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A
.MI.
I th G??\ '
tiidy an.I '
Mourn of
tlie ?lay snd tea of
?
) :n the
-
?
rness, |
? It
A
y un?
?dresseil. and a ?nter- j
refully
?
the ;
tion of n
awing
?-ensa
tloii t
At '
!
ng of
ft no time
; : ? ?
lnter
; auaed
Sal.l :
? ?ok to th??
?
Tall. making
soft
?* on
th.? . glance
? seen," he
?n't ho
mor?? es look of
roaaad hia
? t ween
ha re
metnt?? r?-l 1 and
Id dine
With
<
Lai. '.urln?.
his si
turt ber r?s
e.iuld
?
:i the
book
?
had ; | after the
fire 1
left ? .rkness la
cano;
:
a thought 11 i ?
V
!
BUK.
mimi
? su
at Iti
seal. -
?
at the
tou* A thrill of
excitement, passed tin as he
snr\. ratory
to leai batr the 1
Paaa moved at
once to the ball door; but almost as
his hand : I be halted, attracted
by a lauding above
Mas. Tu
? was standing quite still, looking
dow :
?before, aa tln-ir ??? lie changed
?her position b
'Tea -he n?ked. And
it ahrach : -re waa
? suggestion, ppoint
ment in tbe I
toy the ruled with
satos
"Tea :.:ng out?
dining with Lekeh
She a Intently while he
spoke; tlu-n. ?if his
wor.N rea? ?..-?t her her wbole face
bri g1it?i.?
ih Mr. I. Badal "???.
I'm glad -quite
another ?'. ad With ? warm.
Impulsiva ? ? thy.
I-Kxlrr. 1 .;> Bt lier, felt his
?sen*?-? stir. At sound <>f ber wo
aacrat r.ck?-ned to
strorii,'??:? l.f?? Iha imm whose *?>!<? In
rent; n may g<> forward
?coldly and su [ | but the man
who grasps a doubl atlon, who.
even unconsciously ? ?Wm1 by an?
other fore??, has a ntTOAMjet impetus for
attack, a ????t, n:??re ratal hewing
power. Still watching h?-r. he answer
ted institi.
*??%? ? ? aald slowly, "a long step."
And. wit). ' ?1. be turn
ed, open?l th?? ?to G e
road.
Tbe thrill of that one moment was
??-ill warm ??? lie ? ? gar
dens nn?l BKMBBted the steps af Nt
BO vitally ? :.rm that h?? p-ius???! fir nn
<tnji*Ol iH-f >r_- J1"
beT!. '
t was
:? thst
want of ? of tha
aou- .vas white;
the i> of maes
d a disap
.?rlvst?
' mpta
He looked
??. but
lugly.
G un fitness
?
r door
?
?>ut
-
man fore
room,
??
?
:
-
?
1 oo the In??
as he
"how
?
with
a and <
?
to the
?
Id, but h
? as In flre
? for
and
he ae
! sit secure
? jrized
.?'Ut. tinn?
;okeV"
? 1 ?oft
ibdaad k1?w of
that huns
. '.Han's
Blow
eaed bis shoulders
BBld, 1 doa*t think I shall
smoke "
sh? er t?? him.
? pleadingly "don't say
you're in a bad BMOd. Doi
want
up at It t m a:..i bsBgbsd a L11 it? in mock
coostet
1..?;?! a -.^ at ? loss.
lisa wslted; ?!.?-.! ?be :
ly a: ah. Like
many i.e. possessed a
touch of . and now that her
triumph ?
now that sh.? hu.I
BsBiand l. original purpose
? ? .?r inter
he in
I
!iio\?-d to tba bit' and stood look
ing dowa into it.
'.?.. ? jr'Mitly, "a really
BOTISI
' you lo throw s?mie light."
Qg.
B hile she
softly smooth.?.! tin? silk embroidery
that edged ber go
? l ui> at ?.
t.-ll you." she began,
"that I was ?nee in a railway aeii.ient
on a funny lilt!?? Italian railw. ?
turies Ix'fore I m?-r ?
softly and with a pretty air of
dene?? turn.il from the flre and re
asonad her a?
"Aetrupp had caught ? f??Ter In Flor
enee, and 1 was mailing sway for fea ?
of the infection, when our stupid little
train ran ?.IT the rails near l'istoria
and smashed itself up Fortunately we
ware within half a mile of a village, so
we weren't quite In-reft. Tbe village
was Impossibly like a toy village, and
the accommodation what one would ex
pact In a Noah's ark. but it was all ab?
solutely picturesque. I put up at tbe
liltje. Jnu with juy maid and Ko Ko-j
Ko was 9U??li a sweet dog?a white
poodle. I whs trern?Midously keen on
She stopped and
lo?">k.vl t!i?>ughtfully toward the tire
'it of th?
Btory | village had a boy
doll* Sii?* laughed il?.'' was an
?ti to
BJM of the
?
Sir- irk _ Brat night
V t yon any
?? sounded net
ulaut and ?ndif
. of an ohi love nf
i_ listener.
? " she
1 iu au'jti ? chful
?
Ha Issued fot fra wrong
ly ln
?
Ills tone
reassur???! R her
was rarely em
?tion abe
rat to
??? having hysteric's
? was
lost
?
Loder
"i?id he aas>
Poor
Ko R
' t roll?
?i It was
all ?! : nnd
unan
had I tt??n thr
Ko Ko was a b and
lid. I
'. tin,"
? her
? ??1 l m per
?
?
I ly to
'
As 1
?i un
?piar
.
up. "11?
Too
it my
la over your mouth nnd told you
that your i me of som??
a elea was
luatnt be
LBow what
be pressed bla hand.
"Bal ' '? of the story.
: that haag
ago Urns until until bt of
Klan? ?.lowly, to
? worda Then she
Bat ' what she ex?
.1 nothing, and. with an
abrupt movement be draw his band
from bet we?? ? i
"?: ? ?? asked at
with a delicate nota ?>f reprend.
Ha ? If recalled tu
the aaceastt] of tbe moment. "Sur
prls??dV" . ;.id I be
surprised 1 One person mor?? ?>r less at
a big pur: ! .?sides,
tan to turn ap Banana? at
later la bla aura eoanrtxy. Why siioui.i
???I IV"
lay hack luxuriously, "Because,
my ?!? try, "It la a
It'?? one of th atlng
aayab .<? aaea in a
fjodar BUeda no mo??- "You
<ltiietly.
Lillian amlML "That's Just what I
Want to d
on the night of Blanche's party, a man
far p?? eaaaa Just
like aityhi aid his bands
upon th?? tabla. 1I<> had strong, thin
I like-well, rather like yours.
But be ware twa rl ? third fin?
ger of hi?, lati I heavy signet
ring and a plain gold one"
. his hand Imperceptibly
till the ?-iishion ??ovenni It. Lillian's
wonl-? ?in no surprise, acsrcely
even any trepidation. He felt now
that h* ai bJ them, even wait?
ed for theaa, nil along.
"I asked him to take off hla rings."
she went on. "and Just for ? second he
h?sit?t?*! -I couhl feel him hesitate.
Then he seem?! to have made up his
miad, for he drew them off. He drew
them off. Jack, aud guess what I Bawl
I >?> BBasa***
voluntari?
ly drew ba?k Inte .t of the
<? "? ? ss," he aaid
were
the bauds of my Englishman: The
' r Ko
? w It iiis
second my eyes lasted <>n it. It wa?
; that I bad bound up
doae-ns of ?aa healed
before 1 left S
??? What .??.I jrofl doT' Lo
II and un?
t's where
? ??.id and Biadi
? ?? the
111
?
it v.
la the
wa? ?ron?? I left t'
uce I
?
?aptly.
?
uldu't
hat do
knew
rssli*
I I
When : ?he
?
1 sii?!
? can safely asaome. It requiras nil the
?nt Justification and ax
?
1 pal?? halt
??tied I?.- the flr.H?.riit. t-1
tur?- that m bare I ?veil difficult
to critl?i?e
Bal ve ap
atad It st: nd It
? :
-w he
?
' him.
?aw the u :: face
ration
came to her?a ren many
! and
?.
? 1 for
I left the
fire,
od f? Immlnsat ?lito
kly. "I
after of what y??u wish.
:
was intin a trae
ig idle, and she
bad no intention of Ignoring ths knowl
; ught at 1. "Re
red me to sinok.
.Tfrlea.
prior
** He grasped unhesitatingly at
the Issa lia y theme.
I up at him. 'You're al
vh?'ii \ " she per?
sisted can
and |
Lod< ith became set. "N
said, "we'll stick to this advice busl
:
rd."
mt to find out why
this an from Italy was at
your - ? arty and why be dlsap
:
? mes when a malignant
obst;r. ?. ? ?.-ems to affect ?ertai;
fily answer Lillian made was
to pus? her hand over 1 aider's waiat
piretts case, to
draw It fr?
IL? aff?? 'I not to ??*?? it "I>o you
think b? recoa*alaed you In that h
Bao held out tho case. "Here are
your cigarettes. You know we're al
I more social when we sraok
In the sh-irt Interval while she looked
up Into his fa? . I Ideas passed
throng!. Lodar'a miud. He thought of
standing up auddenly and so regaining
his advantage. He wond.-r.-d quickly
whether one hand ?xnild jxissibly suf
fie? for the taking out ami lighting of
two dp? ret te*. Then all need for
sp?culation was poshed suddenly aside.
Lillian, looking Into bis face, saw his
freeh look of disturbance, snd from
long experience again changed her tac?
tics. Laying tbe cigarette case on the
?couch, she put one hand on bla shoulder,
fhsr on hla left ann. Hundreds of
times this caressing touch had quieted
Chilc?)te.
"I?ear old boy!" she said soothingly,
ber hand moving slowly down hi? arm.
In a flash of understanding the con?
sequences of this position came to him.
Action waa Imperative, at whatever
risk. With an abrupt gesture be roee.
The movement was awkward. Ha
got to his feat precipitately. Lillian
draw back, surprised snd startled.
catching Involuntarily at his left ban?!
to stently
ranpei at then hohl his.
He r ase then*.
? doajfjsd aehs 'nt, he ad?
ii. >w long aha stayed Immovable,
rmhling his hand, neither of them knew.
The | man's Instinct ?Bao
subtle, so ubataaa, that it would be
ipply it t 'inonplace
apt bar h??:?! tenacl
?
lien nt last she
?ry slowly.
La ? whole
dullty and surmise made
At ' ? band
and ro<?> from ber What b??r
ut her
11
iitton
guard?
ed bj
.? be
.. Kin
All
Lillian
knew, no
her
of th? la the
1 his
? 1 her
? al her in
una??
. then
H?? ?? and
?
that :
the ?
bad a
: ?
.
-e not
:
bat I
.
She
ted by
?
inoua and
?
him. . an lui
Ile
:
1 n In his life,
with a culm : ?-ased
-
With?
out it there would # >r in life;
? "lit of it
At his : .Hilan involuntarily
dr?\v back, the ? olor d? la her
you say that?" she
Ha Ulta i. With each mo?
li.? f.-!t ?.or?? certain of hi
.use that i* my attitude." he
. I admire your imagination,
but as n ?
if."
:1s and U dh stun?;
her. "!>?> you :
a that,
ever your pi.
them V"
: r?
nothi?
"Th Irait that you are not
Jack
"I neither deny nor admit. My Iden?
tity la y men
smani that
I that ? hat
t ?? aaa arcety im
."
"But you <;o adi: . that you
are not !
"I ?: I admit nothing.
I still offer my congratulati ?
"G??? what7"
BM passai r Imagina?
tion."
Lillian stamped her foot Thau by a
BJUtck effort she COOgaated h?-r temper,
"l'rove BM to aa
with a :. nient.
? <>?T your ria** and let me Bee
your haa
With a deliberate assisse ???1?t put
his baud bahtad ?
gratify ??hildish curio-ity." Le sa.d, wall
uuother smil??.
Again a ????. of t?mper crossed her
eyes. "Are you sure," she BUM, "that
It's quite v* las hi talk like th.
Ix??ler laughed agaiu. "Is that a
?hraat
"Peritai
BB it s an empty one."
"Why'.?"
aptylng he waited a moment
looking d >v. ? at her
"I ? .n. lini??," he bagaa ?uiietly, "that
your ???? is to spread this wild. Im?
probable st -ry to aat ase?le aa aaaWea
that John < h.!<??>:??. w li un they see be
iK.t John ?"hlh-.it??. but
Now. you'll find thst s
barder task than you Imagine. This is
a akeptteal world, and people are ab
s'unTly faad of llatlIt own eyesfghf. We
'! ioiirualists nowadays?we all
want fi.-t- The tlrst thing yon will be
asked for is your proof. Aud what does
your -ast of? Tbe circum?
stance that .lohn t'hileote, who haa al?
ways deep v. has ?stair taken
to wearing rings! Toar own testimony.
unattended by any witxiesaes, that with
those rings off his f?nger bears a scar
belonging to another man! No; on
close examination I scarcely imagine
that your CSSB would bold." ?? stop
H?. Tho future
might ba rhiieot.?'s. but ths press?t
was his, and this present, with its Im?
measurable r*"" baca r>?'?
cued froan ?." he said
again. "When pmof per
weTl hive another talk, but till
then'
"Till th? .?"d up quickly,
but almost at once ber ?jaOBtlOB
'??? rvant
who had adardtted ?.??<! la the
?oil in
his ?:
OB
?G?1' t
CHAPTER XXIII.
: dtaad with Lillian
?.?. .
inti<-h. He dined, not
1 BOt through cow
?
To him a
ful. To Lillian it was unknown. In
were
0 .piiXOtlc
?OBI inailo
.w and f
acoep
ely lltfOe
?' anor and
? on Rub
r. but the
main point at
? thsm ?? ao
t IjO
? the
fact ? . the ?lo
th of
?
Ing for t
bad be 1 ?tude
-
an unusual nt 1 iui
ing a
:
rd at
?4 ptir
tlcular to give it Into my hands, mak
walt
Inc f
letter, a
?
? g Ids
'
sl!-l.? I till?
COtnp ?? par
T'trrv thmly and atti Loder read
Bl had risen no a< t ?>f
had marked t1..
? knew that Prsids
and his follow ?
that great BOWar*a amiable attitude.
? night of his II
lata ??.
Turning to tl lamp, he tore
the envelope open and acaaaed ths let?
ter BBZloaaly. It was written In
.
loii.-d writing and opened with ? kind?
ly rebuke far h ?:? ?>f him since
tue nay or tits apsacfi] tneu immediate
ly and with dtaractsrlatlC clearness It
! u?> the suhje t the writ?
er's mind.
uly and atbmtively Loder
the letter, and. with the ?-streme
quiet that with him invariably covered
emotion. I ? to th?? d?>sk, wrote
I note and hainl.-.i it to the waiting I
servant. As th?- man turned toward
sha door he called limi.
"K. aa.. u." he said sharply, "when
you've given that lett?-r to Mr. 1 ?aide's
servant ask Mrs chihote If she can
hpare me ti> .? n..inr ?
When Usa a Ich bad gone and closed
tbe door bsMad him L.xler paced the
room with feverish activity. In one
moment tbe aspect of life had been
cbange.l Piro minutes since he bad
been glorying in the risk of a barely
sa^-.l s.M.it...... ?.,? that situation
with its merely social complications
had become a matter of small impor?
tance.
His long, striding steps had carried
bim to the fireplace, and bis back was
toward the door when at last the
handle turned. He wheeled round to
receive Eve's message, then a look of
pleased surprise crossed bis face.
It was Eve herself who stood In the
doorway.
Without hesitation bla lips parted.
"Eve," be said abruptly, "I bave had
great new?: Russia baa shown bar
teeth st last. Two caravana belong?
ing to a British trader were yeaterdar
fnferf?'r?'?I with by a band of ?TOssacke.
TU?? a f?a ir ???curred a couple of miles
outside Baanahad. The traders remou
?. but the Itusslaus made ?um?
? use of their ad ? a tit age. Two
re ?rounded aud one of
theaa has s luce died. Fra Ule has only
now received the aewe, which caaaaat
be overrated. 1 barer
neecenai.? for the baj it the re
asseml.i ??_?." lie s? ...,.? with great ?
baaaa Bad unusual baste. As h?
! he aaak a stop forward. 'But
not all:" he addeiL MF_
wants : in moi ion bj
a gi ? ii. and he hus asked me
to make It."
Fora moment Baa wa'.?? look
??. and In that
1 in bar ?? retlection of
.
. ;u a supi
What answer did you
II? 1 her for an i? bah
ing ? Baahed
i brtUlanl -. then
rtunity regained, awepl all oth
lit.
"1 ?uhkly. "?.Ould
iumnn have
?
That nl action
on tb?> night <>f his jeopardy and !
following day found
of
tin?? ? a
pro: .-t it in the
but
when be all
usui . 11G
?. hair distrustful. Tbea the
?
the position had gripped htm a hei
matching himself fita* the fit th
diber, be bed lean
his t
it.
? born the
I
wbl? :n
ph? ?
It v.
the survival of :
ly that i
?
dnni bxualaaal i?I
re In it sbsorbed him ab
Rolutely. In s that fottoWI
ns\v*?r t ?
himself ungrudgingly I
??l with ttreleaa
en??' ftaoueatly forgot ?
and ly through Bh?
r?l
h?? live.i f.>r the culmi) ?r that
was to brin?.' hl in fallili ?>??.
He seldom left Grosvenor square In
?Ufer
with bla party. All h!s Interest, all bis
. lay In bis work and
what ] gth wae
like ? It, bis Intelligence was
sharp and ? T?i?* moment
' will
be put other eoi
t Lillian,
not because tl, nn-tnory,
but them G
It.
?v luit little In th!s time
When a man t?>
?
Into i' that in h
paramount, there is llttl?? place for and
-
- and aft?-r
,t the achievement the
lone. And all trim
? ?
?
tbe protrress of his la?
bor, and in the depth Of her ?
to actual
living than :in> No had known.
|- but BU on! ?
who s too?]. BB it were, on tl..
the arasaa, erne, by a single forward
meat, could feel the aaad under
hat teat, the breath ?>f the battle on
ber Caca, nnd in this l .?.? she
r?*Ste?l R.ltistie.l
Thf-r?? ware baaau when leader aaaaa?
e?1 sci reel- < of her
but on those ... -he smiled in
bor sertMio way and went on v\.
She knew that each day before th
rrnoon hud passed ha would come luto
his sitting room, his face thoughtful,
:?ds full of hooka or papara, ami,
ig lato one of t!. :able.
studious chairs, would ask laconically
for ti bat moment of tri?
umph and n?. for th?? very
lining doubled
Its valu??. 1?<? would -a fat half an
hour with pceoct-apted | with
I aa the tire, while
his id? elt s ?ml fell
lato line. I was ut for
the Whole half hour. ..??- he eorn
aaantad t?. altaaelf ns ? <?, his
but on other an?l rarer occa
L apeahhag his thoughts
ami his theories aloud, with the en
ent of a man vs ho knows bim?-elf
fully in bla depth, while ? 1 her
tea oc d peacefully at a strip of
embroidery.
(>:i t!:.?-.? occaaloaa she made a per
feet li-tener. Hera and there Bh
COUragOd aim with aa intelligent re?
mark, but she never Interrupted. She
knew when to be silent and ?oben to
w h?n to merge her own Individ?
uality and when to make it felt. Iu
those days of stress und pr?par?t ??.? he
y for ri'st. he
1 her as be might have tr..iteti a
yoiing.T brother r.lying OB her ?..
turning to her as by right for
sympathy, ?-ompn-hension and friend?
ship. Sometimes as they sat sileut in
the richly colore.l. homelike room Ilvo
wouid pause over her embroidery and
???t bar thoughts ?.piu momentarily for?
? th?? point where,
the brunt of bis ordeal passed, he must
of necessity seek something beyond
asare leant, abat there her thought?,
would ii.ev.t.iMy break off and the
blood flame quickly Into her <lio?>k.
Meanwhile Lader w at heal persistent?
ly. With ??~<1? day that brought tho
crisis of Fraitle's scheint' nearer his ac?
tivity in? roused end with It va inten?
sifying of the uervous atra?a. For if
he had hi- ' ?ura ?>f ersltstloa he siso
COVTINUKD OM ISTI PABB.