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E.W. HORNUNG,
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Author of "Raffles.
the Amateur Cracks. •
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on'tetell all kJ/40MM Ma gone through.
to.. his knowledge, In the settlement;
bow he was trying In his small way to
Make up to the poor 'fellow for the
'Shocking injustice of 'Ws fate, and yet
how even tioie the, Unlucky wretch
went in (tenger or Ws neck, as Lady
Starkie bad Peen for home!!! and all
for skiing With !some bushrangers tin-
der circumstances of extraordinary
compulsion and provocation
Of all this James Daintree spo" so
feelingly and with such ell obviously
earnest purp.ose thet Lady Starkie was
'ellitimoved and undertook to use 'her
influence with .Claire in the matter of
the convict servants.
But it was Of no avail.
Daintree drove the ladies int(' Syd-
ney and drove back alone late at night
Toni awaited him, and as they walked
from the stables. to the house the.mas-
teres nein ran affeetionaMly, theough
that of the man.
"My deer fellow," he eald, "It
grievers me more then I can Bay, but
I cannot go against ,mY young 'rate
where there le apparent right upon her
nide,:, She will Ye no convicte in her
house. YOu and I will be compelled to
part" ' .
It was bound•totome;"7,was-Tom's •
reply. "I am only thankful it didn't
come before'yeu gave me back a little
of *hat I have lost. I shell be grate-
ful to you till my dyke; eour."
'Nen but I've not done 'with you yet.
I •must ineee. you out of this country
by hopk.orcrook-that I'm .beese ep.qn.
That brute Suillerin attually at the
Pulteney: It Seems his overseer neva
:meant to split en you for some reason.
but .he. did so when .dnittle and new
the other holds him to it. Until we
'Spirit • you out of tbe country yeteff
neverbe safe."
"That doesn't matter," said•Tom.
would rather stay where I am and
take My chance." n
He was thinking of "Daintree and
WS wife. Even through his gratitude
he *ate thinking of teat darker
•• CHAPTER XXXI. .
HAT was a long week at thii,
bengalow„. It was to miltid-
nate at lilt. chnrCh hi
. , Sydney on the Satin's:lay mont•
IngThe licente Was bought. mg
bridegroom. carried the ring in his
pocket.' Everythine was, ready ,but a
best man.' And bete another peculiar'
itY letffetleiette..-the.eitLeeks 49 beat intof
16 be bad. "Ars-he 'London so in New
:South Wales. Thisbaneners: son and
-heir, theeman• Of blood and means and.
literary feats, Was uebekieed .1n. spite
of all. Claire! and her -aunt had been
absolutely the ,only guests' enthe bun-
galow in Tom's time thien: Net
was It beeline*. D.aintree bad • eever, •
mad(.a •friend • in. the. seftlement • It
Wilietiecause he lied never kept one in
any quarter of the 'globe. . •
Meanwhile the ladies 'cantle' to „Been
bay no -mote, The happy man went •to
:there -initead and„Woeld. stop till 'Mid;
.night. t�gallop hotneeby. starlight and
poet out ,hia haepiness, TomMedi '
the 'Metier turned fidne jet to pollshed
-steel; and twice. the steel 'was eilveg
and •onte the *fleet was Ilaintng gold
before the ,poet would 'hold .hlit peace...
It was a long week, but the eights"
went •quicker.thate the days. , Daintave
bed never . been a .• better cenipanime.
than • in those Jong, confidential, etar-
lit talks: :•They Were net exclusively
on the.. one subject. Torn learned at
last how , the tuurder .affeeted: the
party at Aeenue Lodge, and one whole
.nlght and day lie never closed an eye .
roe•thinking of two men in two new
And startling lights. They were the
iteing-netue-Heiellegeandethe-deadnia,n
Blaydes: The. (Jest heunted TOM the
longer. i'i*hy bad he insisted on drag- .
ging Daiiitree to the
The ;days :trete lengthened by Peggy
In the kitchen, with her kind, uninjered.
leeks andthe unfailing, friendly, amia-
ble word that made him:.feer themean-
eit of men The gfrecould be an titigel
when • she had him, with all his eolt.t
nesse • to herselfIle never suspetted
What she had been from the Sunday
;night be the 'Monday afternoon, .And
now they Were With ender notice. to
*see. ' . • •
'
,"If only Yoed
, two woul:Make • bp
yaw minds to marry!" said' Deantree.
to TomeI•have you beth on my mind,
bat I 'could protest° for the two Of
You at one stroke as a married coulee.
It has twig. been My wish to start
Mode! them tip country; end you sine
Peggy . Would certainly' Make mode!
Managers."•• But Toth thook his heed
more decidedly than he -bad setricee.
it-
whlle' tile iittle Rosanined was pride- •
leg het' way acrose the. chert. ,
•• On the Friday, the same breeze held -
Ing good all the week, Dientree decided
to sail round to Sydney Instead oe
Ing. • He had e solid check to dish for
the wedding trip, ane the' Point Piper
road Was no route .ftir a pocketful of
Wendy and •a life at its very highest
*tette; -Tom asked if Nat Sullivan
Was still In Sydney Mid Was told that
he had drunk himeelf prostrate at the
Pelteney, whereupon Tom volunteered.
.for the voyage, and BO estaped Peggy
for one afternoon. • TO make Safety
doubly Safe however, they ei_ne Otte
,Farte cove. and TOM and the dog were
to wait in the Domain while Daintree
.Went to the bank and called at the
betel. • • . : . • •
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY
SYSTEM
-TIME TABLE -
Trains will arrive at and atipert
front Clinton station as fellows .
BUFFALO AND Goonnton
("Meg East 6.22 a. ,
04 __IA • .m.
I 1
11 11
Going West
4 11
00 44
It
• 3 13 p. tn.
5.20 p. nt
11 07 p. ne•
1.01. p.
6,40 p. itt
11.11 D. m.
LONDON, HURON & 131UCE DIV
Going South 7.40 a. in
4.23 p. itt
Going North 11.00 a. re
44 11 6.35 P. m.
ktICTI0NEFIL-3AIVIES SMIPI1 LI-.
wised •sAuctioacer for the County
of Huron.' All ordere entrusted to
me will reeelee prOinpli attention.
Will •seli either by percentage Or
per sale. Reeidenee on the thydeld
Road, one mile gestIth of Clinteli.
• It 'was then S o'clock, and Daintree
was to be at least two liours gene, but
• he returned in, less- than one, bringing
Claire -with him for a sail. Tenets sure
• prise at Seeing her was less than that
Of the girl at sight of him, The indig-
nation was altogether on her side and
suitleiently perceptible in spite of
Clairol() efforts to conceal an inappro-
•priate dispIetieere. Deirdre° did. not
• (tee it, but what they all three missed.
was the furtive figure which emerged
froin the treee en the boat put off.
Claire was given the tiller and told
simply to obey otders, Daintree took
the ()beet, and Toni wee put into the
• bowe to be out of the way. The ()all
Made 0611Velalent ecreell, It also bro.
4.1
•
ventee Tom froth; knowing 1111110 least
what happened, As a matter of fact,
they were just taking the wine-whiCh
•
was by this time !realer than. ever -
Who Daintreis attention was divert-
• ed be au epparitlon at the water's'
edge. It was the Man who had follow-
ed hira through the Umlaut, and, SO
• rapt was the gaze With which Deintree
belield him that he forgot to let the
Beget g0 et the erltieel Instant, Smack
came the wind against a Sall like the.
side or a Ileum "Let go: Let ge!"
screttnied Tom, It was too late. She ••
.wars 'gunwale under. The sail lay a -
moment on the water, drinking it like
.:bletting teener, Then. the saturated
canvas Sank, and the boat tossed keel .
upwardwithin fifty yards of' the ',there.
Claire seek blear of the wreck and
had the hresence of mind to Strike out
before coming to the surface, and even
as the sun lashed her wet eyes etreng
hands slid under her arms and she wee
being pushed face forward to the shore.
• The trees were waving. la the sun, It '
was • no disten.ce,end paletree's dog
was swimming haphily On ahead, Sud-
. denly, with a piercing yelp, the dog ate -
appeared. Anthe same moment Dain -
tree began splashing •vigorously, and
etelieteethe inrootle sandeeelantreunder-
claleeeefeet, but a fewyards farther
on, her knees were tooweak to eup-
pc!‘reehthe"hwapepit:t.•: •
moment, cly
• said a deep voice In her ear. "I have
saved"-, . • „
She timed, andthere was Daintree,
UP tie his waist In .water, with the-
droha raining from his face and whisk -
ors and shaded eyes sweepingthe blue.
•• The bout as cotliteg in 'keel upward
with the tide. .. The dog and Tone had
vanished off the face of the waters, 1
Daintree dashed : In again and met
tbe wreck as her mast :struck bottom..
'Tom was Still struggling underneath
.cirught fast in the cordage, His
Menge, les -ceased as - he was wrenched
free. When Daintree got him to land
his Mouth and .ears . were in ,a feta,
and Claire steed by like a Woman turn-
ed. to stone. • . . •
• A small crowd collected 'slowly.. It
did net copealn •the.men who bad cans.'
ed tbe mischief. The teees bad Meal.
knved .him once mesi'.e. ' ' • ''.:
.•The crowd sur ountled Tom and
DaIntree. who had strippecl hie servant'
.
to the waist. and Was sawing 'the 'ale
wIth..the drenched white arms: and 'the"
helpless sunburat hands. , Claire •stieodl
• - •: • •-• • e
on the fringe of :the nenitt, Witlieut a
clear thought in her head, • but .in 'her '
hand a packet that 'ma fallen at ber .;
feet when Toilet shirt and vest were
loin OE and:hurled aside, : The packet
:WO sethdup in dripping' oiled silk as'
**parent' tut glass Through. it she
lionid. read a name she but dimly re -
'
allied to be her:envie and the voices of
:theee jostling her seemed far aWay...
"He Is alive," said •Daintree, looking
:up. "Has • nobody .run fOr"brandy?"
Neoliedy had. ' :•-• ••• • • •
And it was wanted now for two pee-,
;pie., ' • • • '
Clalre Hardinghad swooned;aWay
Daintree had his 'hands tell with the
pair of them, but in Allah". they were
bath constiotinand Able to &lee thirty
With' him in a hired ch�.ise They
drove to thee hetet" forgetting the Mete
On the :Way .Trem Stretched forth' sr
feeble hand. •• • • •
'"How many more•tlines are you've
legt� gave my life?" he iteked, • •
"You • saved .mine, tote" said. Claire
sadly, . • . • • , .
"It was nervous work after the way .
me hosx wee dog Went," stied Daintreee
eDid!you see that, Claire? .poor thing!
eIt was•a sifiarki": .
---e"reet"-Sheeshuederede 7
Ieo it Iv' iter 140114114 W110 dil•leet
very solemnly with her niece niono
• P14 got to bed at a reaeenable beer fop
the drat tiniel that week. Claire then
bad their eating Mem to herself, end
she •drew out the oiled milk packet
which had falleu into her hands that
afternoon. It Was thin 41.41 91.404g1
like the letter it plainly contained. The
der the lamp Claire's name and the
address of her old home were Atilt
legible beneath the silk, though they
no longer stood out as when tile ekin
wart wet, And on the reverse side wee
forward
very small, "For pity's .eake,
When?• After his death? rate had
forwarded it before. Should she read
or destroy or return thie letter to its
' writer -to the criminal vrho had core
reseed to her Ws Crime? -Soule miler
Wee after Claim /larding netted her -
'felt this •question She turned up the
letup andecut the oiled silk open with
a pair of ecissors, She BOW NM that
the letter bad beeu written Some time,
yet it was with a strange dull', a wore
dement beginning at the heart, that
/She Xead the heading within. It Was
Newgate and the date May 29, 1837,
the blackest day of all her life, the eve
of that on which they would have
hanged him, "
.AgIteted as she wee, however„ by
these dreadful memories. and totichee
hy the morefactof his hiving written
to her on that awful eioeday, It• was
the first sentence of his letter that ran
let° her heart like neelten lead. • He
called himself an innocent man! From
the Wink of the grave came that Ile,
tehoantfebsIsaarobehmir ' wwilltbill.hhir7 cbraldm el ilvedSte
read on meehankally, and all At bnce
,her pain ceased. She was lost and
absorbed in the plain, etraightforward,
circumstantial story into which he
Piturged without Preliminary He told
- her everything from the moment they
--‘11)'4"Its leftSOUrnOgathirlinffeeiatentell'ated,Nottlilinothg:
Ing enlarged or even commented upon
by the writer. Her heart was beating
wildly long before sbe reached the end
of this'plain statement She • had for-
gotten all About his confession. This
rang true; this rang true. :
"Sweetheart," he went on -.-"for I
• must call you so (Inge more -1 cannot
• tell yeti how I feel; for I very from
• hour to hour. Now and then I feel the
murderer' they arty I am, now and then
an abject coward (without the pluck
toshow it), nOW and' then a sort ig
tele. W , • - •
Christian martyr. • But with *del
help I hope to finish up men. ' Do
not grieve for, the Ugly :way of It.
There's no disgraee.in that, since it's a
• mistake, and..if there W ee•God never
.. fear but he nielte it up to me one
day. Oh, but it is sweet to talk tO yeti.
nein! I used to tell you eveeything
nne so e must until the end. •
"the turnkeys are looking through.
,•nty. grating -now. 'ehey. eee tellies; each
other what :I ern at ane eetultig, neck
• and back again to have. a peep.. My
airistiertity isn't proof agelust that,
. tiny nothing; but I 'could do the thing
; gin going to tile for -God twin nie, I
May •d0 it e -et! Yee eee'how I ehaege.
There'll"; only thhig in *hide I *gen
neeee. ehaegeHery 'grateful love arid
reverence for the .great girl soul that
forgave nie and would lutee given me
mother chance • if this had.: not 'hap:
pened. Sweetheart, me 'see for you
. hes grown :prison; it has-been my
only comfort in this vlie place, and it
will go with me where I go' tomorrow
will stay • with my poor soul
through all eternite, 'Only de not
grieve for mee Claire, fel' I:never was
'worthy -of -iyour sweet Wye« would
not leave this behind for you, would
not have ',you, reininded of. me for a
sin,ele., day, but for one seles4,004.,
Sweetheart, it is to make Yoie.believi.
In bin ' You have :ewe done to yet
• w. he Shea!' you? Nobody : knows What,
vou keeW and .have .so . nobly, 'hidden
:bee for all I said .to you, I am tenet,
. tent Ile was alive: ween• I left leer. -
did 'give • Wm the. receipt, . and we.
'shot* handie et ihneed, That le Ged'a.
tnith. e tell ityou With the last.wores
• my hand.will ever write. I Meant to
write' to the kind fanatic who 'paid for
tity . defense and is working Still (they
'tell nie)'eoe a reprieve„ but new 1 Om,
net. If you could. find elm out •and
thank hini. for me, I .should be gtate-
• fel, but rev last• weeds' • n this .11fe
must be to you. Gee bless youedeiir,.
and.give you somebody• much .better
than I ever could iative been.. Onlydo
knew that I. never slid this thingand
when' you realizethat think •neen' 'mere
of me, My dear love, but pray tomor-
row .for the soul of our unworthy
bey"-. -• • •••..
.His • sigeathee folloWed, better writ -
eon thaw the rest a Muclitog effort to
"finish up •'a' mere" •All the mast pages
Were. blurred withthe condemned.
man's tears, andoow .after seyenteen
Months her Mars levee raining' raining.'
onthe same Viper, on the sane' words,
that bore 'the blots of ble. • ' .
• This .postscript remitinell: •'•' .
"Reprieved at •the last moment!I
, .
shall. eot send this now. but I hope
thane,
ttI• May • r ,
each:, you :wireu am
•
go •
• Claire weep to the window, itnd the
rings rattled trIong the rod LIS she flung
th•e curtains back. •
•
• .The betel 'garden lay very still 'be-
low. It was the 'Wick cietbe 'melee, end
now the lour was late: ,Suildenle there
eeaatu. .
Was •moveineet on 'the grevel under
ne:.
"Claire; Is it your volee?"
He whispered -L. -It was Tom.
"Yes,". she said at lase, "Come up. I
Want to speak to you." • •
"Now?" ; •
"Yes! How Is It you are Still in the
.town?"
"1 lost something. / have been bunt -
Ing for it oft the beach.. I have cern°
back to have another look here."
"I have ft Cetne straight tip to the'.
Wenn 'You wee° in thiretternieelier
tie appeared to hesittite. •
"Tett-yeti are not atone?"
ut Claire had lett tho window and
Was waltitta impatiently at the open.
door. How twig he kept her! It seem-
ed an age before his halting step wee
heard upon the stairs, while She, on
fire to Oiled his forgiveness and mind-
ful,of nothing else, could net Imagine
what held him back, 1den When he
eeme his eye was timid and hie feet.
slow to . erose the threshold -in reek
the inveterate eonventiouality of the
male was not it little fluttered at her
receiving him alone at this hour of the
night end that leglit her marriage eve.
Vet his qualms wore entirely oh her
account. or could they quench the
inextinguishable lovelight in ble,hori-
est eyes.
for Claire, heweyer, she ;forgot
• "But if he will but splash*a bit,' your,
man of courage is, all right Do you
• ••
Daintree war; sawAng the air with, the
drenched white artne.
fitT1ffffiFo*iby the Iterald
office? They publish on Moliday, but
it's dust as well to be le time."
• So the eonceit of him overlapped
°veil his heroism. And Claire arid
• torn sat shiveritig in their wet clothes,
while Daintree in his was Several min-
utes inspiring mad all but dictating the
partigreph which duly appeared in the
Sydney Herald, tut during those min-
utes the pair in the chaise never ex-
• changed a word, tuid afterward, in the '
• hotel, not olio word.
CHAPTER XXXII,
AINTREE WO driven home be.,
LI
• tore dusk, tor his pocketbook
VMS bloated 'With ttiOist btuak
notes, besides which Lady
Starkie positively refused to have him
About the hetet that evening. it WWI
neatest the rules foe beidegeeotes• AO
therrethreg feet rnis cruel wrong sno
had done tile Man heifer° her, tile (mt.
.ferings cut so deep epee his hemmed
face' awl lier 4Wn new and bilmlIng
realization of his itineeellee and hero-
ism, 'or a space she couldbut stand
aud gaze upon Iiim with hurnitie °Ye.
halls, Then, with the noble uncon-
• sciousness of 4 wontan atitTed to the
soul, she took him by both hands and
drew hint into the room and besought
his forgiveness URoll her knee, but
with his bands still clasped in hos.
Tom released hie hands", fillet the
deer nervously and then almost
brusquely asked her wiutt he bad ti
forgive.. .
"I thought you guilty," she Bobbed.
"I said' so -and yell' were Innocebt all
• the time!. Oh, thank God" -
"Walt!" • he Interrupted. "Hew • de
• you know that?"
• "What you lost I fond. 1 helve it
here. 011, Tone I have. read every
Word! Oh, wby did ,you not send it
• gatofttehne :rnmee?tbi:go; were innocedt-in-
"Get un," he said. "You haye for-
Imeent; Can you evee forgive• met"
than ; a' Ne Lion lat hg inneg,b s snhoe -matinres*tecor.,ed. dewit"Thouirt
, "My marriage! Withwhom, pray?"
"The wife you applied for -at pollee
factory!" „
•
She could not help her tone. 'It
;stung Tom into telling her the facts
and so inadvertently exposing Dahe
tree's chicanery. He. instantly defend-
• ed It as the accepted course, •
• "Rut that's pot what I meaut at ail,"
•Ite added hurriedly. "You meet bave
forgotten what I told you the ether
• day,ly. hero!"'ilretheh
boat she
w
• ed r,hispe.rea..
thought it beat that 1 should nova
know, and so you said ybli were not
un innocent man."
.... eNor wee- I," he' faltered." Telou soon
•,--
eaw that for yourself. They may hang
• me yet:"
• "And you wouldn't hare think Of
. you any more," continued Claire; a
Spasm of pain crossing her face at his
words:- "Bunt wilt -I will! VII thl.nk
of .You till I eile-My own 'hero!" '
:„. Re fidgeted horribly, looking .toward
the. door. She would Compromise: her -
belt, she wetly' do herself harm. That,
was stet his fleet' thoeglit She saw
It, and it floated her to the crest of
that emotional wave in whose trough
he tremeled. • . . •
• •
•e1. believed you gulity,eintly God' for •
give seel" she cried. . "But -shale.' tell
,you. something?" • ' . .
. "Well?" •
"I loved you •all. the -samer •
"I won't believe it,"' he said, at last.
"I slid; I know it now." • • •
•."Then forget it!" be cded hoarsely.
• one God'ssake, reinember nobody
but the man you are to marry 'tomor-
row .morning, , What? Claire?" Ile
started from her She had seaken her
head. She shook 't,moreypassionately
tor that, but she did not speak .•;• So
he beganeerardly• ktiewing what he
said -but -pleading.for his besteriend-
pleadingfor her honor-et:deeding for
altered . duty • as; 41s' midi: eye .saw :it,
•She was • going to enemy a generous
and .brave man to whom he owed, not
oniy his life twice over, but .any good.
that was left in him. Yet neither Was
the other a ,faultlees man, though so
/generous and so :brave, aed his , One
great anchor to good setise and • good
living Was his love :for. Chtiree; Tom
spoke plainly, been eloquently, as he
went,' on He would have • gone on
longer,' but there was nO need.. Claire
sat meekly weeping. He bent ever her
-hie thee • wrung with 'Anguish now
that hers' was hidden -and so tiole her
hired in lile for the lasttiele. . •
"God • Mem you 'alvtais," 'he weispete
:ed itt a .broken voice, •'and Make .you
'good ,to .him-eand • Make him'. gdod to••
.She 'clung:passionately to .h!s hand.
She held' it to her .bosonk'en4 booked
piteously up Into .'hits 'facie.. The 'tears'
sparkled in her eyes ariA,.oh her cheeks.
Eteresweet lips quie'ered.. It was more
than man could bear. He fell .ition hie
knees, h,e thee* his 'arms about her,
and for a very little space 'these two
,torn hearts beat and sobbed ae enc. .
: . •
CHAPTER XXIII
-H-Eethaster,Wesetateyetteltheele
but there was no rhyming die-
tionaey at leis elbow; • and the
book of. liymenyms was gut:Cs:s-
eating 'antler a pile of papers deft were
Stuffed into 'A drawer as TOM entered
gentile.' The clock -an Athletic trophy
in the Orel Itettledrume-was then
striking midnight, andlealntree wheel-
ed 'around' in •-his ,chair With the • elev-
enth stroke, ' , •
• •"Shut the window," said he. "I'.4.aee
two things to eell you Which 1' don't
want the.girl to beer. If her. winderee
re Oen she might.". • ••
• Peggy . happened . to be listehirtg. at
the door. ,
• eh'the first place," proeeecled Dein-
' tree, • "tell 'me frankly and finally
whether you Mean to marry .the girl
or not -eyes erne?". ••
"Ne, sir; it is lemossible.". • •
"You shrill eld Pest exattly What you
like. At the same time, she tefls mo
you did ask her." , -
„
' "I did '1 wronged 'her in doing so,
but she had the sense to refuse me,
and I'm not going to wrong her worse
.by aeltieg her again."
"That softies it. I've found a cap-
' Min who's willing to sniuggie yod over
to America for a consideration, all de-
tails to be arranged before / Wave
Sydney tomorrow. Will you go?". •
• • "Will I not! • Thank God for the
thelice!" • • • •
'Then diet settles that -for the pita.
ent You shall be spirited aboard to-
morrow night, and by Menday morn-
ing you ehall. have seen the last of
-4'Nsw-Sotith-3,Vales-forever.l' -
•Peggy 9rept awsly. from the &ion
tier mind was made up.
• "The other things a trine," said
Daleteee. •protty . plate tide New
South Walesi 1 go to the Wink and
cash k check, eonie Ifl and shove the
notes intone of these drawers, and a
man breaks into the house and ali but
into my desk while I ani 'sitting in the
• t room itt my di r! LoOlr itt
nV.1 NVOIR. I I; ortunately 1 let 11114
hem' lite. Vile I chased him out •of
that soul vor.to ^.aY down the road and
could have C211:7 ht bite if I hadn't pre-
• ferred to poise back evil Ouish tter
s111114.T.
ve," e'S Waimea. Tom, "I won-
der whether it was the !fellow who
• turned up on t'. e beach almost at the,
lustant we went dowule
"What!" •crlea DaIntrese "Dill you
$00 him?"
y
"Yes, 1 eaught a glimpse of eotne-
• body as we heeled over.. Depend upon
it, Mateour man!" -
,Daintree turned nasty in a -moment
"Wliy depend upon It?" be suapped. •
"Did you se4 the man's film? Would
• you know him egaine Ole you wel114
not! Then let me recommend you not
to make a tool of yourself, my good
Nobody but a fool would con-
• nect the two mem."
His 111 temper was inexplicable, yet
to treat an atteript upon his propertg, •
• tie a Jae and a inoffensive theory
the attempt as lornething of an insult
was but en ;wee rd witb tite capricious
• ",:r he shot out of elght heherea head-
lami, but not before Daintree had
Drought We telescope to bear upon the
rower, and now the glass joggled be-
tween Mtge's_ which seemed smitten
with the ague,
"That was the man," Whispered ,
DaIntree, "end he's after me still. I-1
didn't mind last night t suppose it
take e lees to turn ono queer on one's
wedding Morning," Ile was struggling •
in vale against spine growing' terror.
"Brandy, nrian, brandy!" be gasped and
subsided in it chair. •
•
1.0111 rushed downstairs for the dee
• canter stud, returniUM found the torrk,
fled marl fumbling with his pocket pla-
te', He lessee orf the spirit and hand,
ea the pistol to Toni,
."There." said he, "better withdraw
• and relona to make sure. Stop, give it •
back!" He Snatched the pistol and '
!ilea exciteely through the opep win?
dee-. • "Tlistell show iii111 I'm 'tented."
• he cried. "Now load tap again!"
lee seemed beside eiruself •with ex,
eiteutent. Toni went out without .a
retied tied on ids rotten handed back
the pocket pistol. paintree cocked it
and felt the trigger. •
- "1 ep geed mind to fire through the
window again," he *snarled, "to see It •
YTihnol hae o
.yi°nritl'reeci titi;ebountellinatfiinhs
rest you,
•werld I do trust. A.nd now put on your
• hat and eome in with me to Sydney."
• Toth, drew -back. This was not in the
programme. ' On the contrary, be was
%to stay and .mind the bowie.' • • • . •
'leen the 'house!'" cried Daintree., '
. "The girl can book after the house.
Your, place is at your master's side or
Mee you are the foulest ingrate le New .
South Wales! But you are. 1 hatnal-
waes known you were. You have only
welted for this hour to turn •and rend .
,rner ' • '
•
"Yoe are wrong," said Tom grimly.
• «
41 do net ,leave your side again," for
the • man must be mad • and Tom no
longer 'shirked the ceremony, but for
• one instabelesel it, nuid design himself;
• the next, his right hand was warmly
"Thank God!" • cried Daintree in A
• breaking voice. Pr knew you didn't
mean it • No more did I mean • any•
I said. Forgive. me, Theme's,
• and don't desert me at the last."'
. And Tom's heart. sank as it once
• more softened to•the man who was not
mid, but only unstrung, and again he
Longed to eschewthe church,' but he '
kept his weed, and fortune was yet to •
prove his friend. .A. mile they had .
• driven, when a loud cey,•.broke from
Daintree. In his agitation he had for-
gotten the ring. He burst into tears
atthe diltceyery. •
"Novel' mind! .Never mind' ' cried •
Tom in his oldest role. "We can turn .
back.; 'What, isn't there time? No, I
know it would never do to keep her • ,
waiting Then look here ril run back
and gallop in 'again on your horsse.
rii. be there almost as soon as you,
and the ring Isn't wanted till quite .
the end."
Daintree thanked him through his, ,
tears -the first Tom had ever seen in
those fiery eyes -and he 'sped. back
strangely touched, but strangely' com- •
forted too. At least he loved ner: The
• man might be egotistical and vain and •
• overbearing, all three to the verge or -
lunacy, but that he was inaerying for •
sheer love was even more palpable
than it had been before. Tears in
those eyes' Tear() •at the thought of
• losing her for one more odey! Then
(led grant that with. Claire at least e.
he might be unselfish, Meek and gen-
tle, though an egotist, a.coxcomb and
a tyrant to all the world beside!
So praying as he ran, forgetful of his
• .own debt to Daintree-for the moment •
self forgetting altogether --Toni was at .
the bungalew 'gate in time that would'
not haVe shamed the bridegroom :in his '
athletic youth. And in We very gate."
way he stopped dead. He had caught •
glimpse of ragged coattails disap- ,
• peering through the study windows. •
A• crazy skiff lay heeled up on the
strand: ' • . ,
• Tom •kicked off his:shoes. made
do sound On the veranda', bet he watt-
• ed some seconds, end heard two draw-
ers burst open as he -crept nearer and
nearer. Ile was totally unarmed:- hie
• one ehance lay in taking the thief by
• surprise.
The veranda on this side was in deep .
shadow all the morning. In the tool
dusk of the study a Masked man watt
rifling drawer atter drawer and tossing' '
the .eontents right and lett, The floor
• was strewn with papere as Tani leaped
aetoss it and hurled himeeit upon the
4
.
(TO )3E CONTINUED.)
Sal
Mier'• Aml he pointed not the marks
of h jimmy ori the polished mahogany.
eiretimstatice did not appear to
..„.cite him in the least. t/e smiled
tIiy on Tom% concerti and at (nice
etaggerated alt .attitude which bad
PerteetlY genuine before.
"Ali, Thomas," he retnerked, "even
eou don't know your flYdneY Yet or
Yon WOtild be like me and think eotii-
tug of filch trifles. 1 was eating my
as tatty, when 1 beerti Min at
Vation Army Praise •
"I -,feel tt my duty to testify to the
benefit r have received from the bac of
Psyehino, 2/11i1e travelling in New On-
• tario eonduNting speeialeneetings 1 eon-
traeted a verf bad told, which graeutd.
ly developed into Broneltitis oe the
worst form. I was advieed to try
Psychime whili I did,, and after .using
but a few 'bottles I was eorepletely re-
stored to health, 1 reetninnend this
wonderful remedy to afferent front
Bronchitis and other teoubles."
',eters "I wish to add that my voice,
Sillee nsine Peyehille, is stronger and
has linielf more carrying power than it
had beeore I had broechitio, atie the
vocel chords do not tire 'with speaking. )*
P. MI.111314 Capt. Sutir n, Atmy.
-Aim 'St., Toronto, Aug. 13, 1007.
Thtoat, long tied dovish trouble*
Med by Psychine; else Ind ipiout nee.
euinotion, MI druggiste, tiOe and $1.00,
or 3)t4 T, A. Slocum, Limited) Total%
.0
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