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SMITA, Listowel. @° BRUCE SMITH, Atwood. ® 9 et Love’s Stowaway John L.- Carter . CHAPTEHK XIII Paradise Island For three nights now Molly had succeeded In dispatching those bot- tled messages, f float whither the sea might take them. And then, on the fourth night, George caught her In the act. She had just set her bottlea on the raft preparatory to paddling out past the reef, when she eard a cry aah the shac “No you don oa It was Gostes ae he came hurry- Ing after her,splashed through the surf and climbed onto ‘the = raft, where he crouched obvicualy ~ over- come by the exertion. “Be careful of your wound!" she erled. "What" = that to you?” = _he flung at her. “Little you care “Of course I care!" re protested. “You don't mean to tell me that you weren't trying to make off in the raft?" he er Molly stared at him, aghast. “Why I never thought of auch a thing!" she declared. “It would be simply madness to attempt to reach the land on a raft Ike this.” eorge was not convinced, how- ever. “It only shows bow much you'd loathe to stay. with me." he = sald ly. “To me, it’s Paradise Island!" “You're wrong, George,’ she sald. “T wasn't trying to get away. Surely you can't think ao badly of me as that! Do you think anything on earth would make me leave you here, all by yourself?” George looked at her suspictously; then cenvinced that she was speak- ing the truth, he sald: "Well then, what were you after—going out on the raft in the middle of the night?” t was then that he noticed the box of bottles. “Why of course you were intend- ing to get to land!"’ he cried, his suspicions again aroused. “You were taking those full of water, aurely?" Molly was afraid, afrald for him to find out just what she had been doing. She knew that she had a perfect right to send those messages, and yet, she was afraid of what he would ony “You can't explain away all those bottles of water. Why attempt it?’ he cried. And he pulled one out of the box. It was then that he saw the plece of paper within He opened his mouth In utter as- tonishment. “@>, this is your swbatitute for wireless. is it?" he cried. “Oh yes, you mean to get away from me, If that's humanly possible!" He un- fastened the screw topper, pulled out the piece of paper and read it. Then, in a fury of vexation he flung the bottle {nto the eea. George, don't make such a trou- ble of things.” urged Molly anxious- ly. ee 3 vem to be set on nly one thing e grumbled, “‘and that !s, to get away from me.” “Not from you, George,” she in- sisted From the Rack yen” a the same thin and you know It (4. he growled. “Let's be frank. The truth Is, that {f I can, keep you here a little longer you'll give way. You know you will. Why shouldn't you? After what's wring with me? I know I'm only an ordinary sort of fellow, still, I'd give you a square deal as my wife, and you know It. Molly, why can't you Listen to reason? We could be so happy, we two. You know we all, could. As for that about Lord Bel- den, after all, you scarcely knew really was just a fancy, y Molly dear, I give my whole life to make you happy. I swear I ould!" He put his hand over hers, as they knelt within a couple of feet of each other on that rocking raft. Molly never thought to withdraw her hand. She was much too bewildered and unhappy. “J ewear you ‘d never re- gret for one moment,” he went on. “I'd simply spend my life, my last drop of ie dan on striving to make you happy. Molly Could. eee no more. Sud- denly she began to sob. It amazed even herself. She supposed It was than anything— only, his. suffering was really too terribte for her to endure, especially ce she could mot help him at all. hear George seamed so ntterly be- wildered and broken at the realiza- tion that his love was not to be re- turned, At the moment she would have xiven almost everything to have made him happy. “Poor old George!” she said ten- derly. “Don't George! Please don't upset yourself over me." « had selzed her hands now, and was ‘pulling ber towards him. “Molly Molly dear!"' he cried. “Why should we let anything upset ue? We were made for each other. That's why God put us here alone, to make wus realize It. Molly! Molly dear! You're mine. now, ali mine.” _ Molly was struggling to regain herself, Indeed ay eee his feelin waa more yielding to ee than enough; why should she behave In his absurd way? “Molly dear! don't cry! We break my heart,” he cried, his cies - Ne eats t : bear jt!" she “George ie ene sobbed. “ rela Oh, Tm 2 sorry! “Terribly 80, it's ood." ee clung to ‘her, nas her or htly. | merely dear, there's nb m at ~ he whispered. “I 3 just she felt} wae pressing his tace nae | we etait impelled to oF to have ended his agony. “T feel such a broken thing now,” he moaned, “ t shot seemed to have done fer me and then, you brought me back to life. And now, well, what Is life worth unless I can have you, Molly dear? Take pity on me, little girl, for God's, sake!" , to her astonishment, she heard him give a rending sob. That tore her own heart, made her feel unspeakably callous, guilty. After all, could he be blamed? It n't his fault that they two had en thrown together all these eeks. Oh, If only she could do something to comfort him, to step thet terrible sobbing, which seemed so foreign to = essentially masculine make-up. n the end she put her arms round hi i. as she would have done to a sobbing child, and, tightening them, pressed her face soothingly against his wet cheek. n't George! Don't!" she pleaded. “I can't bear you to suffer 50 “Tr 8 only words,’ he groaned un- happlly “You don't mean anything folly. He said it so fiercely, so bitterly, it stung her. “George! 1 ¢> mean itt" she ouiee almost beside herself. eorge! Resgees Ili consider it. I'll idle try. I will really. Yes, I'll try to love you. Fu try to think of being thank God, Molly!" * he cried hoarsely. “Thank God!’ And then, like a weary child, he quietly collapsed, and lay with his head on her knee. And Molly took the paddle and began to make to- wards the beach There was a wonderful crescent moon, and millions of Jright stars, yet the sky seemed all dark to her. She had given her word, she had promised to try to love him, which meant that she must forget everyone else, And, suddenly, {t was as though her life had come to an end, And yet, was there any other way out? After all, perhaps It was best as it was, She would soon get over it, ae George, _ pe would do his to make h happy. But still as sighed and mook her head. She knew that she would never be happy again. “OQome George," she said gently, as the raft grounded. And standing in the surf. she slipped her strong young hands ea his arm-plte and lifted him ger “i still aot "belluve it, ar wo- man,” he sald, stumbling his feet, and started towards bbe’ shack. “It's too wonderful to belleve, really. Did you really mean it, Molly? Will romise,"" she “I've been a selfish little i _ thank God tor that promise, M * he cried. “Molly dear, you don’ t—disiike me? “No, George, dear, of course I don't,” she said. It ‘was pats enough. There was, Indeed, nothing about George Knapp that she could dislike so that she eould truthfully say that she Iiked him, honored him exceedingly. She admired his hooks, indeed. No, there was nothing about him that eho dis- liked “Make no mistake about that,” she added loyally. “T'll repay your love ten million times,’ sald George eagerly. “I'll simply live with one thought, to make you happy."" Then he looked at her, and the beauty of her pale face, and those great misty eyes In the soft moonlight made him trem- ble—treamble with joy that she be- bonged to him at last, tremble with terror lest she should lose her. “So you're ‘going to put the past behind you, are you?" he said eager- ly. “You' Te g3ing to forget—about Cecil? The look of dumb preatieg {n_his face smote Molly. was tathink- able that. so fine wae eae ’ face should ever take on so abject a look as that! It was unthinkable that any woman should have so much power over a man! “George dear, I.swear it!" she cried. “I am yours now, only vours. Yes, I've swept the past away for ever. I see, I was selfish to cling to §.”" “Oh, my darling! my darling!" ried George, and he drew her into his arms and kissed her soft hair Bh ear gratefully. think that you are mine at last, ro mine for ever! Oh, you'll neat Tegret it!’ he promised con- fident Molly was surprised at herself. A arenas had come over him. [t was THE OLD, RELIABLE i lL dt i= ==! = =i | —t E —— — ——a \ } — a a welcome change, It was as nate having yielded that hold u @ past, Lm aviite Pied santed to tive athe: the present, a great load hed rolled from her shoulders. She felt, indeed, that she was going to be happy with George. After all, why not? Surely he was one | thousand—so strong, yet so gentle. And she even asked herself whether she had heen crying out shadow and so a missed the sub- stance all thia wh They did not wae for some hours. He was now as eager to get away from the island as she was. He declared that his fears were cured at Jast. And, surely some- thing must turn up to ensure their early. rescue. @ laughingly {naist- ed upon their dispatching more of those S. 0. S. messages, and so they went out with another -box, paddling the raft further out than they had ever ‘been before. There was a wondrous enchant- ment about the night. Was a lake of rippling phospherescence, the drops that d fr paddies turning to gold and silver as they fell. And. over all, was that wonderful moonlight er clothed wig aged in mystic ‘bea oe so happy, little ean)” he ny smiled ved ae George, a said, “Now that I've ma nae my choice.” It did her good to make that gen- erons statement, Yes, it made one happy to give! And how happy It had made her feel to make George happy too! . At iast they started back and as they passed big rock on which were the charred remains of the wreck, he sald with a self-conscious laugh: “I was rather an idiot to set fire to’ the yacht, Molly. Were you very much ashamed of me, dear?” Molly «smiled at him. and put a reassuring hand over one of hia. “Tt was aimply the action of she eald. “And, quite understand surprisingly ra i= fe] ze Se spollt school boy,’ after all, I can how you felt.” Arrived back at the island, nelth- er of the two felt ready for bed. In- deed, George would have kept her up all night, so great was his joy in haying obtained her promise at last. As for Molly. she could not quite understand herself. Actually she feH happier than she had been for weeks, and yet, she could not be quite sure that that happiness was genuine. Certainly she felt a great relief that all the struggle and stress was over at She had ylelded, had given In, fate had taken the de- cision out of her hands “What does it matter, even though we have ¢o e satoythnlivqk,vdote? we have to oes on the island aH our lives?"’ he was saying When Ppt de ived and Eve * quoted Molly, and then she Apparently It was a happy carefree laugh, and yet, there was perhaps just a touch of hysteria about ft. To have lived all these weeks on the island with George— always on guard, always having to ce nee just how any word or act of hers would affect him—had been something of an ordeal. And now that she had given up fume will she was feeling the reactto “Of course, we shan’ r have to stay on the island very long,” he assured her. “Not that it matters much, e‘ther way. Oh, I could de perfect- ly happy Tor the rest of my life to h you, dear.’ this mood than in your ‘captive of your bow end spear’ attitude,”” she laughed. “I'm simpy terrified of you then!" 'm not such a cave-man as all he laughed. your close-cropp poor cave-man bo get hold of whan he feelg an urge to drag you tr e “That reminds me, George," said Molly. aM halr's growing ever so long. You'll have to cut In for me tomorrow.” “IT should love to," though, don't me hardly a success. Still, it doesn't matter how your hair looks, since there’s no one but me * yas Se I should think you perfec = Molly laughed Jaa oe baeee her shoulders. “There, are quite a number of reasons why I wish to get back to he cried. “Al- if t civilization,” she sald, “In fact, these ho mosquiteves alone would drive me there." George nodded. “T want to get back. too,” he sald. “The sooner the better fcr me, really, because then we can be mar- rie Molly met his ardent look without flitehin “That's so,” she said. She determined to take herseit firmly in hand and turn her : for ever upon the past. Yes, ‘the sooner ehe and George wore married the better, she concluded. “Since our wonderful talk on the raft just now, I feel as though’ we were rried, u an I," sal George Intensely. “At last you have Sexe A made upeyour mind. feel i “You're Tight. I have made up my mind, George,” she eaid firmly. A moment tater she turmed to gee ‘him mote bis head poem ibiy. s the ere we" “Wha e table toi to eald, pontelD, ms laug “Ty was ooly. ‘thinking what a Pero up the At which ‘they ess,” he xteieed: both poeeae heartily. . bere yaw now. She was feel- vary tired.” Afterall, it had been peace. there us all plane deso ceive told would = up on “Hello wife, an 1rearly off the fsland. the gun. know tha sa had rig Saal terete it 8 all, 2 ene yet, whar heppiness could pond ‘e hoped for S| wits Cecil, if, as was Byte smb tcasgnois the case, he had bee not for herself, but "bo Coul She ferred not to marry at all. not yet recovered from the blow of discovering her idol, feet of clay. ay she would ever recover. out of a marri get money! George kived her itor herself alone. , 28 her reason Insist- ed, all that he really wanted was her money? to have seen him look with longing eyes al some other womah, remain- ing faithful to her only because he was bound by law? would have been torture She felt, Indeed, that a load had rolled life with George would be more or jess hum-drum, would be sure of her Whereas, had she married Cecil, she could never have ‘ Always haunted her the humiliating con- sciousness that unwillingly, taken her at a price. Oh yes, she could be happy enough with d she have been he No, surely that great from her, True, Dut, at least, she husband's love. ad a moment's there would have e had taken her felt sure of it. The Cecil, to have Indéed, she doubted e away that dismal bogey she would fin Have no f “T shall stick to my pro ahe turned her eyes eagerly up to the sky again. pointing almost directly “Tt looks like q seaplane. Molly shaded her eyes from sun, and at last she — out that tiny speck up In the s I suppose they Aes "lean for us?" she cried, suddenly anxious. “Why, what else should it be com- ing this way for?" he said, “We've never had an aeroplane Oh, they're looking for It looks like an army '" erled Molly here before. Baht ‘Oh, its flying away: late Wait, ‘a minute,” anywhere near,” cried George. “What else should- it be this Island.” Flying at more than a hundred ou realize it? she laughed. them! yo “] had made up! imy Ing to eT. be to one © d she “To s was it Ba ae see he aus she told herself that George was one in a thousand, and she was sure he would make her ha George through and through, knew] his the worst and the ‘best of him after all, they had been living alone together all these weeks, virtually, in almost every respect as man and what she was doing, hepa realiaed what she was} it underta She sighed weartly. ginning to ‘be sleepy now. would be pretty matter-of-fact. *h romance in it. herself firmly, Intensely so. appy. And, knew APTER XIV Saved At it Late the following afternoon they With that she swam to the reef and ¢limbed out of the George followed, clambered up, and eat at her & was a loo water. moment k of-anxiety on his face, a look that pained Molly to see. orgs,” she sald. ise."" Then ear, Ge Mee tisten! Oh, how wonderful, Georg iS There KH is!"' cried George, looking for, Aren't ur head you with joy be happy anyhow,’ 5 ‘inks again the seaplane crossed It was flying quite low now. There could be no doubt that : bg {nterested in this particular * Molly had reached the beach and. was rtinning toward the shack. Ar- rived at the door, she turned and realized that she would not need The seaplane was already about to settle and after just skim- ming the reef, raising a double’ fan of spray aa it jt struck the water, drew up halfway betweer=him and the shore, ha hurried = and climbed of the floa Someme wis aang over ‘alde 7s ir seaplane, Are you. Mr. pp?” ‘cine ay the Gedrge yoice. mp ‘and to his hor-j ‘face. Tt ing her, She knew She was be- And, perhaps d more consolation fn it than she had hoped. Oh, how she wanted rest, peace, s0Me healing ent her berplexse and wounded heart! overhead. the] “Com pass over roe George. but We're saved!" Then “What will they think of us—in bathing costumes— to re- simply mind that I h o stay here with you get my heart's desire, to go back to New York, the smme." Suddenly Molly sprang up. “Pm going off to fire the gun!" she cried and she splashed into the bi and made at top speed for the That would have been hum{Hatlon rm indeed! Whereas, ae mt least 4 there could be do ubt that The Ideal Supply Co. right then?” he asked eagerly. George nodded. He felt that all the life had gone out of him. And yet, there was a strangely desperate sense about him, a sense of the ele- mental, of the wilds. It was just his luck that it should be Belden, of all people in the world, who should to the rescue! Why shouldn't it have been John D, eo But. as it was—oh! it was horribl “Was that she who Hey Soler in Sigg that rock?" asked Cecil eager- ¥. George nodded. “Where's she gone now?" asked o ‘Cit. “She will be getting into her things,” said George, and then add- ed grimly, “Ready to go back to civi- lization aeegs was itching to bluré-out news, to tell Lord Belden\ that he and MoHy had agreed to bé-mar- ried, but, somehow, he ‘couln't get it out, There was something about Lord Belden that worried erg was as though the young Scot 4 wr for granted that ali the world Was aware that he was in love with Molly. Indeed, why ha rd Bel- Yes, life ook for her unless {t hum-drum, was his intention to make her his There wouldn't be| wife? The pilot had switched on hia en- gine again pe Bas Seaplane soon reached the As the pitt climbed down George recogn red Baar a meee in the days cf the “Why, it's ert “Baldwin, gure- y!" he cried, Baldwin shook hands and grinned. “I wondered if you'd remember the were out swimming when Molly youth res taught to fly,"" he laughed. thought she heard a strange sound. “Tt' n honor, my , to have eorge! she called. “What's! such $e ace as ou to come in that nolse? Surely H's an aero-| search of me,” sald George. “How glane, or a motor boat, or someé-| did you get to hear of 't all?" His thing. Oh, if only it should be] query was addressed to both of them. ‘someone com'ng to take us off!" “That wireleas 8. O. 8. was report- ed to your office,’ said Cee “And ra Betden induced Briant o get bu As a matter of fac old Briant vA Rinsing us at our base in Porto Rico har “We started at ‘a wrong end of the island-system, apparently," tangned sical ruefully. ‘Stiiim—thank to Baldwin—we method,” sald Cecil. “How many ie Ig it you ticked off on the cha Baldwin cai “I'm fed up with island!” he sald. “What ape i a mouthful of grub?" along,” said George. “You shall baee a sea-birds' egg omelette, some biscuts, se. pure rain-water s they arted towards the shack, Cec:l ontered his hand to Geo- d bless you for taking care of her!" Se said, ferventl George could tind nothing to eay in reply. He felt and resentful. He told himself that he must drop a hint. Belden must be given to* wn- derstand precisely how things were, before Molly arrived on tha scene. “T've looked after her all right.” he growed “Now, it's coming said) A sudden change came over Cecil's George. “And it's fying tower,| face, at that. It was as though he too.” had been striving to accept the “But suppese it isn't looking for) theory, in his own mind, that George ‘us, anyhow?" said Moily, despond-| Knapp had, in actual deed been con- ent once more. tent to play the part of guardian to “Nonsense! There's nothing else) Molly, But now, there came a look of anxiety, amet of fear, on Cecil Belden's fac Selzing his opportunity George summoned up his courage, and epoke miles an hour the seaplane aneee ou oss the island. It was uch “Why shouldn't I wok after nearer the water now. Molly?” ne Syn Se she’s going “It's coming back already!" cried | to marry Molly, as the achine suddeniy) “Oh, no!” er! ied. Cecil. “Good God! banked steeply, ‘ag came swooping | that can't be t back. “George! we're saved! “Do Cech Belden’ . ‘alarm heartened Gecrge. - After all, why should he net b® Able to get away with it? It was true enoug “She'll tell you whether It's true ‘| or not.” he said firmly. “You seem to forget that she and I fave been quite alone on this islagd all these weeks. I can assure you that we" ve come to a perfect understanding.” With that he hurried after Baldwin, wh? was a few paces ahea Cecil Belden hung now. He realized, for the time, that his case might indeed be hope- less. His anxious thoughts flew beck over the past. He had begn absolutely true 5 Moliy, had wanted her for himself alone. He had never once doubted her, indeed had had not the slightest cccasion to dowbt her. Had not her wnele convinced her that he had wanted to marry her primarily to get her money? Had she not been convinced of that, she would never have run away. 8he had run Sway resclved never to meet him again, deeply wounded, and possibly . even, panne with resentment against himse Yes, he could see It <8 ‘He ding Jove {or him had been trampled cut. Obviously then, it would i be difficult for a h such pas George ar left with fete alone for weeks, rin her. After all, he -himsel? thes by- Bo .means particularly attractive, of that he was certain, why shouldnt ye talten} 7% rt . Listowel, Ontario " “Yes, rm Mr. Knapp,’ he sald. cause Molly had been ard a -mis- And you're Lord Belden, I believe.” apa ieang Cecil nodde As for.Georgé, he was fe legs “Thank God we've found you, couren t than. Cecil yp pm he anyhow!" he said. “She is all| was Ina biue funk. alike reals to plead with Cecil, or to th- reaten him. But now the sudden appearance of a pretty, sllm figure a+ the door of the shack rivetted the entire attent- jon of the three ‘men PR pllot was oe. firet to meet “on, ho w can Edu ever thank you for coming and ae ee ahe cried, hey Gut her h. is aldwin was aern out with his tone day's criss-crosaing over the islands, and her eyes were halt- blinded by the glare of the sun. He yawned, and put the back of his hand o his mouth. Then he pointed with a thumb over his sholder “That's the scape you will ae to thank, Miss," h . Molly glanced Br the second man. “Why, it's Cecil,"~she cried, in a little choking volce “Yes, it's me," said Cecil coming p. George, who kept at his . side, sensed da Another half minute and Cecll was holding Molly's h: And he never 4b dreamed of phd eony it. “Never once did I teally give up hope,”” he said eagerly. “I knew you couldn't die, not—" He broke off there and looked at’ George. And then, in spite of George—perhaps be- e—he sald, “Moily, it was all a lie about the money 1 went to your uncle first, simply be- cause I wanted to be open and above- board and he was your guardian. Molly's anxious face went death!y She shot an unesay glance a . As for George, there wa: a look akmost of rhc aga ” his eyes. He knew that £ wa A- gainst him and he felt “tadausly Te- bellious. Molly ate not speak fora mo- ment. She was biting her lip, and the woft neal a eyes were anguished i hooked like tears “It's true, Cecil,"" she said, fully at last. “George end going to Fir married. Oh, yes, quite bc is buti- are ta did not feel the satisfact- ion and triumph that her declaration should have given ee | ras epoken definitely enough, Sut some- how, there was not sufficient con- viction abbout It. He was watching Cecil ‘Belden, now, whose face, In stead of falling had actually lighted up. as Molly made her~ declaration And, s pitterly, George reallsed the truth—that, though Molly migh: ‘i fond of himself, George, and be +:/II willing to marry him, yet her love be- inwardly. as ne now? Whatever happened, he mus eaimeply must—have Molly. He ould not Dack one onch from that, And yet; what chanegt had the, now that these iwo were bg ge Even now, guard d as she endeavouring tt. be, Molly couse not keep her fur tive eyes away from Cecil Br) den’a face. She was changed transformed, ‘| Still, he meant jo make a f-ch! of it. He would hold her to her pr m- wo Oh yes, he would hold her to it, rf ough he had to oe Cecil Belden, t enforce his rights. Oh, if only he and Molly could eure been actually married! That would have seti'« unless—unless he left it too ion Once they were married Molly wou! i give up her hankering after | Belden, just as she had done «-="' must get ‘back at once to the ta! land, And he must apaiat upot immediate marriage well. then, he could about h’s bus “Now then; come along shack,’ he sald. -“You'll ‘be | I suppose you'll be able to 1 back tomorrow." To Be Continued Palaise Cafe Try our Private Dining Room Best of Meals ‘SPECIAL DINNER -At Noon A la Carte ak, all Hou rs