r '''iirmii ' ' y UOS AUND at m BY ILLLkSTRATlOW 3Y my WALTF86 COytRtCHT 1907 BY OOB&S-tlCBRIU. CO. i. SYNOPSIS. Miss liitrlrl i Hnllnouli uml Mini lli'loil lnltirrml. Iii nli'iM , inn1 I'lilniHli'cl In Ihr -nr- of l.iiir.ui'i Imiinwin, u writer, minimi i-Itik h'-iu I'mi Atniiiiuliili Mlm I 'at i Irla uuiDili'il t IMimwin Hint mIio fciirod Iiit litnllHT llfiiry, who, rulm-il liy it liunk fiillui . Iiiul i'iiiiHliititl tliti'titi'in'il lier. Donovan ilixiiiM-H-tl ami i-tipliiiril nn Ititi liilcr ulm rn fl to In- Id isltmlil riltlf-MpI) . millur fin tin' IiiiihI or llili-n poiiiivnii win- MIk llollironl anil ln't fu tlier mi it on frlniillv Iiiiiim liimovun fiiiiKliI an Itulliiti iiHxiiMsln lli int the iniin lie Mippnxi'il uiim lliilliroiilt, lint who hiI(I tif ivii M ulililyi', a i iiniic niakt'i Minx Cut iitiuouiH oil lier liiti'iillnii of flUlitltiK l ins llolliinnk uml not wh-UIiik nnotlicr lililim; (ilni I'ihiomui III) t lli'lin in k'imI'Mi at nlulit iMiplhlt) of llili'ii wni iihiIismiI Ik. tlin hi n: luil At nlKlit illij Ixi i iim n nun Id ten Htnh from tin' limine She ini't Iti-u'liinlil (ill tCNplf, Wll'i tlilll III r llln IOV'1' (Sllll Xpll' wii.m riiiifn.nli'il liy Donouin At tin.- tmsn IIOHlodP i III I'M, UIIMl'I'll I'M I'pl t llllllO vim, i.llppnl a ilruft for liri full it Into thf han. I of tint Italian nnlloi A muiiik lailv i"' 111I1II1114 MlH'i llt'li'M ldilhi'iok win oliximil 1.I0111' In a (amir, when lli'lrn win tlinuslit In him- lii'i-n ill lnillli' flllli'Cili ailnilttiil kIWiiit llt'li'M .ii.n.Ki for lii-r latliiT. Him had then left to ypi nil It MIhs Kill 11 ii'kI HiiiiuMiii mi't In tin' iilRlit Sin tolil lilm (lllh'Mpli' uuh nothliu; 10 lll'l III' lO'lfl HHIll 111 lOM' flit lll'l IMluivim fmirnl lillli'Hpli' i;iikI atnl iioiinO In a 1 nliln Inhahltnl lis thf ll illinium Italian unit llolhlonk Id' rvh-Lfi'il him. Iloth Cllli cpli' uml DnnoMiii ml mlttnl loii for Mi'li-n I'nlllni; hi rxi'lf 1 tomillinl a "m.Ii !" nppi . It'll to Dun. nun I'or help Sin ti lil him to o to tin- runm MHiUcr'K hnnii' mill hci that no Injur) In' fell him Id- unit to Kill Cnt At the 1 aiiiii'-iniiliiT'H hnnii', HiiluiMitl fmind tin- In it Ih-tm Aitlnir ami ldm ldilhroul; who hml fmiuhl cm h t In r. In crinsiiltiitlnii - ICoHiillml" atipciui'il Ar thur iict toil 1 tiiui ili'i . Ii.iiinvnti ti turn ltic hum CilliHili aliiiic in the ilcail of nli;lit On ini'stltutlon lie foiiml llcntv Iliilliiiiiil. the Kiillnr. ami MIsm II.I111 in Ktuti'il In an arcuuienl It wiih mMtleil uml llii'v ih'p.iitnl Deiiowin met the real Ituiiilinil who Iiv iiIkIiI he hail Hup poM-il to lie MWx Helen llnlliiunk She icM lleil tie ml up llei falhei Aithnr llollilnoU. hum II . ratlin -niilki I, While llelen'i f.ither wiih lleiuv lloltuook. tin rrlnn ProtleT The (ihihIiii, llelmi ainl Itovalliul ueie an mtieh alike as t u Iiin Tims llihu'rt KIIiiiHeil illlplli lt U.IH e liliilliiil Idleti lilleil liiinovan iisklin IiIh anvlxliini e in liilnuliit: MIns I'alilili llolhrook anil lletit) Iditlnonk toueiliei for 11 M'ttlt me it ot tin Ir mone utTulix whli h hml ki'pl them apnit fur m.liiv vim 1 1 lioiuiMiu ii'fiini'il In 1I1I lie met Olllcfpli CHAPTER XX. Continued. IU wits sit oncts hsiih' iiiul scriotiH. nnd replied, Holxiily: "I ncvpr dmilitri! tlmt It was Aitlnir. It lit wasn't Riillty. why did ho 11111 uwny' It was a qut'or IiiisIiiohh, and fathdf never tneatloiied It. Henry wive out tht5 ImprOHslon thai my father had tal.cn athantiiKo of liollirnnl; Uidthers and forced their fallnro; tint rather shut up and never told me anything." "lint you huvo the notes " "Yes, hut I'm not to open them, yet. I can't tell you ahnut tlint now." He Ki'cw red nnd nlued with his cravat. "Whore are thuy?" I askcil. "l'o Just had them sent to me; Ihoy'rc In the hank at Annandale. I'here'i, anoiher tiling you may not know. Old man Holliiook. who lived to he older than I ho hills, lurt a pto vision In his will that adds to the com. plications. Miss Pat may have men tloiuil that stuff In her fathur's will about the honor of the htotlters " "alio Just mentioned It. Please tell mo what ou know of It." Uv took out his pocket-hook and read me this paragraph from a news paper cutting Anil the mild one million dollars licreln tiefore Hpuiltkully provided for shall, aft er thu lapso ot ton j cars, ho divided ho twi'cu my mild no in Henry anil Arthur llulhrook, nlinro ami sharu allko; hut If cither of my said hiiiih hIiuII huvo boon touched b dlsliunor through IiIh own art, as honor Is lucmttited, reckoned and Valued nuioiii: mon, my said daiiKhter I'u tllilu to he this solo JllilHi! theteof. thun lid Hindi forfeit hlH Hliurii of n;ild nmoutit tbiiH ulthlii'ld, and the whole of hiiIiI sum of onu million dollars hlmli ho uiIJiuIklmI to heloiiK to thu other son Gillespie llKhtod a clBiirotto and smoked tiuletly for several minutes, and when he spoke It was with deep feeling "I lovo that Klrl, Donovan. I be lieve she cates for mo, or would If she could Rot out of all these entangle--mollis. I'm almost ready to burn that packet and tell Miss Pat she's got to Kottle with Henry and be done with it Let him spend his money and die in dlsKrnco and o to the devil; anything Is better than all this sectecy and tnys lor that enmeshes Helen. I'm going to end It; I'm going to end It!" Wo had gono to the library, and be I brow himself down In tho chair from which sbo had spoken of him so short a time boforo that I soetned still to feel her presence) In the room. "Cheer up. lad! If wo can't untie tho knot we'll loso no time cutting tho hiring. There may bo somo fun In this business boforo wo got through with it." I began telling him of Homo of my own experiences, and won him to a cheerier mood. When wo camo round to tho Holbrooks again his depression had passed, and wo woro on tho best of terms. "Hut thero's ono thing we can't get away from, Donrvan. I've got to pro tect Helen; don't you boo? I'vo got to take caro of nor, whntovor comes." "Hut you enn't tnko caro of bor fa ther. Hq'b hopeless." "I could give lilm this monoy my Holf, couldn't I? I can do It, and I've about concluded that I ought to do It." "Hut that would bo a waste. It would bo like giving whisky to a drunkard. Monoy has boon ut tho hot torn of all this troublo." Glllesplo throw up his hands with a Gesture of helplessness. "I Am Tired of Being "I shall uinlniibtedlj loso such wits us I have if we don't got somewhere in this business ptett soon. Hut, Donovan, there's something I want to ask you. I don't like to speak of It. but when we wete coining away from I hut Infernal Island, after our scrap with the dago, there were two people walking on the bluff a man and a woman, and the woman was neatest ns. She seemed to he putposoly put ting herself hi tho man's way so wo couldn't see him. It didn't seem pos sible that Helen could be there but?" Ho clearly wished to be assured. and I auswoieil at once: "I saw them; It couldn't have boon Helen. It was merely u slmllailty of llgure. 1 couldn't distinguish her face at all. Veiv llkelv lhe woie Port An- naudalo cottagers." "I thought so myself." he milled. evidently relieved. It did not seem noeossaij to tell him of Hosallnd at Hod (Sale; that was my seciet. and I was not et leady to share it. "I've got to talk to somehoih. and 1 want to tell you something, Donovnn. 1 can t deny that there are times when Helen doesn't seem well, all that 1 have thought bor at other times. Sometimes she seems solllsh and hard, nnd all that. And I know she hasn't treated Miss Pat right; It Isn't square lor her to take Miss Pat's bounty and then work ugaiuBt her. Hut I make allowances, Donovan." "Of course," I acquiesced, wishing to cheer him. "So do I. Shu Iuih been hard put in this business. And a man's love can l always be at par or a wom an's either! The only thine a mini ought to exact of the woman ho mar- lies is that she put up 11 cheeiful bioakfast-table. Nothing elso counts very much. Start tho day right, hand blm his gloves and a kind word at the front door as ho sallies forth to the day's battle, and constancy and devo tion win be her rowutd. I have spoken words of wisdom. Darken. O Chief Hutton-Maker ot the World!" (Sood humor mastered blm again, and ho grinned his delluhtful bovlsh grin. "I'll toll you what I'll do tor ou, my lad," I Mild "I'll arrange for sou to bee Helen to-night! You shall meet and talk and dance with her ai Port Annaudalo casino, In tho most conven tional way In the world, with me for chapeion. Hy reason or being Mr. (Slenai til's guest here, I'm o otllclo a member of tho club. I'll manago o or thing. Miss Pat shall know noth ingall on one condition onl." "Well, name your price." "That you shall not mention family affairs to her at nil." "(Sod knows I shall he delighted to cscapo them!" His eyes brightened and ho clapped his bauds together. "I owo her a pair of gloves on nn old wager. I have them in tho village and will bring them over tonight," bo said; but deception was not an easy game for him. I grinned and bo colored. "It's not money, Donovan," ho said, as hurt as a misjudged child. "I won't Ho to you. I was to meet her at St. Agatha's pier tonight to glvo bor tho gloves." "You shall havo your opportunity, but thoso meetings on plots won't do. I will hand her over to you ut the casino at nlno o'clock. I suppose I may havo a danco or two?" "I suppose so," ho said, so grudging ly that I laughed aloud. "Itememher tho compnet; try to D GAT f Cooped Up Here." have a good time and don t talk of trouble ' I enjoined, an putted. CHAPTER XXI. A Blue Cloak and a Scarlet. Miss Pat usked me to dine at St. Agatha's that night. Tho message came unexpectedly a lino on one of those quaint visiting-cards of hers, brought by the gardener; nnd when I had penned my acceptance I at once sent the following message by IJUua to tho bout-maker's house at lied (Sale: "To Idis.illnd at Ited (iite It h im portant for you to appear with inn ut the I'ott Annamlal.! . .i.ilno to-nluht. nnd to meet KoKltlilld tillle.xphi theie. He is pledKi'd to refer in in. way to t unlly af fairs If be .should attempt to. jou need only remind him of his pinmlnc lie will liiini;lne that von are some one else, ko please bo eateful not to tax his ImiiKlim tliiu too far There u much at Htaku which I will explain later You are. to io nise nothliu: that bo m.i offer you. 1 Hhall 1 omo Into the creek with this luum li and call for ion ut K.il liate. THD IRISHMAN AT CIU'SNAUM. "The casino datieen are ery liifiniii.il. A plain wldtu kowii and a few ribbons. Hut don't Miult jour tneiald " I was not sure where this project would load me, but I committed myself to It with a fair conscience. I leached St. Agatha's just as dinner was an nounced and we went out at once to the small dining room used by the sis tor in chargo during vacation, where I faced Miss Pat, with Helen on ono hand and Sister Margarot on the oth er. They woto all In good humor, even Sister Margarot proving less austoie than usual, and it Is not too much to say that wo were a merry party. Helen led mo with a particular Intention to talk of Irish affairs, and avowed her own unbelief in tho capacity of the Irish for self government. "Now, Helen!" udmonishod Miss Pat, as our dobale waxed warm. "Oh, do not spare mo! I could not he shot to pieces In a bettor cause!" "Tho trouble with ou iople," de clared Helen with finality, "Is that you havo no staying qualities. Tho smashing of a few heads occasionally satlsllos your ishurlers, then down go the necks beneath tho yoko. You aro incapable of prolonged war. Now, even tho Cubans did beltot ; you must admit that, Mr. Donovan!" She met my eyes with a challenge. Theto was no question ns to tho ani mus of the discussion; she wished me to undersland that there was war be tween us, and that with no great faith In my wit or powers or endurance sbo was setting hersolf conlldontly to tho basilicas of defeating my purpose And I must confess that I liked it in bor! 'If wo had you for an advocate our (lag would undoubtedly rule tho seas, Miss Holbrook!" "I dip my colors," she replied, "only to tho long-enduring, not to tho valiant alone!" "A lady of high ronown," I mused aloud, whllo Miss Pat poured the cuf fed, " a lady of your own name, wns once moro or less responsible for a lit tle affair that lasted ten years about the walls of a six-gated city." "I wasn't nainod for her! N'o sugar tonight, please, Aunt Pat!" I stood with her presently hy an open window of tho purlor, looking out upon tho night. Sister Margaret had vanished nbout bor household dutl!; Miss Pat had tukon up a book with tho rathor obvious Intontlon of leaving us to oursolvos. I expected to start nt eight tor my rendezvous ut Red Gnto, nud my pur wus alort to tho chiming wKi22iy&v 7ZfTr(kVW7tanyJWfTi-r3$ v:ib -.. of tho chape clock. The gaidenor had begun his (vonlng 1 minds, nnd paused In the walk beneath us. "Don't you think," asked Helen. Hint the guuril Ik rather ridiculous?" "Yes, but It pleases my medlovnl In stincts to Imagine that you need de fenders. In the absence or a moat tho gardener combines in himself all tho apparatus or defense. IJIma Is his Asiatic ally." And oti. I suppose, Hie giand strut gist and Held mnishal." "At least that!" "After this morning never ox peeled to ask a favor ol ou; but H. In mv humblest lone " Cottulnl.v. Miythlng within loason." "I want ott to take mo. to the casino tonight to tho danco. I'm tired of being cooped up hero I want to heai music and see now laces" ' Do pat don me for not having thought or II before! Th.-.v dance over tbete ovor Wednesday and Satuiday night I'm sorry that to-night 1 have an eugngottient. hut won't you allow mo on Saturdio ?" She was lost lug her arms on tho high sill, gazing out upon the lake. I stood near, watching her. and ns she sighed deeply my heart ached for her; but in a moment she turned her head swirtly with mischief laughing in her eves. "You huvo really refused! You have positively declined' You plead anoth er engagement! This Is a place where one's engagements are burdensome." ' This one happens to be Important." She turned round with her back to the window. "Wo are eternal foes; wo aio fight ing It out lo a Mulsh; and It Is better thai way. Hut, Mr. Donovan. I hnvvn't played all tn catds yet." "I look upon you as a resourceful person and I shall bo prepared for the worst. Shall we say Saturday night for the dance?" "No!" she exclaimed, tossing her head. "And let mo havo the satisfac tion of tolling you that 1 could not have gone with you tonight, nnyhnw. iioou-oy. 1 found IJIma toady with the launch at (Slenarm pier. and. after a swift Might to the Tippecanoe, knocked at the door of Hod date. Aitlnir Hol liiook admitted me, and led tho way to the room where, as bis captive, 1 had Mrst talked with him. "We have met before," he said, smll- Ing. "I thought you were un enemy at that time. Now I believe 1 may count you a trlend." "Yes; I should like to prove myself your It lend, Mr. Holbiook." "Thank you." ho said, simply, and we shook hands. "You have taken an fnteresi in my affairs, so my daughter tolls me She Is very dear to mo -she Is all I have left; you can under stand that I wish to avoid involving her in those family difficulties.' "I would cut otT my right hand be fore I would risk Injuilng you or her, Mr. Holbrook." I replied, earnestly. "You have a light to know why I wish her to visit the casino with me to night. I know what she does not know, what only two other people know: l know why you are hero." "I am very sorry; I regret It very much," ho said, without surprise but with deop reeling. He would have said more, but I Interrupted blm. "Ab far as I am concerned no one else shall ever know Tho persons who know the truth about you are your In other and yourself. Strangely enough, Reginald (Sillosplo does not know. Your sister bus not the slight est idea of it. Your daughter, 1 as sume, has no notion of it " "No! no!" ho exclaimed, eagerly. "Sho has not known; she has bollovod what I have told her; and now sho must never know how stupid, bow mad, I have been." "To-night," 1 said, "your daughter and I will gain possession of the forged notes. Glllesplo will give them to her; nnd I should like to bold them for a day or two." Ho was pacing the Moor nnd at this wheeled upon me with doubt and sus picion clearly written on his faco. "Hut I don't see bow you can man ago It!" "Mr Gillespie Is Infatuated with your niece." "With Holon, who Is with my sister nt St. Agatha's." "I havo promised (Sillosplo that ho shnll see bor to-night at tho casino danco. Your sister is very bitter ngalnst him and he Is mortally afraid of her." "His father really acted very de cently, when you know tho truth. Hut I don't seo how this Is to bo managed. I should like to possess myself of those papers, but not at too great a cost. Moro for Rosalind's sako than my own now, I should havo thorn." "You may not know that your daugh ter and her cousin aro ns llko as two human beings can be. I am rat Iter put to It myself to tell them apart " (TO UK CONTINUHD) A Good Student, "How Is young Chunkctt getting on In collogo?" "Splendidly. Ho would havo mailo tho scrub toum his Mrst year If ho hadn't boon doflclcnt In ull of his studies." 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