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. | L- Until you have heard Yuye the "Caprice Viennois" on the Gr noln. -.... ..-..`. L... .... lmw nafectlv lum- _ _ L ' y musical treats a an any single grand opera, concert or recital. [greate You. combine all three in one evenmg--and add -lyaud e songs an dance music for good measure. I est priced and the best low-priced instruments t fgoluinbaas. $650:for the Grand and $32.50 for Eohpse.' .Other` models between these extremes. enient monthly, payments and free trial in your z;".*:...""......u` 5;) E : _Records rgpgoduce 15; _-_..- __A -_ .--.OnO:nl| mm to. so; to~`*-th-ewcharhergr. and lay the matter . hsm .-. '- . ..-' - -u 1", 7 ;ta;k-}a ; pendutlumfswing to -other.:.ex}t_;reie*;i` he ought "to go ov,_r to-' the `C~1a_remont` and phone where jWi*l-lard wa T to be T found;:`1f latter" `were I really engasgedf'~`in ,.noj` d-ishandrable employment, than ; n0harm duld .cofne 'to"H`1m. `. . . . Bjut thn, if he was to be believed} Tom would thus be --lending him- self to the defeat of justiee- and ! right; . `And so" on, round?" and `round in gs. I circle went his thoughts, with no hope of _ arriving at a "solution of the` many diicuIti_es.. If he couldl only ta1k'to Delia, along, -for half an `hour, perhaps she buld help `him; `But he`. did not see her again |_that_day, - . - .5A';diWt1'a;;, close to ` miclnight, Max Willard and two of `1 his young men boarded the launch; ; 1 but now, instead of going over to the Claremont -landing, the little .craft uttered away down-stream ` and` was soon lost in -the night. I Tom retired -to his cabin, but ' could not sleep. He was oppressed! by a sense of anticipation, a com H viction that something was about - to happen. When he heard the; launch returning after two- o e1ock a in the morning, he was curious '1 enough to go above to see if any-j thing would transpire to account 1 for the secret midnight excursion. . 1-rr-11, 1 , ,_ 12..-`. --_.. dlnn 1n.AAoF uuu uu,.`...-u_ uMv 11un1e dogs` b not `in t} l.e.__ matter." shut? demurred. I desipiuable ceature who .had,_ this, erontory to hate you just because your 11am-e happens _ Vechto11." . ` CO . _,Friday evening brought -9; change. the :ma1e~ element of W~i-1lard sr party became animated by an un- iusual activity. ' There was much `going and coming` between the Kohinur and the landing, and the girls retired before gnine o c1oc-k, as [it to be out of the way. I I01` U18 assert.-I. uuuuxguu czu,u;un.u... Wil-lard came rst_ up the ladder, issuing low-voiced directions to the W0 men. Then they came, with `considerable * diiculty by reason of their umvieddy burden. _ '. ' 411 -- "`-x-an `Ar.-.111: vmnbb t\|`|+ [ UUBII ulhwlluy Uunuvu. ~ As well as Tom `could make out, Mu'y.Catden': Wonderful rendering of This` "Love is 3 Virtue Rue is yours to command -- or any other (amen: star's interpretation of any of ___ _A.- _.__- IIIIIUII3 BID! 8 IAIUU-It your Vfavorite uiu. You can hear Bonci sing the great Italian erias--or any other tenor sing y song on any disc record. The` .3 . Gnfonola plays theme. :!gi":x'1A.-' Vin ' shape aVx1.~:1jL size Wx a;s"is`used as 8. container for a ` con. T The three went quickly be- `-low -with their burden, and quiet reigned over the `Kdhinur. - Tiyvhat. hey can-ied'was just such 3; __-:_;. -1 :....a. 1...... 4.1-... +:.ma' uxcgguvu yvc; 'uuG .l.l.'vuu-Lsuso In `point of fact, from - that time? on until the na-I terrible hour when despair and -horror lzaid their icy clutch u-pon Tom P`hinney s heart, an unnatural calm seemed `to prevail. It was as if the yacht- and all on -board: -were subdued by an apprehensive dread of impend- ing tragedy. ` And st1M '1`-om could not; make up his mind as to what he `bught to umvul uuuavu . No. 110-41 am too full of_\s}uim'e'_ and n1nrt~icati011!" she cri_ed_,(bitter- 1y. I (\\'(-d it to my mean, sellah, hezlrtlms pride to humble ,an-d-`abase myself }>0f01'e you.` I hatedfyou. But you are a courageous, ndble, hig'h-111i11 g`entlema7n. If 3.you` kne\v- .- A Again: she was unaxble to go 011.` . \Vh_v nnt t-21-1 vme--._~_everyt1;i;1;qg.V- he grcxnly urgred. 7:. 4 You \\'m1]d hate and despise Irmro than ever. T T ` Ii" Hr funk ullve Of her hands iI1'h`i8`. TI is impossilble that I fshouild hate r-1' <]0~`piRe you ; there is _the very luwt of reasons why `I could not. My appnoarmlce is all against: any -211139 I might plead, but-- you are tre~x11Hi11:.:'! he abruptly" broke o) ` I 1 i ,1I!9 _L.- ' do. 0. _ . g. `But . ibis intolerable big`-h-tgnsion mental stress was in a masure re- lrielv-act by twmoocurrences of Sat- lnrday afternoon. ` A.`l_--_A. LL--- -a-1....1- 1/r,... '(IT:1-l....A ' uL`uu._y albcl. 11'!!!)'11- . -About three o clock Max Willani instructed him to get up 9. full `head: of steam at -sunset, and Be in "readiness during the night to drop down the. river. - (IA , ,__ -'I-__ L- -_2_LLOH -.~'l. uvwxz uu- Lsvusn `.`Are- we to clear to-night? ask- ed Tom with considerable eager- I I. d cm t know .positiv~ely yet, 'WiIlard replied in a lifeless tione. When the signal comes to get _under way, it will come in a hurry, -and` from then on . until we V are well out at sea speed will be a matter of Considerable importance. `You will.` Ifnow .l)efo.re morning. II? n _____]Al_` _`_ 11858. 1/"- put; .a1\{-ppcr 1.1.11 (1 LAL'U1.l1uu.:u i (}a.ptajn. Phinney, Wnllard ask- ed after a pause, do I appear com- : posed `Q37 . . T171... _`-.-U. -A4-anon: Trxrn 111 `Lace conflxlually cleaned with gasoline or naphtha will turn yel- Plow quickly. A Everything is in `Tom advised: him. up-rn . - .-p_o,99 1 .l`Ju `VII-L` K\Il\l" lI\4J~\lO\J U .l.U'11.| auV1uU_u: uxtua . `.`That is gratr`fy1ng. _ The mag- '.netic eyes rested searchm-gly upon the skipper for a moment. E un,..;...:.. D1..:....,...v m:1o.J oclz- resp0I1" I could have brought`-you. 'stax1ce. and I did l10t"Afl?_]ii`.b?r:a.e:'i._ E I eysgn 'th3 .3-a-117' not mentionmg 1t :9. 11Y;1.I1B`j,; U1. gxgo})t that I $00k :3 p;~otect myself from future,:s1m11-1. 131' a\111x))'i1ll('e by th'a,t.- .)_ In a sudden_.p aS8,1Qnalte_ Outbm.,~t' .`]1'_= Sat, uprlg`ht.i_,, God!---he nught have murdered H9 ' . " . _pUscu: | Why, yes, returned Tom 1n surprise.` ``I shouldn t have though I otherwise. . . I II`, 1 _ PI-_.L_-A__`\ QARDEN 7T0 be Contxned) -BONCI . 305 HUKIIILIEO readiness, Y? D. VCLIILKAII V _ ` That young; g'e_ntle1nan pricked up_ his cars at thus. He qmckly l'I1t_er1)n.~`c1 I ' LL- ._-_.. T .-..s.\..'... J.`-I g u moaned. uwum:u. '- - - . -A Fa` mwc in his life, at 16381.7, Van \' was at a loss. ` `The pni1`] \\':1.-' so det~e1'anined.to_h11mIble_ her~t-H`, the idea was so repugnant- tn }1i~ nivo. son:~re of tness, and his atten1m< tn inuence her were 80' inek-<-tin, that` he despaired of 1'63; 1iem.__ the situation. She.'een16d . 1n1<~.nn><-inns of the fact that_..he still }1<-M her hmld, and sat `With. Tlf WOMAN 3 SIBKNESS Quic y Yielded To Lyaiarg kh_am s Ve_otablo ' D81 ` ore, mu.--T a Ina auvav um... klad tell what Lydia E. Pinkham a' Vegetable Com-J M , ;.:; pound did for me. . " ' 1%; I suffered '_i; palneandwae very == ': irregular. I becemfr V; alarmed and eeauor g.g Lydiall. Piukhawe :.3;;':} Vegetable Come "`;`:-gi; pound. Itookltre"g- no ywdl L -i health."-'Mre._,A ~ 3, 1682 Hollineetreet.` an _ ., `nu: { j _L But he did 110t, you see. _ N03; 4 1 1 .'...'..ur\ Ivt\1I 111111! '11. I am utterly wretched! A8119 1 Ball!-a-ore, Md.-I an .1...: 4. .-n _1.-a. 1.4:. In DInk|In!ll'I - URSD-AY,4 'E"o}}{po'uiI. Luu "uu vuoug, `,1 ted. "You were the fellow was -1_r- VI1.-(Continu&)j_ : did % nothing. L417--- ...-..- ` . ... -r;-.=,1_;.:, -;+ av_,- CHARLES Author of The PnternostfcI;.;L-l| IIIAI n"'. etc.` head dbdw"d, ` indnbitablyi my A mm` [able tgnd unhappy, V 4` * `u A. -. --g-_v---v~`-` U3`. `- Liatjen to me, he reesunnd after a pause I oian show .F01i'A"7t1,l3-`.5 your whole conception of the _n_;a.ttfet is `morbid--fa1se--inexcusable. This is not the time and Place to make` this conyfcgsaion-enot the occasion `I should: halve ehosen-=but--are. you listening` ?--them has not been one minute since last Sunday afternoon that you have _ been out of my " -She looked at him in ` wonder. ~ _ \Sun'day! she echoed. What do you mean? \. A ` _ e That I love you. She tried to W-ithdiww her hand, but his` closed upon it tightly. ' Ouch! ' Thijt hurts! he `ex- I -'|__-___-J I %JI\dIJI\5. ' Mr. `Van ' .Ve'ch15en,. ehe V said nervously,-this vis aibeurd. Still, if it is your methtd of revenge, it is not for me to '; shouwv resentment. You do not even know my `name.-. T J.-. 9? Ln ..;..3 3.-.J.'I.. ...-...L.....J2.`A.-,J `I \I\dII claimed. - (V1 0 `uS`i;`;'.imme dAeisted, while 9". rich tide of ."fc`6Ior `suused: her cheeks. - ` _ 1111-. '7? cc -0: . n: `u J-vvt uv oavv vvvsf atuvvv `CJCWIIIVIIP y .I do, he quietly coptradxgted. It is_ _Jess1-e. _ T_ i She uttered a "surprised little cry. l_Why-- ` < . ` Wait, please, be checkedi `her. I want . to add` that if you believe the pure, _ high attriebutes you as- crifbe `to me, you must knoiwe that `I could not `take such a method ' of reven%ge-ass-uming that I am seek- ing revenge, "or even .tha_t5 any grounds exist to justify revenge, which I deny. It remains, there- |fore, that I inust he sinsete: lYY _ _ I--- . : L1. -L You surely know, Jessie, 7that love laughs at ` oonvveutionalitieis" as well as at dbd.ur'ate__. .parents and l~1ocksm'iths. It is incredible that such a thing could happen-I l1 even admit that. But the fact1e- mains that it has happened. I love you-;' and, if you continue in the belief that "you owe me some amends,` why, we can square ? mat- ters by you Apr.om.ising. to marry me. 1' -L..1.1 nnnnb -ionnn nu-n]r\.aA11:}:f\1 11l\- Wf DJ `YULI. UV `lblrtag asgwul I shall accept your culpabxlgty up- ]on..t'11at,1)1as1_s,a,r_1d no..,.other. -.:..; 1.-...- QLA ml.` -promise uus:.uuu W'CWl\11U1u ww...,, --if your feelings have not chang -`in the meantime-7i-f you can make the request with as, much sincerity as you do now-.--I will marry you any time you say". Good-bye.e She moved toward the reception-" ball, A and his feelings were too over- powering 01` speech. It `all seemed_ like a joyous dream oomiiig true--- or, perhaps, he was still" dreaming. If `so; thedream was about to end,` and he" found utterance. ` Jessie, he said. ` _n_....,. 1.......1, `Lam ..a. moment. %into his eyes. 'Then-- 1__ 2 ll .vuuu Hams wuuu uv-. ~-Am Fdr a ` long time she sat looking uh- _-__- ....\.1.. `Ln 2 also on`: 1116,` MU uuuuuzu uvu > -T:hen, . ,she said, rising and gent- ly disen_ganginvg her hand, I shall -promise th-is}. One week from to-day :1 -....`... :.m1:n.nu `I-mun nnt nhamzed into his '1`-nen-e- Do you mean that 9 she asked very soberly. . (`T .....n ..q.4-xwvtsu vnnvn tlilnf, {II Tn`, %very sooemy. _ . ,, . x I was never more earnest 111 my ilife, he assufed her. ` u urn.1_-_- 99 -1... ....:..1 -{auu nut} anni- "KJOTIIU . 'UUlJR\ uvuu w .---..---V-, please. . . . .T`here. .G41ve me your lians again-`both of. them. Now 1001:: at me. She complied with ---A- an. ti'|1:lI"`C' an was I118." IDIIU Uflutyssuu no.-- each request as qu-lckly as it was. made. 'J.`e1l_me, he went V on, _is that promise` a -part of your poor, misguided, self-imposed` peny1nc_e?- Don t ask .meAwha.t` _ urges it, she replied . in a `shaking voice; 7 111' ..`|......9a. nn.~.an+ H. in imv "S11 S116 .l'Uy.l10u.1u u vuu.....a .-_-V_ V I shan t aecept it in any such warped and distorted spirit of self- =eacriee,- he pursued, `still speak- ing very gently, but none the less earnestly. It is too much to ex- pect that you can entertain `a senti- ment toward me that, anywhere near approaehesv mine--net now. . But I can teach you-e-girl, I can teach. you! "I give you _as,gven1;in_e a `love as any man can oer a Awomah. .Oan t you acknow~1edg'e- some kind- ly feeling for me in Aret1 1rnv3 _ ;iv:_,L . V b`.`Let`, me go,. eha.'fbeg 3`ed_ iniwan.4 agitated~ whisper. God 'knows;;_ iIV anticipated nothing . like _thie!{ Is the gidea` .'1'3P3n3n.t.7- .t,9 *capmgm by A; ":. niI'c1ufrg& co.. ma - vsu- __ V -I--- you? - Y .\ , , ' ` - `~ O "`k .?_ul!1E `me _=w1t_h_ .`\1|J ness ! ?.. . nu- nessl. . .. i Y1`-he quivering .1`iae,_and~ fall of her bosom btrayed how` profoup_d1y., she was .dis.tu1*b`eds, "and the 1i_ght in l_1er handsome `dark `eyes 1 signied; -' a~l \. At least iyou do not `deny 1 God .1-A he broke o in an aocgpidn-_ \ "of ' irritation. ..It iq .vinto:ieraAb`l -Ato.' ` be at `"euch_ `a itrem_ex_id9us'. `disadwgnt-1; kltazett ayzthia ~tsupreme2i?nioment. t t -. ` -. i i,6 " " t ~ ll blulopu DUI-I an: V0090` Is idea Illl .. Am yet i$ai:is.he&1T` Ayouzj poor a `How 'se;ious`%1yF y9'u a1:9., tak-` ..... 2.5!" `I1`...;... ......`... ruyuqu. A j You y from` me, he 1amen`ed~. leaving 7me` more wretched - that I was before, " alth'oug~h you ihaire promised to marry me-- - l'T`.L -....' -..- ..A...;::6:n Ann,` ';nIO_ `icle. _ Funy` "11 "x1i"m1Z \"T;1." \-7;<':i1tex1l sat like" a man in .9. trance; then` rousing` `abruptly, he `called Barn-i - ` 1 ucrwua: BV_a;v;;nAg- gun Fing +it,!: l`;f'_I`i-o y; % jr % ; .'-`must3:eem._ 'a._ "beast; But_ ;_Jess1e, I51`:-is };6ur"hs:i _bbn` the most genu- ine and sincere of my li-fze--_-4-I wish I 'cou-bd-. make you believe that. - : ctr IL-1.___`._'_---'9 .1... __:_1 -rn1--_- IL` IJIYI-IVLVVJ Ulll + l\?|J\|,`!', yJ:`,- . `I \ _ . ' I be:11evekv5_yQ_I.1, 1- Tghe sand. Please "v1et_.me can bear no more. . . 13-__7_.. - . _ _;.1-..;;_.1 L...."l......_1.- .. .... .._1.- "~"=.-V-v'-av ~-- W .":"""i.`.~' +V-~t- .:; Ii6';"{;`-V e>_Ie3 %I`3.(]:V_'t_;_hrfhnd, and "she Vt t`he;g'door, . where; she _him` again. ` 1 . :A `at 'onc_e She was itransgured; t-he . tloveliy `face was `gloried by a `shy, half-timid` 1ight,. t inexpressibly alhlring, that wrung: .a groan; from` the man at his inability . to rush over and" gather her in his arms. 'EI'-_ -_.- `I 4.- .c.._1 _.____ -.._2..'0 \1 KC`? e?.U&I\ I CI JII- $05 5685 '_x`IIow_ am I to"E1d' you again he" asked; `anx.ious1y.- ' u1'- _1._n __-; 1.2.3- 1..-..- _.--- 99 -1... leelf, and'g1'ad1y. he _retorted. ' 3!-av`; voov out ----.._V.. __-...- I .w'ou~l:d: `have vimvpbsed fhm my- LI wujnvu' uuauv uusg . +``I *sh_aIl_L not hide from > ydu, `shel replied. ` ` _4nr'_- n__ 1__-_.._.~.-n L- 1-..-..-...1 W prunu-sen Bu` `musty 1.115-- V H '1`her_e are condatlons, don t for-' get, she remmded; vh1-m.. . | us 1 c 1 ;`L-_A ` "E :hJh}g'B; nii 1i'_s" maddening: Io6k,y:whil,e Iron}: in her c1_;gae_ks`. * '7&L~T='ou"11`1sT;"EoTwe A -you very easily, `she said, and was `gone. ` 'Barnic1e tried to oppoe an ob-. jection. ' Mr. ` Rudolph. V your (nerves, you k`now-"Doctor Pdttle -- Damn Doctor Pottle! Fetch me a c_i~gar!, . .. ? I . Barnicle, .- ' C-I`IA:PTE?R VIII. The `Cpin-Shaped Box After Capt. Tom Phinney rejoin- ed `the `two girls, .he was not long in comprehending that his and their moods had become reversed, "in some -unaccountable way, during `the few hours. of their sepa ratig5jn. Where he had .been weighted down by no very pressin_g anxiety, ` and} they unmjgjzakably had, been, he was now . taciturn murder stress of an acute and- growing mental perturba- tion, ,while' his companions appar- ently were care-free` ` and happy. The change was most noticeable in J essie, Willard, for beneath Delia : gay humor there still `ran an under- ieurrent of gravity. 3 -.`l \JI4I`C\-/IOU `I'J B-Vivcvvw However, even Jessie remained -more or less distrait; but that her thoughts were not unpleasant her glowing countenance and an un- fathomwbltrlight in he!` eyes a-t-- V. - ` . . 1 UVIJ View! `As `the cair drew up at the-piazza. `where Tom was waiting, Jessie clapped her hands and cried en- thusiastigally : - I ,,1,A`.-,1 ,.__]' vncvuuow--4 v-v-v--V v [luncheon here! "We shall have the 'place_ all to ourselves. There is nothing so tiresome as `being coop "`Let s" combine nbreakfastv - am]. ed up in a. yacht that doesn t ge anywhere. . . ,,_.,`I_ .1.,_;_ ' `-_.:4..\ ....,,......,_.... _ . \ 2 . _ The othersigreed; '-`but in Tsznte Do: the light-hearted chatter as the `two girls; Tom was constantly? re- lmpsing into a state of ~g"1 omy, pre- ocglmpied silence. ' ' '~ .... A n:nn 11 Jafnnhavrl U1.`-Uwplcu Dll_V1I.\.iVo , On one 000881011 he detected Doha regardmg hun wlth a vcunous `I -1, ' _ ' _ V `w`:`Kl.)id you nd S0111 f1'ie1d She inquired, catching` his 8131109- He_ isoufc of--town, Tom Jn tswered` Shortly. V . I didn t mow but tgaat you had hem some .bad .news. the slrl _.mu.r-muredi; it seems stnauge that _we can t all be gay at the sum-: time. ' 11-rn ' _ _ 911 1.-'I'I ...}. -up`;-u-nun ' \.-'nn `H118-' . . ; If Vyo1 1 1~l tel _ me where `you `went to? shed gyour troubles, _ I'd like to go myself, said Tom, and wondered why Jessie. Wi11ardI_blu_sh- ed so? furiously. - .5 V ' He w'as`.not_ to be rallied, h<'>w- ever,` and` 't_h9 meal was .a. long drgyn `out. aair for him. L - -`_..... LL- `and-4-\1a.*!D1\l\\!V`1l'l drawn out a1mu."1ur nun. - % ~ Hais brain was the battle ground of conicting "doubts and misgiv- ings that led to i a most irritating condition of irresolution on f his . - -rn Lg. `L=...:l Luann mnnarnd Ev COIIOIBIOII OI ll'.l'.'t:$UkuuUu Uu. ...- pm. If he had been governed by! any policy thus far `it had been one of passive non-interference. As- maeter of the Kohinur, his duties "began and ended "with the obliga- tions adherent thereto, and he had neither .. communicated `to Van .Ve_c~hten the facts that had come to his knowledge,.. nor had he `inform- `ed Max Willem! that the police.were desirous of nding himl` _. V - But now it yyas being forced up- onfh-im` thdt such -a c'ouj.rse,n notwith-, {stand-ing `_ and Wi~11ard s ` - .pr_JrtestaT.tione`n,7 that wevexjything wae A :tfan;t T=%nd-hn1'3 1b`19 ,...w.a.5>: A n~.9n1c a end that che ,waa'i edzjwwxngnnear ".`TG-et me; a cigar, he command- .` ' I K ` V -1 . the time was Speeuuy urww 1115: V... -`--if it had nqt almeady arrivgad-- when he` must "make an initiative . mpve one. way. or: anomher, . " . . . `with Ii`-1-`int had been .ertIi3:,%1 wiefh` `references that , .. had * * jrelggatedu ~;nisgivin'gs `_ I5iv"t.> a Vpojsi_t,i6ii ;whe_re'_ . 0 `.0 ciaa-can-; I. O % j[!Vl'U\IuAUJ ysvwvuvvu 4"! . , . _. , 9 `.T11`e"`p'!1rt'. 'iet71rfzdh:tv :th'":s55.: 9 fear` that the I opportunity` -to talk! to Delia would not oocur._ In] truth, had. he been a -bit more dise cerning, in - the " peisisbencyh with ,which Delia "kept Jessie_ Willaxgli *cl'oa"e_ to he-"r, h,eh_ Lmtist have suspect-w T ed `a denite pin-.pose. T ' ' _ However; about = mid-azftemogm -the two girls excused V .themselves and` retired`, and ` Tom "was enabled! once, more to contemplate the Kohi-: n_ur more as _a of which he. was master ,and less as an isolated corner of Arcady. L T 2 -I ,1 ' .anr1" the1`e`sbT3* and.'b y{.-Tm_ bogarif to--5' .~ 2 .. I ~, .r` I` . 1:iamg%'%i1ias1:%;to rsfme, if }g Acirisine .' 3.1:-:3`-`ix `I9 ' J._ u :-pp.--,;,,vv'y__-sq,-wv-._-$ :_-~':-.v`--_v7- . = Bu elm come this maze? _ who3 ,was an) -till ;way?-. The time 133'?! comeffor hi-mi `to -k'o,w,.Tand he meant to~-get .so_I_ne. Soft". of_ explanation ~outL of hog:-, AIbw1l`Iy-n_1lly, Just as goon as`: an Op- pontun1ty Ijreseigjzed ltself. ` _'t A. llJ\:\uI,`..`___ . _ I . Th-at 1wing~ the eagle, I seemgto` H. 1nm-0 (-m1<;~e1'11e-d than you `are wi]1in;: to mhmt. Why-'_Sh0u1d you hate the name Van Vech.tien3 I` bmllst mnlfess that have added nothing: to its lustrg, yet- neither have I bcf~`mi1'ched It, not allowed the (~1m1`.s g.`anfa'1011` to trail in _the_ dust Yuu see that my feelings to- ward _\'m1 are anything but harsh and vindictive; so why not ;te.11V.mg . hbmxt )'<>1I1's0]f? A.\V _,, _ ;_- 'o,,11 _`n"-1_;._'_-.- g 113;; ;; :1;.:":a;gt things `he ob-1 served was the presenee of a strang- er. For some minutes, underneath his troubled meditations, had `stir- red a vague uneasy `sense that he was being watched; and happening to look in a [certain direction, his glance `encountered -a man whom hel had not before seen; He promptly walked up to the stranger and de- manded to know what -he was do- |ing on boand. Winnard,~ the sec-. ond mate, was a. witness to the episode, and took it upon himself to explain. i ut1'-9- -11 '..: ,..`l..a. ,.:..' 1\r.. 117:]- "ww sir`. Mr. WM _.Ia-rd brought _h1m aboard` last N~nighto,, ' . 31.1.` LL- .........1 Anal-hunlbtv 4-`moi Jugu u. * V With` the moral tcertainty that the newcomer had been watching him all afternoon, Tom went to his ca fzi`n. ` ` `| I A- Y -.._3_- J.`L__. ]_____ -0163. Should lie not warn 'Wivl1ard that; Flint was close `upon his trail?" What would Wilrlard think of the |Man of Iron s interference? Him. Uililllo `Alone, -he took up again 17118" bur den of his doubts and- uncerctain=_- | ties. 11:1` _-. ______. 'n1':11-..J ;1..,. YsA.E_. in FRElV_\STA`D` ? him tragically. _ , _ l AV vs ,. "DUI UL` unu uuu, JUL; pg... ' r ` did he injure you. So Why. talk? about it? I can think"O'f a. thotib and pleasanter "copics--youi-self',] for example. Suppose you tell`, nie- who you a1're?" T . , The dark eyes were regarding} II--.` -4. 2... ALA`-.1-_:IL.'