THE SEA-HAWK By Hmfmml Smhmlmi. llaMlMM In— llUlltlll R r Ollw Knvl* lh* ttngHt pf Oi» tu’W »mt hftiifc. pulling »i ht» pip* '“AH M »«ll, 1 h» n, I Itilnfc,' Ml<| h« »t ta*t. ',V«i« **!• !-*■•» 1*11 fUrtT )on lhlth*r" M» l»dti up h a at upline hrafhar a hi* tnahfitl arm* and ho* • him MpMair* aa though h* war* a ha'* »hm h# had aaan him hW» di* P»a» M «• **♦> lanrail *xw «f II in »mn i|»*itrt«i ipatinp II Malta* |l wa* Mr* and Mt-ana* all Htmjt I hat • rr* Mr* h* mu*l a*' muni In annt* tnaaaur* hi* «*« if* in** tip *| 1**1, rmtltt lh*l tr a n I nit *1 Malpa* »hn had mm* »« fling Iht* fraah and t»rrilda dlflhuhr tlirii glraadr M h»d In t*> * an manv II* afnnd tanning npm> IM MfMi'isid hi* foot upcMi one of the doga of the fam»*t. *04 io*e*d Me.| oh*I K do He otol Over hla burden In Mho*, that nee all Ha moat t een thi* eertet tit* froth Mora imtltMl II hMI hi* heart lo Hunk that M tntiet practle* thi* foell oilh l.*t, l ot naught tin taaa t«'*MM» Ltmrl of rehnquiebMg her, and that wad |*i teimit} hi* strength i Ttm inanln n4optM hf t A»k ug a tspet sod went off to had i lUl'TKII V. Th# Hnrhlet. I It sat nM Nicholas oho brought • h* Ha»* nest morning to th* broth' -ia *s thsy «at* breaking their fast l.lonel should have kept hi* lied that ■lay, but dared not, lest th# fart •tumid a rails' suspicion, He had a tittle fever, th* natural teauk both >f bt» wound snd of his to** of Mood, tie was inclined to tvslotun# rather iban deplore If. slue# It net I hush •n cheek* thst otherwise must h*v* looked tiHi pale. dto leaning upon hi* brutheria arm lie eame tlonn to a breakfast of her rings and am*It .ate before the tardy miii of that liar-ember morning W** well risen. Nicholas burst In upon them with! i white face and shaking limbs, He gasped out his tale of the event In a yolce of terror, and both brothers affected to be shocked, dismayed and Incredulous. But the worat part of that old man's news, the true cause of hi* terrible agitation, was yet to in- announced. “And they do gay,'* be cried with nger quivering through bis fear, thev do gay that It were you that killed him. Sir Oliver." "IT' quoth Sir Oliver, staring, and' suddenly like a flood there burat upon hi* mind a hundred reason*, over looked until this moment, that Inevi tably must urge the countryside to this conclusion, and to this conclusion only. “Where heard you that foul lie?” 1 ri the tumult of his mind he never l eeded what answer was returned by Nicholas. What could It matter where the feljow had heard the thing; by now it would he th* accusation oil the lips of every man. There | was one course to take and be must take it Instantly—as he had taken It once before in like case. He must straight to Rosamund to forestall the tale that others would carry to her. God send he did not come too late already. He stayed for no more than to get his boots and hat, then to the stables for a horse, and he was away over the short mile that divided Benarrow from Godolphin Court, going by bridle and track meadow straight to his goal. He met none until he fetched up In the courtyard at Godolphin Court. Thence a bable of excited voices had reached him as he ap proached. Rut at sight of him there fell a general silence, ominous and alaring. A doseii men or more were .-•ssembled there, and their eyes con sidered him first with amasement and curiosity, then with sullen anger. He leajit down from his saddle and stood a moment waiting for one of the three Godolphin grooms he had perceived }n that assembly to take his relhs. Seeing that none stirred— “How now? ' he cried. ‘'Hoes no one wait here? Hither, sirrah, and | hold my horse." Tho g room addressed hesitated a ! moment, then, under the stare of Sir Oliver's h ird, commanding eye, he shuffl'd sullenly forward to do as he wag bid. A murmur ran through the group. Sir Oliver flashed * glance upon it. and aiery tongue trembled into silence. In that silence he strode up the •teps. and entered the rush strewn han. A* he vanished he heard the hubbub l,*hind him break out anew, nercer than it had been before. But he nothing heeded It. Ile found himself face to face with ;■ servant wbo shrank before h*m. staring as those in the courtyard had •tired His lieart sank. It wa* plain that he came a little lata already; that th# tale had got there ahead of him. “Where !« your mistress'" said he. ... I will tell her you are here, Sir Oliver." the man replied In a voice that faltered; and he passed through a doorway on the right. Sir Oliver stood a moment tapping his boot* with his whip, his face pale, i deep line between hi* brows. Then the man reappeared, closing the door after him. "Mistress Rosamund bids you de part, sir. 8he will not see you." A moment Sir Oliver scanned the •ervant’s face—or appeared to scan it. for it Is doubtful If he sow the fellow at all. Then for only answer be st rode forward tow arils the dour from which the man had Issued. The servant *el hi* back to it, bis f.ice rear-lute. "Sir Oliver, my mistress will not see you." "Out of niy way?' he muttered In his ,-ingrv, itmtemptuou# fashion, and a.• th* liuui peraiatent In ht* duty atood hi* ground. Sir tlhver took him by the breast of his jacket, heaved him aside and went in. She was standing In midapartment, dressed by an odd irony all in bridal white, that yet was not as white as wa* her f ice. Her eye* kvoked like t*n M«f|| Main* •»»•»* 1st H IM> laataHed Up»n IM* B* t,„d« *M> a*eM b«* M rafuaefi »*•' Him paiiad but aba Mid m» «™cg ' bllti Mte ><*•! Mi»^ *• • " rooted all M* aufiartlr *»d rbert** lk» maMetfolnea* *f bl* adt»«>« ** lad be spake *1 *ee uni have heard • Ha ‘ib* He that tuna I be event i aide Thai I* evil etteugh MM I see |bal yen Hava leal la a*t It it aitd th»» I* ware#.’* Hha continued lo regard him witn • .old look «*f loathing, Ibl* child ib» but tea day* age had lain against h Heart taring up at Him In true! and adoration "Rosamund" he c»lad. and ap proarhed her bv anal her step Wane round' f am her* to 1*11 >•« that It la a tie." "Yini Had heat go" aha aald. and her voice had In It a quality that made him tremble *'f»oT" h* echoed stupidly. "Toq hid me go? You will not hoar to* • 1 lonaented to hear you mora than once, icfuaed to hear other* who knew Heller than I, and wa* haedleaa of their warning* Thar# I* no iw>r* lo he said between u*. 1 pray Bed that the mnv take and hang you " He waa White to the lipa, and for the first time In hi* life he knew fea, and felt hie gr"»l limba trembling under him, "They mar hang rn# and welcome since you believe thi* thing Tip* could not hurt me more than you air doing, bur by hanring me could the deprive me of aught I value, aime your faith In me la a thing to le tdown upon hv the firal rumor of the countryside" M* aaw the pal* lipa twist them selves Into a dreadful smile “There I* more than rumor, l think," said ah**. "There is more than all your lira will ever serve to cloak.” "My lies" he cried. "Rosemund. I awear to you bv my honor that 1 have had no hand In the aiaylng of petef. May God rot me where 1 stand If this be not true!" "Jt seems." said a harsh voice be- * w, hind him, "that you fear God a* lit tle as aught else.” He Wheeled sharply td confront Sir John Killigrew, who had entered after him. "Ho." he said slowly, and his eve* grew hard and bright as agates, "thi* is your work." And he waved * hand towards Rosamund, it was plain ’.o w hat he alluded. "Mv work?" quoth Sir John. H* closed the door and advanced Into th* room. "Sir. it seems your audac ity. your shamelessness, transcend* all bounds. Your . . "Havs done with that." Sir Cliv. r Interrupted him. and sipote his great flat upon the table. He wa* suddenly swept by a gust of passion* "f.ea * words to fools, Sir John, snl rriti riams to those that can defend them tetter." J :/ K®. 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HCRtT CCMCS » moo, rr iuoult>k,*y wun'r 'TO fcLUFf h LWTVJc N4 A e FfcCMT Cfr frl«_ Wv TH»- RURMUt," PRPRCiy Aftt, AT THIS HOUR \ VJE BfcfeKi Cf m(|hV? INDOORS / ALL W"/ a -..Visual—u-Mfc.jn.t \ OR \J0PHCC i ftVM. \ ~+ r New York ••Day by Day N_/ Hr O. O. M'IXTTKF. New York, April 12.—Kcceniric people ere not conspicuous in New York. On thie little isier.d one m>v ^ be as ' nutty” as one pleases and ha\e no fear of ridicule. There is shelter and seclusion for the odd fish, the harmlessly heretical, the star-struck or those haunted perhaps by a wild skirl of the pipes of Pan. In smaller towns the ‘'nut'’ !« the butt of jest end sometimes almost ’"**■ persecuted, but the overwhelming bigness of New Toric keeps people from paying any attention to the other fellow's eccentricities. For sev eral years, summer and winter, the ‘‘Man .a White” strolled up and down Fifth avenue. His head was bare, his white silk ehirt open at the throat and he was costless. Pedestrian* rarely turned to look. Overcoat Jim who wear* seven overcoats winter and summer and scavanges gutters for pins ar.d cigar snipes attracts little attention. Midget* stroll on Broadwav and give a pirturesjue variety to the crowd hut that is all. The Hippo drome elephants and camels taken out for walks do not cause a handful of people to clot at the curb. The ac tress who used to walk with a fox held by silver leash gave it up. Ph* hoped for puffs of publicity but dkin t get a line. There is a tailor who wears a snow white derby at ell times and a young typist who dresses in male faabhvn save for a skirt. Every evening at 7 a venerable man kneels in prayer on the library’ steps. A florist wears san dals. Along Millionaire g row every morn ing a haughty dowager ride* in a tire pony-drawn care with a uniformed footman squatting grotesquely on tbs rear step. A manufacturer of pet fume ridea an old-faahiored high bicycle in t'entral park almost every afternoon. flreenwith Village ia filled with people who wear their eccemrictus gracefully. Short hair, long hair. I •mocks, tarns, women * pipe* and a : htnidred other queer trapping* aug | ge*t the flame of genius. Almost an\ i where else^thev would be laughed at. Sometime* ths literary game ny «w" I New York is rot so difficult as fh» ! nopnlar notion make* it appea There la a young man who cams here unheralded from a small town in Michigan a year ago to tackle fiction He haa sold every story he haa writ ten both here and in Kngland and he haa just turned 24. A great editor tells me It la set I difficult to find those who ran writ# but extremely difficult to find those with a story to tell. The art of sustaining ‘nterest ia rarely acquired. It ia a gift ami very few have It. It ia not taught in schools. The same editor tell* me some of the best stnrv tellers of the day use atrociously had KngUsh which has to be corrected In t he office. another actor \\ hose ’alerts were hidden In obscurity in a fiwe gn language tdavhouse 'ran away with the show'- on Broadway in his first appearance as an KngUsh actor. H>» t ame la Arnold Korff. who opened in ihe Pirandello Cycle. Three years ago Mr. Korff was in Irving Place taking an obscure part In Herman pla\«, Joseph Schikikraut and Jacob Her tnil are two id hers who learned Kr* ll*h and became stare. ‘•eieral months ago ! » « ,!■ n g with a man who bad a foolish notioi-> he could heat a long Inland train over a crossing. He did hy an evetaah and made my h»lr raise like a fright w;t I I felt that a man w-ho had so little i regard for my life should be shunnrd and I haven't seen him since But he Ihv^c Into all the newspaper the olhr I d*\ He had been appointed on » j committee to urge !e*e xieed.r« , it lining Ceetrtihi lilt