balustrade, at a point whence the best view of tho lake was obtainable her hands clasped behind her, her head turned sllgthly. "Thoio Is no ono quite like her!" exclaimed Miss Pat. "She Is beautiful!" I acquiesced. Miss Pat talked on miicUy, as though our silence might enuso Helen 'to turn and thus deprive us of the picture. "Should you llko to look over the ,house?" 1 asked a llttlo later, when jllolon had come back to tho table. "It Is said to bo ono or the finest houses iln Inlei lor America, and there aro Borne good pictures." "We should bo very glad." said Miss I'ftt; and Helen murmured nssent.. . "Hut wo must not stay too long, .Aunt Put, Mr. Donovan bus his owu ind At Pro Gat fl.A - -WLrf- . aa.-L. -- rwjhi "There Is No One affairs. We must not tax his generosi ty too far " "And wo are going to send some let ters off to-day. If it Isn't nsking too much, I should ltlo to drive to the village later," said Miss Pat. "Yes; and I should like a paper of plus and a new magazine," said Helen, a little, a very little eagerness in her tone. "Certainly. The stable Is at your disposal, and our entire marine." "Hut we must see the Olenarm pic tures llrst," said Miss Pat, and wo went nt once Into the grent cool house, coming at last to the gallery on the third Door. "Whistler!" Miss Pat exclaimed In delight befoie the famous "Lady in the (3 ray Cloak." "I thought that" pic ture was owned in England." "It was; but old Mr. (llenarm had to have It. That Melssonler Is sup posed to bo In Paris, but you see it's lieie." "It's wondeiful!" said Miss Pat. She returned to the Whistler and studied It with rapt attention, and I stood by, enjoying her pleasure. Helen had passed on while Miss Pat hung upon the Whistler. "How beautifully those draperies ate suggested, Helen, That Is one of the best of all his tilings." Hut Helen was not beside her, as she had thought. There were several recesses In thu room, and I thought the girl had stepped Into one of these, but Just then I saw her shadow out side. "Miss Holbrook Is on the balconv," I said. "Oh, very well. We must go," she replied, quietly, but lingered before the picture. I left Miss Pat and crossed the room to tho balcony. As I approached one of tho doors I saw Helen, standing tiptoe for greater height, slowly raise and lower her handkerchief thrico, ns though signaling to some one on tho water. I laughed outright as I stepped be side her. "It's better to be a picture than to look at one, Miss Holbrook! Allow me!" In her .-(infusion alio had dropped her handkerchief, and when I leturned It she slipped It Into her cuff with a mm miir of thanks. A Hash of anger lighted her eyes and she colored slightly, but she was composed in an Instant. And, looking off beyond the water-tower I was not surprised to see the Stiletto qulie near our shore, her while sails lllling lazily In the scant, wind. A tiny n,iS Hashed locognltlon and answer to tho girl's signal, and was hauled down at once. We were both silent as we watched It; then 1 tinned to tho girl, who bent her bead a moment, tucking the hand kei chief a nine more secuiely into her sleeve. She smiled quizzically, with n eoniptesslon of the lips. "The view here la tine. Isn't it?" We regarded each other with entire good humor. I heard Miss Pat within, slowly crossing tho bare Uoor of tho galleiy. "You are Incomparable"' i ox claimed. "Verily, a daughter of Janus has come among us!" "Tho best pictuies ure outdoors, aft er all," commontod Miss Pat; and after a further ramble about tho houso they roturned to St. Agatha's, whence wo vveio to dilvo together to Atinan dalo lu half au hour. ciiiiiii 56 dtor m l IM i m i ii mi i jiihbh iiawii ii aiiji w.(r;..iM.iLni ij-UHMiiuijiy nwnmm mimifjLL Li - VMrU" &-'-- -.Ji- :- Quite Like Her!" I went to the stone water-tower and scanned the movements of the Stiletto with a glass while I waited. Theaioop was tacking slowly away toward An nandale, her skipper managing his sheet with an expert hand. It may have been the ugly business in which the pretty toy was engaged, or it may have been the Inzy deliberation of her oblique progress over the water, but I felt then and afterward that there was something sinister In every line of the Stiletto. The more I deliberated the less certain 1 became of anything that pertained to the Holbiooks; and I tested my memory by lepeating tho alphabet and counting ten, to make sure that my wits were still equal to such exercises. We drove into Annandale without Incident and with no apparent timidity on Miss Pat's part. Helen was nil amiability and cheer. I turned per force to address her now and then, and to find that the lurking smile ubout her lips, and a challenging light in her eyes, woke no resentment in me. 1 left Miss Pat and Helen at the gcneial store while I sought the hard ware mei chant with a list of trllles required for Glenaim. I was detained some time longer than I had ex pected, and in leaving I stood for a moment on the platform before the shop, gossiping with the merchant of village affairs I glanced down Jthe street to see if the ladies had ap peared, and observed at tho same tlmo my team and wagon standing at tho curb In charge of the dilver, Just as I had left them. While I still talked to the merchant, Helen came out of the general stoie, glanced hurriedly up and down tho street, and crossed quickly to the post ofllce, which lay opposite. I watclted her as I made my ad leu v to the shop keep&r, and just then I witnessed something that Interested mo at once. Within the open door of the post-office tho Italian sailor lounged Idly. Helen carried a number of letters In her hand, and us sho entered the post otllce I was sure my eyes played mo no Hick deftly, nlmost Imperceptibly, an envelope passed from her hand to ihe Italian's. Ho stood Immovable, as he had been, while tho girl passed on into the ofllce. Sho leappeaied at once, reerossed tho sheet and met her aunt at the door of the general stoie. I rejoined them, and as we all met by the waiting trap the Italian left the post-olllco and strolled slowly away toward the lake. I was not sure whether Miss Pat saw him. If she did she made no sign, but began descilblng with much amusement an odd countryman sho had seen in the shop. "You mailed our letters, did jou, Helen? Then I believe we have quite finished. Mr. Donovan. 1 like your llttlo village; I'm disposed to lovo everything about this beautiful lake." "Yes; even tho town hall, where thu Old Georgia Minstrels seem to havo appeared for ono night only, somo time last December, Is a shiiuo worthy of pllgi Images." remarked Helen. "And postage stamps cost no more hero than in Stamford. I had really ox pected that they would bo a tiillo dearer." I laughed rnthor more than was re quired, for thoso wonderful oyes of hers wore flllod with something nkln to honest fun. Sho was proud of hor self, and was oven Hushed tho least bit with hurt success. JMfsS&mi k . An wo passed the village pier I ttaw tho Stiletto lying at tho edgo of tho Inlet that made a miniature harbor for tho village, and, rowing swiftly toward it, his oars Hashing brightly, was tho Italian. Htlll plainly in sight. Whether Miss Pat taw tho boat and Ignored It, or failed to nee, I did not know, for when I turned she was studying tho cover of a mngazlno that lay in her lap. Helen fell to talking vivaciously of the contrasts between American and English landscape; and so wo drove back to St. Agntha's. Thereafter, for the matter of ten days, nothing happened. 1 brought thu ladles of SI. Agatha's often to Glen arm, and we went forth together con stantly by land and water without In terruption. They lccelved and dis patched letters, and nothing marred tho quiet order of their lives. The Stlllot to vanished from my hoilzon, and lay, so IJIma learned for me, within tho farther lake. Henry Holbiook had, I made no doubt, gone away with tho draft Helen had secured fiom CJllles pie, and of Gillespie himself I heard nothing. CHAPTER XI. The Carnival of Canoes. I had dined alouo and was lounging about tho grounds when I heard voices near tho Glenarm wall. There was no formal walk theie, and my stops woro silenced by tho turf. Tho heavy scent of flowers from within gave mo a hint of my whereabouts; there was, I ie membered, at this point on tho school lawn a rustic bench embowered in honeysuckle, and Miss Pat and Helen were, I surmised, taking their coffoo there. 1 started away, thinking to enter by the gate and Join them, when Hel en's voice rose angrily theie was no mistaking it, anil she said in a tono that rang oddly on my ears: "Hut you are unkind to him! You are unjust! It Is not lair to blanio fa ther for his ill fortune." "That is true, Helen; but it is not your father's ill fortune that I hold against him. All I ask of him is to be sane, reasonable, to change his maimer of life, and to come to mo in a spirit of fairness." "Hut he is proud, just as you urn; and Uncle Arthur ruined him! It was not father, but Uncle Arthur, who hi ought all these hideous things upon us." I passed rapidly on, nnd resumed my walk elsewhere. It was a sad busi ness, the shadowy father; thecrlmlnnl uncle, who had, as Helen said, brought ruin upon them all; the sweet, mother ly, older sister, driven in desperation to hide; and, not less melancholy, this beautiful girl, the pathos of whose po sition had struck me increasingly. Per haps Miss Pat was too severe, and I half accused her of I know not what crimes of rapacity and greed for with holding her brother's money; then I Bet my teeth hard into my pipe as my slumbering loyalty to Miss Pat warmed my heart again. "It's the night of the carnival, sir," IJIma reminded me, seeking mo at tho water-tower. "Very good, IJlmu. You needn't lock tho boathouse. 1 may go out later." Tho cottagers at Port Annandalo hold onco every summer a canoo fete, and this was tho uppolnted night. I was lu no mood for gayoty of any sort, hut it occurred to me that 1 might re lieve tho strained relations butvvoen Helen and her aunt by taking them out to watch the procession of boats. I passed through tho gate and took a turn or two, not to appenr to know of tho whereabout of the women, nad to my surprlso met Miss Pat walking alone. Sh.o greeted me with hor usual kind ness, but I knuw that 1 had broken upon Bad reflections. Helen was not in sight, but I strolled back and forth with Miss Pat, thinking tho girl might appear. "I hnd a note fiom Father Stoddard to-day." said Miss Pnt. "I congratulate you," 1 laughed. "Ho doesn't honor mo " "Ho's much occuplod,"sho remarked, defensively; "and I supposo he doesn't Indulge In ninny letters. Mine was only ten lines long, not moro!" "Father Stoddard feels that ho has a mission In tho world, and ho bus lit tle time for people llko us, who havo food, clothes and dilnk In plenty. He gives bis life to tho hungry, tinriothed and thirsty." And now, q iliu nhruptly, Miss Pat spoke of her brother. "Has Henry gono?" "Yes; ho loft tea days ago." Sho nodded several times, thon looked nl mo and smiled. "You havo frightened him ofT! I am grateful to you!" nnd 1 was glad in my heart that sho did not know that GIUusplo's monoy had sent him away, (TO 1M3 CONTINUED.) Defect In Steel Ships. Steel ships aro moro easily penetrat ed by rams, ricks, etc., than tho old wooden bottoms. American City Leads All. 'Now York, has moro money .Invested in. better hotpluand theaters tliaa,unj other, city lr tlid world." rW &ffiZM9 4iY -HELLO GIRL" FIRE HEROINE Miss Ulna Hnrrlgan Saved 160 Quests When Flames Destroyed Hotel in Kalamazoo. Knltuiifuoo, Mich. The million-dollar flro which swept Kalamazoo re cently produced a hcrolno who has not yet gotten through receiving congratu lations from her friends nnd acquaint ances. Tho herolno Is Miss Nltm Hnr rlgan. who was night telephono opera tor at tho Hotel Hurdlck, ono of the buildings destroyed by tho llames. When tho ilnnies broke through tho arcade adjoining the hotel and the building caught flte, she stuck pluck lly to her post and notllled every guest In the hotel by telephone of the dan ger. For nearly half an hour while tho bluzo was raging, with firemen rushing pnst her with lines of hose, engines Miss Nina Harrlgan. pufllng outside nnd a babble of con fusion about her, the girl sat calmly at hor exchange ringing ono by ono every room in tho building, and telling the guests to escape. Sho did not leave until firemen told hor she would lose her life If sho remained longer. Miss Constance Crowley, an nctress appearing at a local theater who had a room at the Hurdlck, attempted to rush Into the burning hotel for her pet monkey, and vvns only prevented by firemen from doing so. Then a fire lnddle found the monk scampering about the Icy, water-soaked streets and rescued the chntterlng simian, to the actress' great Joy. IS BOOSTED BY UNCLE SAM America's Fight on Zelaya In Nica ragua Mado Dr. Jose Madrlz the President. niuoflelds, Nicaragua. Dr. .lose Madrlz, the now president of- Nicara gua, owes the honor that has come to him to the intervention of the Unit ed States lu the affairs of that coun try. When Secretary Knox got after President Zelnya. who has been a trouble-ninker in Central America ful some time, It was not with a definite plan of making Madrlz president, as Uncle had no especial approval to be stow upon Madrlz When Madrlz resigned as minister to Washington because ho was dis satisfied with the Xelaya government, Zelaya banished him. Since that tlmo New President of Nicaragua. lie 1ms boon president of tho Central American court of Justice, organized for tho purpose of harmonizing the Central American republics. Grand Duke Victim of Cupid. A pretty story is told of the man nor In which the Grand Duke Michael ol Russia, who has taken a house near Ilampstead, met his wife. He wus riding one day In Nice, when n charm lug girl with Hying hair was swept past him on a tuuaway horse The grand duko spurred alter her, ovoi took tho runawaj, and lescued the lady. Ho found she wus a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Luxembourg, l.a tor ho fell In love with her, and In duo course married hor. Tho mar rlngo made tho Cnr Alexander so nu gry that he banished tho grand duko from Hussln, and deprived him ut tho snmo tlmo of his titles and estates. It was not until the present czar camu to tho throne that the ban was re moved. Specially Fortified. "Hligglns says he thinks ho would llko to go into the diplomatic scrv. Ico." "Hut ho "stutters ten-fbly." ,. . "That's vvhoro In? Is Btrohg. ' He has .to'thlnk at least'- tw let befOKi ho skys" , anything." --,. 1 "QUANTITY, QUAL ITY AND PRICE" THE THREE ESSENTIALS THAT ARE GIVING WESTERN CANADA Greater Impulse Than Ever This Year. Tho reports from tho grain fields of Central Canada, (which comprises the Provinces of Mnnitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) aro to hand. The year lUOii has not only kept pace with pre vious years in proving Hint this por tion of the Continent Is cnpnblo of producing a splendid yield of all the smaller grains, but it has thoroughly outstripped previous seasons. There Is quantity, quality and price and from all parts of an area of about fl".0,000 square miles there comes the strong refrain of contentment nnd satlsfne Hon. In tho distribution of the con ditions cnusing it no district has been overlooked. Various estimates of the total yield of wheat for the country have been tuntie, nut it is not the vast total that influences tho general reader so much as what has been done individually. The grand total say 130 million bush els may havo Its effect on tho grain price of the world; it may be Interest ing to know that In the world's mar kets the wheat crop of Canada has suddenly broken upon the trading boards, and with the Argentine, nnd with Itussln and India, Is now a fac tor In the making of prices. If so to day, what will be Its effect live or ten years from now, when, instead of there being seven million acres under crop with a total yield of 125 or 1.10 million bushels, there will bo from 17 to 30 million ncres in wheat with a yield of from 1525 to COO million bush els. When It is considered that the largest yield in the United Status but slightly exceeded 700 million bushels, the greatness of these figures mny be understood. Well, such is a snfe fore cast, for Canada bus the land and it has the soil. Kven today the Prov ince of Saskatchewan, one of the three great wheat growing provinces of Can ada, with 100,000 acres under wheat, produces nearly 90 million bushels, or upwnids of one-tenth of the grentest yield of the United States. And Sas katchewan Is yet only In the begin ning of its development. As Lord Grey recently pointed out in speaking on this very subject, this year's crop does not represent one-tenth of the soil equally fertile that is yet to be In ought under the plough. Individually, reports are to hand of yields of twenty-five, thirty and thirty-live bushels to the acre. Scores of yields are reported of forty and some as high as sixty bushels. The tanner, who takes care of his soil, who gets his seed-bed ready early, is certain of a splendid crop. The news of the magnificent crop yield throughout the Canadian West will be pleasing to tho friends of the thousands of Americans who tiro resi dents in that country nnd who nro vastly instrumental in the assistance they are rendering to let tho world know its capabilities. Harvard Scored. II was the morning of the Yale-Harvard game at Cambridge, nnd two of the New Haven collegians were wan deling through tho Harvard yard, looking at the university buildings, Down a walk toward them cauio a youth ol serious aspect, but palpably an undergraduate. "I beg your pardon," said the Yalo man, who is a bit of a wag, to tho stranger, "can you tell mo where I can Hud Harvard university?" "I'm very sorry," said tho serious one, with never a smile. "They've locked it up. You see, there nro so many Yale men In town." "Off His Feed." Diner (to his neighbor after having three helpings of fish and meat) I'vo got no appetite tonight. Neighbor You hide It very well, then. Charity and Courage. 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