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THE ,GHosovir
LOCHFiAlliN CASTLE
BY MRS. C N. WILLIAIVISON
Author of °The Princess Passc.si "The Lighining
Conductor" Etc., Etc.
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Copyright, 190, by Tare. O. N. Williameon.
tly4;tassffge, two tau, mac; ngures,
'n rtg- one behind the other; bet
the old-fashioned lantern which, with
its clinking chain, hung from the
hand of the foremost mane did not
send its rays up to their faces. Their
features were hidden still, as it mask-
ed by darkness,. -
"We re lateni Trowbridge's voice n't been asleep." ; • said, iti a hushed tem; yet audible! to . "No, I am too unhaPPY to sleep, and which rarely uses an Amer- the One ieY embrace; of enift assailed
htningy. e. sg
those intently listening ears. "You Ob, Elspeth, I'm glad to see note. ican .story, seobnd, that "The bthe terrihte ontroke li
lifountrilans
eughtn't to Int•ve aOne so faroff when Ind you come because younelt 1 wants eeny
steh;so lege ono of the " g 0 od :clouds of tee nlitur ;wean.
this thing had 'to be none still, before ed you? You were a dear to send Ely r- after .stone MIA wall their oven
letter to hini - beck; but after all it se/lenn" of 1907n ' This is ' a madly hauling et useless ettecee while
a'AVIleve 'time still." answered an. was no use. I shall have le marry story of mystery and aclveriqzre tbeofil • 1 • I the • t 1 1
ther voice, strange to Elspoth save him." cets e awn. e to ;spans a I.
COPYRIGHT 1907
aneesarsene
again, tate coca was openeu, ewe elan ; To the worth of thi`s stdry there fitir, ou the snu--57-? day and date aid
. ..
ary ,stood silhouetted against the half
light in the rooM withinher long, are two substantial tributes- hailing from the same port AS the Na
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beautiful hair hanging loose over a first, that it was run as a.serial route, went out into the void, leer lug
• he t by the Loncion Sphere, a pubti. no trace; of Newfoundland captains
White dressihg gowa. .
"You'' she exclaimed, at Big o ... who sailed"roaring' with drink Limier
her friend's pale fane. • s . cation, noted for its diserimina‘ the arches of cathedral berets, 'only to
1"Yes. I," said Elepetn. You halre- tion in the- selection of serials be prisonedburled and embitImed 10
riew lines. The style•is as sluslalseal; of berulters and wattles. ee
-Itut she, felt the hand oo her sbealder pen), "Death, and his own wicked. graphic, and tforecfaii ' as iiie• 1 till' .11 e b P8
•
tat she had heard it here 1;eforei "Dearest, he is •• dying," said.' Elst a • -nes ' I. •
start . teal for wain of enter' of wholuilt
eess have freed you But -he wants "copy" of a skillful reportei, of '1
' • '' • nearthquake eetvesettiti myeterititis enn .
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A great suart Of pale brimaneebot
up toward tile zenith Under It Whirl.
:• "Where was it We. left her?" asked tO eee you now ;• and troll can t ranee, . •'
eon irrinhorfecnf isaids event •: line'. 'nous. dralvien. Wrest:allay neatest
nTrowbridge. "I-Iere, I think; "Why"- "Dymg l" • eehcied the girl. ' • •
rot the herO unfeirds gradu, .wi;isifttint steam power won uuknown
and the light' touched the Woollen "Yes, ril explain cm the way, if • Par •
you'll come. Oh, do come, not only
for his sane-, bra for, the sake of the
man you love. I tbink-he knows who
(laptain Oxfoi.d really is, and would '
carer prelented pelliaps, ,in fi.o- himself, aud (ir a .• hundred ether
tell sem that,. end everythiog. in neu F.,.
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Clinton. NeVoris-4;•60orti:
bands which Elspeth had thrown offs ania searida reveakci aa .cit sarts; stont hulks desertea ie
_But hie sentence WaS never finished. ,
ms , rare •st: combination of whine_ . Panne although solute andehnewei ;es,
The detective leaped out Of his hid- • • ' and of othere so swifter dranned dowe
ing place ,and flashed the lantern in • hanOn and coni courage thnt teeu. was; no time for guy to t• e
his eyes, • , •
With a cry of rage and amazement
ment Trowbridge stepped back and
etunibled against the man, behind him,
Then,, Wnat f011owed came so quickly
` that- Elspeth had scarcely time: to„uns
pretend tbe meaning of what she saw.
The unknown man sprang back as
Trowbridge staggeredaway from: the
light, but tbe full blaze of the netec-
tive's • lantern was upon them both
now, sparing only the' face of the, un-
known, The arid" distinctly saw him
pull a reedivet from his breast, and
ainnit .at some Dee aniong their nuM-
She .bild the impression that the
shot as not fired at random, Merely..
ti injure a dangerous enemy 4rxd ter-
rify the others, • but that it was meant
to find and kill one -among them. So
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Mine ft opine of The NeWstattes
ettl,
liaised him, because be loves you els tion. The narrative, whieli eon. strange, 'stirrmg and pitiful a-envie:a
though he would tell no one else.' • suety as -nettle; un the 10evitable Dwell
vey'S the im ression of realaY
Wiqiout another word, HilarY step- P and incorrigible reamian of the °mut.
Ped out to join Elspeth in the corn- not fiction,' is swift mid alluring , • • •
. • ' : In a puttee Illily pdwards said limping.; ,
dor, • . . .. . , . holding the intere$t oj the :reader 1,
with heritcs of Steal.. • • . - ' '"Well, there was the Lau11u2
ca in haste, Elspetli did give; bet as ., . , . . . -., e •
.bridge had been shot ip a secret place
Unary understood very little. of what. "
bad passed. She new that TrOW-. ' cEA-PTE11; 1:. . . . :nshed Barnett imicklyes,
hiskeyAnfi.(trngtiekt.,..1.11:0-Doisls•isd.id you happen. Co hit on her?"
"Why . not sir? It . nnturally. trasne '
near Elspeth's old room; that Captain Et Isaptelent‘dftoerrnooronb•
head,. she • was' last seen
Oxford and Mr. Kenrith were .13oth . • line a banner over the Pacifica seniewheren about leis parheof the
there; that Trowbridge was dying, and, . • aeross whose clePths elle trade. world, wann't shone After annereenen
had. begged to see her ; that she :rust• . weld droned in measured cadence. On 'tient:won hdaeseed, 'Trout. something,'
try to get him to tell het -all -his story 1 heard -ashore 1.• judge il-e've a conen
•• before it shouldebeetoo late. ' the 'aceau's. wide expense a hulk wal-
lowed sluggishly, the . fergotten, 'tdlict ,miesion to keep! a watch ont for her
i "How he?" 'asked Elspath, - at ,, ' - •ae • -. •••• --• - --!.. - ,,
the • door of the secret •passage. for ot a once male . n signuY sell). Pee .es well as to destine derelicts. ,
strong was this impression than with teetirith. hearing her voiee, hastened *enaltet about tee...Laughing Lass? '
a quick thought or the men. sheelev• to meet her there: "Oh; &inn say he ..sibly tile :spathe. of souse uetold ocean, h
tregetly, site lne black and forbidding ..aseed.eleGuire, tee paymasteren New
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• nuch explanetrons 'as could. be giv-
, , . • r LASS."
when 'the two girlareachadathe tineen, • • • es.- •
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ecl, she .tried to throw herself In front is. dead,. without epeaking?". ' .
. of Kenrith• But the •Iight thrown uP "No, he. is not dead," said Kenrifh,
' by 11.ml-bridge's swaying lantern was "but' he can't hold out .long: I think
not upon his fade.. It was. niacin. OAP- he's been Wet through the lungs; and
thin Oxford's, and quickly .she retake- that .tee case is hopeless. . Every word'
ed that the • coining Shot was meant he 'speaks gives him agony -but he
With a shriek she.would have warm;
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for him.Wants to speak, Lady Hilary: He's
- .• ' • - '
been saving himself for you. Go in;
ed hint of his deadly danger, but he and .send :Oxford; who Is ' watching-
was...satted in another way. - - • . him, herean ' • •• .
Trowbridge. struggling to regain his . • n :moment later
balance, had caught:. -his fent ' in the came. .The dawnlight was nricling its
the young 'inan
!el& of a loose -lying carpet, and fall- - way
against the man behind him, not through the window. of the tow-
ing aer . nom now, and putting out the
only, destroyed las' nine, not received Stare. The three stood close together,
else •bullet in.. his OWn' i3ody. • •• • talking inewbispere, their lanes wile •
• S Then, for . the fraction of a - second, and weary in the gray dusk, • •
• Elspeth caught:a glimpse of that oth- • "YOull have to go • and .find the .doc-
er. face. • Disfigured though they were •tor. Oxford," said Kenrith "It Won't
by fear and some other emotion more
, tetrible ...still, she recognizedthe fea-
tures. They were those of the myster-
ious men she ,had seen twice before---.
.once revealed by white•floods of moon-
light in the .tower room; Agent, ,in a'
corridor downstairs: as he had ,passed
her.' •But evert ns the yevelation carne,.
it ,was gone,. Thef ace wa•swithdrawn
from the 'light erid turning . the man •
:fled- ; • . : .
••.httee •him in ctied the de-
de for us. to: lets:shim. without •
,one e though. I •knOw weir enough thin ' "Looas like e aeavy• sain Ives, ,....And be wee hist N'S' ale ratughings
In the ordetni pracession woven Englatiactie who bad been.in the eerv•
• ALIO' a wile to the east of the derelict':
crew'a .heads spealting exeectancy. ice hut tt sliest then . e. • '
,bovered a. shin's cutter, the turn :of her • "Good Lord, don't von nemeniber• the
. „ •
, initiating Lees enystery :tea the die.'
far agent , beyond,. the Culten ,States neeeeeenee 01, bp, Seherneerlioimr • . _
crelsei. Welvettne:outlitanisher seveine. -Karl Augnstus Schermerhoit.• the
and trim • slihottette.'agentst .the.,eoen mau • whose experiments to :Identify'
zon. In -all the apreita of wave and telepathy, with the .Mercont witnleas .
bky no • other thing wen 'elsilile. • For enyes nettle seen, a tui.Ore :in the Pa, •
.this was one of the desert nerte of .the eesese .
['Elaine. 300 • miles neetb of the steam-. -Ole that Wannoilly bynrodusit or
MOP •route from Yekoba tea .to..1.1opoltis his mind' rle- was an .oriespele Joanne:
lu, 500 miles .from eearest Land. neaten' in every line of, pltysics . anti
Gardner" is•land. 'and more 'Oran .700. 'chemistry, besides. most of. tbe
northwest Of elle Dasteilategroup. :, • . sciences,nasaia Barneet. The governs .
Ou the ertilseras• quarter aeek" the of meat Is particillarly Interested in 'hint
fleers lined the istarboadd tail. Their . because . of his seentributionesto aerial.
• interest was recused on the derelict. • pleaceiraphy.a • %
no (lector. can do :my god, tn. eould, • one ot' the limier lientemons. Sanisese, reteer • . • . •-
se • lead, run after hint at the. first noeters thn t Ile • wt ft acne almost N o bode'. known" vain Edwaiels. ‘1.1e
Moment. Tthei.e'S the deed Woman. s
a wash will: stand more hatineerilta left San Panicles.° two' rnarg 0,0' 01111
•atbove, tee -a -Murdered by Inea, eit his thee a• mudafort." . • .
• hundred feet schetMei. with assIste
.
own confession. That secret Must be , •
• aWesh -theeel. Jet! un- pet .satne •siks •ent. n big. braes annual athett and ti .
tolcle !-MaGewan' aught, to know. Atrial
you wake hire, nod tell hint he had Ineb shell.a. into her," saideBilly Ea-. raganniffin crew: A• newsimper. time .
better co ? nay that the •mesteries ' wards, the., ensign, • a- wistful expresr -named Slade, who. dropped out of .the .•
rn\
,Which • hay been puzaling us • for 24 ...e.,i1hclit ItiTehtoins. (..liig„‘.viirollutratrillieinlitlee
6111(11 droner. ' . itis.-..0.)..iielcal.. zboutflityeatl.gico'useat:illieobtslutTo
:is T slitill-:
• tective, drilling. along the passegeehis houes can. b -- nein alited .behind these
...sr...Nothing': but. Wastent •••few hundred'. schooper wae lest elghted ociat 40
lantern held• hieh, • and. Cantata On- Walls ettinnae •tonaliss Deane, hie see- •
enter' a' . • v \ ...,, • . ..; . .
'But look leer;, :Tnenrith, de.„.nou reill- '
plaeed alitiegea, ineitte and - .reemei of ,her that teen?. is.". •• . - •
t "/'31:1' 'do ; My - .lietraY. naid .-Osnoi.d. ' • dol tars of y 011 - Uncle Sani's . money," .. miles. northettet. of. Oahu I is geed Shape
;lord, 'sprang •forsinrd to snateli bp, ten . - a
. eithee . lantern, Whichshad. crashed. to 1 ; ohse 1'1; eo Center, the:hi-finer Of the deck.. • and • Ooned : wesew evil. . Tee t's alt . the
Was tlin fellows Mit). fried to de for '
think niTininineors. wintah.• in tnere . '•'It lekes.
out for: that kind of worls," .- . '• "Inas. diet Ralph.. is:laden! manta Bar- •
.the fleets . Disreearding the danger el
' treachery, he bent over. Trowbridge.. ly
..: . e the 0 tern re i , . . . ,
Mif I ! i ?" . : .'-- • : "BILI:iteit iS tile mail. for bor thirea nett. '' . ' ,. ; s : s , : ..
. who, ehot..in the bricicsabad f•alleo. • •
IleftvilY finaterd oil .hiesrAlea.• • ' ..• -... • ere: tainie tan; he • w eting for seel tree "De's no. eeonenast .whenn, "Ye •D' ' • -as. n' free linten• Writer '
a Geed beavena, I beliene he'e kill- Seine olio elnen‘ ' ' ' •• ' ' ' , it .cinneis tingetting ensulte. There she • i i d• artist", • - ' • . • s • • •
4a r cried etym. young name. ."It'ee. "Who? Your arstee eatinds atrangen.; •0 . . ' ' •' I l'.. . i .?
. . •. ..... . . 11. when yen hay Innt,.., .. s .. dstle!I .. - •. ; . : . ,. . I knew him men, .. sable nate-tett
Trowbridge la .
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The men who would have !killed „ ..- NI Mout any paeticalar littste.. es It .'nle wits iu eur nun, ire the:InhiltePine
von," shid Kentitha "Strange that his • The man 'Our detective.: leis' gone. ', • • .
of ..0ented to •the . watchers,. the liens" was 'campaign ..ois the NC:rill Dakota War.
last act should •have been to save
your life." ' . • ' • • '
The'fallee inan stirred ana. geoeeed,
'".1'n.i.done fora' he gatipecintrying to
S turn upcili his eide, •and a thirs stream
of blood emzirie from his lioe asnne
spoke n nIrs-don't want, tO
out seeing -enter.' 7
ti • find. • •
• eat- 7 • ' sbeeldered oat ofe [bit ..wittet correspenclent then, It's stritegtathat ;
Year -but Who„ie :that ',Man? ' .
nT'.11 • keen'. rnY •seeret fill Loy mi., some'. bidden aevitteban. Its outlines 1 mover identifies" lion hefons wife the
are, comes out to tia. again: Thep. see ' rue e tees. a .ae .ou s ea etings. lade of theeLartgateg •Lesna. ;
•sliall see if she cloes not san the • Same nniat; anti, name •that mist ''leitpeci "What Wan the object of e the voys
name which de ney Etinsendan' Up, sup. be towered, tossed :aeon! asked Ives• ,: "' • .
go :and find the docter.• :It le tiine. whirling Oriels:a- hundred feet abianchn aThey. were seppeseil to. he
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, n • a :shivered and .dissolyea inns a wide. buried tretteurear sard •Barnett.
..• • • CI-IAPT,ER . . ,. .• „ . , - - • , • t -r • • •• .• , • - es - • • • • s r •
' OxIord.. Woultl have •• Moved hiik 'i s. . see end caesinict, Elie Se he below 1 t e al dr s t nought , it mote lil eir
gently laying hint' nebn his back, but ,.!' ttspesh peen ',end .Ken 1. Were ts as, lasiten Ian any. in theanalse: of That -Dr.. Schermarnora • vvas on 'n eel.
• Itiiis • . --
. Ttewbriclge greenedin anger, •as well. 'elope etegethee for the first • ettothent :width a ungettedantli •agcniy bent back • entiec expedition,a seine Ell wit rd -s. e1
"iie6ini,enecrie 11,1,..liad. .told ,, the git'l tbat • ne 'the troubred 's as of...tlie• tende• wind'. • ditene•the old boy. Mei he ,wasint ....the
,. . . . .
as pent. \o -not I hate youna.
he said. . "Let Kenrith." „ .. - a ' Oiiiy then- did the- inuiliea double -boom: ..sart to enee for treenten.. buried or •an, •
There was .no need•for hien tO finish. i Only it feu eairanaway• on •theOtner - • • • . . .
the man was aying, and • no. matter- .'side. of -fin ' '. door. which '
e sneret, .was •• ospfeteltiaetcyearsp,latisli...eTenn•tefehsthe ears of the • be,.'hie,d." • .•
y to be i eilowed• •be • Es 'cry tline tt ship 'eets out from;
• ...
• how eilely he had sinned, lie meet be !hew 'wide open, • they. .eonid hear the
eoten, s a -whiseerings, swift :skimming wavelet • San. Francisco without • ptibliseleg 'to-
•forgieen now. Kertritli went down on
one ;knee, and brushing up, the -loose' 'as he .talked' nrolienly,
'murmur of tbe, dying nnap's
hattehtuhh, that .ewentsirresIstibly nerees the. big-% all the world Just what., her bush:tee§
s.
,carpets. made-, a kind of tough pillaw . Lady 1. Hilary -ncould '`nnr
eat. But they surges andlaimednhe abans .side, Is all '• .the • World thinks ilt's "one cir
. for Trovenridge's herid.. •• •• 'heat no weeds; and stfange as was tlie ' •ne .ror. it meant -toe that the. work was those wild gooke hunts'," etaervede Ives.
"Is it Countess Redepoiskol. you. situatio,n,• fur e. few minutes theye' done; . !. •• •,--s . • • . • al "Yes," . agreed Barnett, "nova '• non
wish to. see?" 'he. asked. • • ' e '' -• .
! gavel' a pateh of purple -6! deli red or ' be meet'. :more in '.tee otaiertnerhorn
. -• "Noslie'e deed ; .I, , killed' her,' !it. concerted Sthernaelees.s. • . . s • .
, forgot all its strangeness, except as • Rote and there In tbe see, a, glint .cif. •• fauna or• Some unit utrhe island woeld .
• abovennhes lying. I-.--- did it .to-' gn line .of . traffic. .Not unlikely t hat some
rt, glistenihg. apparnfon of black 'Show -
world," ,said Kenirth 'TO. other ' a
Bring her Someone,. quickly." . have doee, to -night:' You saved . Cain s ' the: eesfaisicin, •tee arna heed open sea. -Toro:mate profefisor," . • ' •
. .
Kenrith looked. op .• at • Elsneth. ,tainnOxfOrd's ' life by the risk of yo e fish. . of ihe' 6 warn') s Waters'. had sue- latriong theories were n a ye tined.' wine
, n • a ,.
. , . . ;own"---- • . • •-• • e . . ,- • • • ., auntnea to the force on eiasesimeas of draWn, lettere:1e defended, and the. die.
"What' is to :be 'done?" he asked.
"I ,will. fetch Lady •Hilary het e; I , f Tilt it was You I thought of. More, alio intended eienin there seas no sten '. Menke) til rriGII 1114.'111 UN.; Ill it'll the melts
' • s "• nswered tie • eirl f i confessed •Els etb. ' which had,
sa "a 'eew fraenteets er Woed bobbing' • tWilight nuto the darkeees
panted'. the dying 'man. • "tip there "You are the bravest girl .in the
eoneeted the .ine-
save' Hilary. It Hilary .1 Must 'see. could or Would,' hcive..• done what yeu • ed Where- eae• unintended vietims of of .ffie restive natives
mom e, .
"And the doctor," said Kenritn; '
•Trowbridge . heard, and lilted his
hand with a commanding , •geete:•e.
"Not now," said. 'Hilary fir
the doctor 'afterward. 'But -what .1. ie? -
know I'll die. •-And I don't watt to
live, •I'ee-lest, everything I've •pl'ty-
ed for. • For Heaven's sake, girLi bring
Hilary to me. .4 You will -1: -I'll tell
her things you would' all •give mucle
. to knoW." •
, ..
"I'll go," repeated Elspeth. nThere's
nothing to be afraid of • now."
"The other man -whoever he was,"
steggested Oxford. •,
'He will have enough to do' to ess
cape from the detective," said Xen-
dna "Arid even if he does escape" -e --
"What then?" • •
"It will do hiin no good,' -I saw his
'face,'?.Inenrith finished. •
"And so did I," said Elspeth. ' .
• They were the last words sha spoke
in the Rectal passage, for Trowbridge s
eyes, brilliant with, fever irt the dull
glow of the lantern which was to have
lighted him to another erime, implor-
ed her not to delay. She went out
tel she had COM, into the tower a0001
and so downstairs, reaching the great
hall in time to hear the ta clock
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strilte the half hour after fo r, and
to gee the clawri turning to Jew, Is the
eolored panes in the big stained lase
window.
"The Countess dead!" she kept \ally-
ing over and over to biefself; o.s Ine.
chanically she went on toward the
stairs which. would lead her to Hilary
Vane's room, "It was her. face I
touched -that cold, cold faco lying
there in the secret room; her hair
that was so wavy and Soft. And -and
if I hadn't begged him to save Lady
Hilary from her at any cost, she would
be alivO now. Hew terrible - hoW
wicked he is; and yet -how he loves
Hilary 1 It was for,,•her-he said it
was for her."
SO Elspeth came to a closed door
whieb she knew, tia tapped one%
etto. Dator4 ahit ban time to knock
an o e .
'"Perhaps I shouldn't heve had so
much &waned if / had known that,
!whatever happened, you were safe arid
lout of teach of the fire." a
, "I think yen Would,Itave jest the,
;sante dearage,". said Inenrith,,"beeause
it as- in you. I had not known• you -
i.. befoo I recognized 3usur strength
1
Ina 'twirl of -water. ' . ; , , ...a,
. •When Barnette theserdeance officer
In charge olthe•destrectione inbreed
. to the ship Carter conipliniented him.
• "Geed clean job; Beruette She Was
a tough customer teo.a
"What was slier „apand awes. ..
'of Character, your brave self-reliance, "Me :Caidine... Lemp, :three masted
:and neblee loyalty, which alone Would ' sichooner, Any oneasnow'about• lier?'.'
,be erough to place you on 'a pedestal' Ives. turned to the selina surgeon,
;far, above anyother :woman I' have Treedon, a' grizzled and brief spoken
I
ever,,known. And then your - sweet-ceteren Who had et lila .fitigers' tips
i ness"--- , ., •- - • •
• to ali the lore ()roan the water e under the
: "Ah, you are tole good to • me , • ,.•
,broke, in the • gitia "I am , nothing; reign of tbe moons, • .
. , .
!really; I'm not worthy el nee, I. "What does the infernaetion bateau
. never dreamed that ' you could even • of -the seven sons .know about it?"
!think of me, exeept in kitidnesa, and . ' "Lost three years age-esprit-4;pr 1001
' as if from far off." •• •-got into tee field oft the tip of the
i "I have thought of very little else Aleutians.: • Some of the crew .froxe.
for, e long time now, said Keurith. Others got .ashore. Part of aurvi•vors
"13nt I tvas Itfraid that I was too old
• for you -that you couldn't are fonme
'05 a woman should be able to care
for a man if she" -
"Why, there's no other met in the
world," Elspeth etried,
He took her in his armee •ancl as
she stood with her head on his breast,.
hearing the beating of his heart, she
was more than paid, for all her suf-
fering of the peat few days would
have paid for years of suffering far
more cruel than she had known itt.
those dark .days.
„1.1 thought you were in lovo with
--4-she began at last; then, stopped,
feeling she had no right to say to
him what had been on her lips to
' say. But he answered frankly.
1 "With •Ladyttirnbart? No, dearest,
t was never in love with her. I've
never been truly in love with any wo-
man until you Came into my life, to
show Me what' I had uneonsciously
been waiting to find through all these
Veers. I didn't love Lady Lambart,'
• but 1 adenired her, was even some-
; whet attracted by her,•eepeeially when
.•-•••1.
(TO BE, CONTINUED.)
accounted fen .0thet•s not. • Say
• they've' turned • native: bona anew
myselfa' • ,
"The AleutiansaneXelalitettnntilly Ed-
wards.. "Greet eats! What a drift!
' Hew many tbainetnd miles 55;0114.1 that
be?"
"Not as rer tis inanv mealier dneellet
has Wandered be her tie, saki
Barnett •
The talk -washed back and .forth
itemise, the indite of classic sett rays-
•:•teries, new and old; of the City of
Boston, which went down witth all
hands, leavidg for reeorti only a mel-
ancholy scrawl on a bit of iniard to
meet the wondering • eyes •of a fisher-
man on the far Cornish coast; of the
Great Queensland, whleh set out' with
569 souls. aboard, hound by a route
unknewn en a tragiC • end; of the Ina- ,
ronic, With her Silent and empty life -
boon; alone left, drifting about the
open sea, to hint at the story of her
fate; of the Huronlan, whieh ton years
been. hastened . by •-,a hien sneendleg
nativity ..of atone -canals. . Sbroptly
foam ',the .erose'e nest c,atne startling
newe for those' aesolate seas; "Light,'
len Two •potats °petite port bawl"
aThe ineketitahad given eetra teice to
lel . It .*as -.plainly heard' titintighout
the ship, • • !• • .
. The greet) Of officers stevea in the
dii.ection indiestted,• but eould sloe nOth-
ine • Prevent -1y. Ives Edwarde..
wan were • the .keeneet :sighted. made
A u shaft 01 ?jute br.fitIanec ant VI
ed a maelstrom of ..varied radiance,
pale with distance: but inarvelousiy °
beautiful. Forsythe passed them With
troubled fo6e !di 'way -below -to-.
report, as hie t up,
"T-lie.quarterneinter repoi•ts the. a...em-
pties liehaving queenly." be said,
•Vhree minutes later the captain was
on tile Wedge, The great sbip had
swung, Rua ,they were speeding direct •
for tee phenomenon. But within
reiv minutes the Light had clied out.
" %nailer seit mvstery to add to our
lirt:". said Billy Edwards, "Did any,
ever see a showa like that before?
Witet da 3* think, Doer' • .
emu reit , tbe •• veteran
N.•W me, V el m a y be." • •
•
•
•
•• • CH A PT Elt II,
• nE•talling of June*•the
• 3d..lottati• tired eyes tiboatel -the ,. •
verilte: • lev-ttey. officer in,.
1101. complement,. Kepi
eirescae and •personai ..ieolcout all day •
for some enplananoe the ptevions n•
night's sauttioinetiona All tbat reward- . • .,'
• ed thew weresii sky- fleece:Leath tofty .
elouas lied tee hoielny panicle 'Of the.
epauletted waves, , s' • - •
.'Notedid evening being A...repetition of
tnat -.strange gleW, . Midnight found' ,
the late sta3ets still pep. le the. • •
•
OeuSstOO
ne thingns certain," said Ives; "it'
-.wasn't voleanic." • ; •
"% hs son! asked the paynineter. •
"Because volcanos are ' Mostly. staa
tionery, and' '1'S • headed dile- Or that -
light." - • . • • • .'• - • •
,. ',nes, but slid , we aeep headed?" said .
Baitett wbo• Was nit riga-tine offieen as
Well its- oraitence• .officea • in a queer.
"Want do you .theana air?" asked Ecn ,
*Wands eagerly. , • .4
• eA.fter the light disaispeated•the cop- : •
PaSsItept on eateinge •The stars were
hidden. There is nonellitonjust where . •
we. were beetled Olsson -re . • • .
"Then -.we might be fifty .miles • trees . • ,. •
the •alsert we samed nt." •
• Hardly ,that 'neat •tbe .enylgracir.• .
alne conk"' guide. her; to some eNteaf
the. diret tion el'. wind and ,'matee..
If. it was :velesmie .we Otight certainly ' • • • 's
to nave- sighted it by 'nonsan "
• "AlWays .pome•electrieity. inntioaranic'
eruptions.," said Trenden, n'alakes cote-
. pase.ent didoes, 'Seen: it Isefere.". .‘ •
neybeee?" queried Carter. , . • • a •••
aiant rMartieimiesa-leplee 'ermine:tee s
Needle •chasen. its tall line•,a kittena... • :
"kre • thete- maey voleanden
nboutar 'somebody aeked. • • • .
anneare 162..west,..31 north, about".
said Barnett . telling- whether
therente !on not Thete weree'nat• litet
accennts, • but .that's tie evidenee that •
..there aren't •some- etnee. They „Come' '•
.up„in teanigla..these tole:tele, islatulea•'•., •
, "just eastain eye.an'the chartsa' said.
illity .Edevarde.. . D.'s' and • ... • .
Dae onet the.shon, • Evora, ane
of 'etre-volcanic." • e. . • *
at. D's ' and 17'. p.'s?" the-, •
'paymaster. • :, • • ..• • • • ' •
0Existeece doubtful and sposition
dmibt ails" explained the anSinn.. '"Evs
-ern-nine!, the skipper oti one. of these
erit;.4:1 giest1sal:114.spexeth , , •
be
doe:, iii.t6 cuts
•al arithmetic lank. for an latitude s
• • 101 lougirtian and lets it, go, at deist • "
eel's onw tbe chart Makeen
• .• • • "
. • •
. .
living.. getting out new editions eve' .
few monthan
.'But it's' as'inct that these•iseris are :
constanely• 'ceanningan said'. Barnett.:
"They're .so little traveled. tliat no • • • • -
one. hanpees . to be . 'around to See' an .
• Ssland bore. 1 'aeon suppose there's A
part 'Oil the tertlf StIffaCe more .11able e e •
to. seisaileedisturliances than; this re., •
glom" . • . ' •
"seismiery 'cried. Billy • Eawardsa •"1 •
' sheets' silty it wee seismic!! Whn. when
a native sof one of these islantl groups
,sets•• fits .heart en a Lenticular :loaf Of .
. ". tor, entire earthqua ke to • happeb • alemg
' "Good boy, BIllyl.". said Dr. Trendtin
. mid :Make it down t.;bioetthil:inut:.;:;'.git
.bother eo clinib after 'it. aest .walte• ,
ba:pt.01att.(01,::1,1;plgth,layies.t. brendirult tree he aoesn't,
In. "Winn ...a""riscn:ltditipie of •years bade
there -„was a trader here stocked Tap
with e lot of belly mixture Inbottles.
Thought he was going to srenke his -
pile because thereal beeti a nolic epi- •
demic in the ISInficis the sensonbefore.
Bottles Were. labeled !Do not shake.'
That settled' thee business,' Migbt ..
Well hat'e marked 'em 'Keep 'frozen':
In this part or the world. FelloW, Went
'broke." • „•
. "In any case," said nernett••"such et •
'glow as tbat we sighted last ••Inight-.
-I've never seen frotn any volcano."
"Nor Innsaid Trenden, "Don't prate
It mightn't have been."
just bet the best dinner in San
Prancisco that it isn't,"'• said Edwarde.
-"You're on," said Carter.
• "Let me in," suggested Ives.
"And take Ono of it." Said MO-
Gu,,ciroeta.
one,,,eome' nit," said Edwarda
cheerily. 'high the
ool-
lective bad judgritent of this othiltn
"Tonight isn't likely to settle it any.
how," said Ives. "I move we turn
It° coNTINtigtt)
out a faint, suffused radhane At the
same time came It aecondbail frOus the
crow's nest. •
"On (leek, sir."
"Ltello,n responded Carter,. the offi-
cer of the deck.
• "Theee's -a light here I cait't melte
anytbirg out of, sir."
" "What's it like?" • ••
"Sort of a ;Meer general gib
"General glow, inaceal" muttered
Forsythe, among the group aft, • "'That
fellow's got tut Imagination." .
"Can't you describe it bettor than
that?" called Carter.
"Dointenake It out at ad, sir. 'Tain't
any' teenier and proper Itgijt. Looks
like A letup in a fog.",' ,
Among thethselnes the officers dis-
cussed It Interestedly its it began to
grow plainer, 4..
"Not unlike the eiectrie, glow above
a city seen from a distance," said
nettoe It grew plainer.
"Yen but the nearest electric lighted
city is some- 800 miles Away." objected
Ives.
atlirageemehe," suggested Ed-
wards.
'Pretty hard working mirage to eov•
er that distanee" Bind Eves. "Though
I've Seen 'em"-.-.•
"Great heavens! Look at that!"
shouted Edwards.
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