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Trains • wilt arrive • at and depart
from Clinton Station as follows:
BUPPALO AND GODERICH DIV.
Going East
it it
11
Going West
id it
id id
it
7.35 a. M.
-8.07 p.m.
5.15 p. tn.
11.07 a. nt.
1.25 p.
8.40 I Pan.
11.28 p. nt
LONDON', "IIIMON & Immo, DIV.
Going South 7.60 a. In.
it t•4.23 p. m.
Going North 11.00 a. 111,
6.85 p. ra.
It ti
tl
Clinton Nevka-Recorg 7
wounnommonnomoninnunnim
Thames, this atmosphere of stealth
and euepicion, this"
-
"But my place is with my father,
Mr. Kirkwood," she interposed. "I
daren't doubt him, dare I?"
"I suppose not." ,
"So I must go with him. I'm glad --
-thank you for caring, dear Mr. Kirk-
wood. And again good night."
"Good luck attend you." he mut-
tered, following bei' to the boat.
Caleudar helped her In and Mimed
back to Kirkwood with a look of arch
triumph. Kirkwood wondered if be
had overheard. Whether . or uo, he
rould afford to be magnanimous. Seiz-
ing Kirkwood's baud, he pumped it
vigorously.
. "My dear bey, you've been an augel
In disguise. And I guess You think
me the devil in masquerade." Ile
clauckled, in high conceit with litinself
over the turn of affairs. "Good night
a11t1-.-end fare thee well!" Ile dropped
into the boat, seating himself to face
the recalcitrant Muiready. 'Cast off,
tberer
. The boat dropped away, the oars
lifting and falling. With a weariful
sense of loneliness and disappoiutwent
Kirtwood hung over the rail to watch
them out of sight,
Sonaewhat wearily the • young Mau
released the railing and ascended. the
Stairs. • "And that is- theend!" he told
struggling.with an acute settee
of personal injury. • Lie had 'beet) hard-
ly used. For a few hours his life had
been lightened by the 'Imitable glamour
of• romance. Mystery aud adveuture
had engaged hini. Ile had served a fair
woman apd been aseociated with nami
*lose -ways, however *questionable,
we're the ways of courage, hedged'
thickly about ;with perils.
• Disebnsolate.and aggrieved, tie gain-
ed the street. He was wiles from St.
Pancras, foot weaeY., to all intents and
purposes lost• . , : •
In this extremity chance stinted Mimi
him.The cabby .who at his Initial in-
stance 'had' Needed this %vestry . way
from Quadrant mew's, atter the man-
lier of his kind, ere turning back had
sought s.ureease of.fatIgue at the nehr-
est public.- From afar Kirkwood. sew
the four wheeterat.the curb and made
ail baste toward it.
Ettering the gip mill,- he -found the•
cahby,.soothed him with bitter andeIn-
structing him' for St Pancras. with all
• speed, dropped, limp and -listless with -
fatigue, into the conveyance.'
CHAPTER IX. . • • • .
ROM.. the commanding elevation
•of the box "Three 'n' Slier
enunciated the cabby, his tone
• .,that of a inan prepared 'for
trouble, inclined tO give trouble a wel-
come. , His- bloodshot eyes ' blinked •
truculently atide .alighted fare. "Three
six," be iterated' aggressively.. . • ••
• An adjite.ent but theretofore abstract-
ed policeman prkked up 'his ears and
assumed an intelligent expression.
•• "Berruondsey .0,1' Stairs to SainePan-
. eras," argued the cabby- assertively,
"seveit mile by th' radius--tbree
•
six!"•
• Kirkwood .stood on the. outer Station
..plaeform, uear the • eetrance to .third
.el tss welting rooms.... Continuing: to
fumble theouge his Pockets for an
oIu-
Si\ .sorprogn • purse,' he looked. IV
mildly, at the man. •
• **All right, eglibje"., he stitch:With pa -
cc 'purpose; **you'll get your fere in.
half a shake."
.""l'hree. eLx!" creaked the cabby,,
like a bloweyenti vindictive parrot.
The bobby .strolled neerer. •
"Yes'?" said.Ktrke-ood, inildly divert-
ed.. • "Why not sing it, caliby?".
"Ler' lu inuie ' Tle . Cabby exploded
• with* indiguatiou, continuing to give a
lifelike .iniitation sof a ruitipled.parrot,
'I •nid•trouble.viiough wit' you at •13er.
mondsey .01' Stairs hover - that quid
• you prothieed, didn't. I? Sing itl. Aly
heye!"
"QUId. cabby?" And then, remem-
bering that lie, had promised- the fel-
iow a sovereign -for fast driving. front
Quadrant 'mews', Kirkwood grinued.
broadly, eyes. eevinkliug, foe Alulready
Must have fallen'heir to that covenant.
•But you got. the •soyereign? You got
itdidn't you, cabby?"' •
‘' • The driver Mehemet the fact with un-
necessary heat and profanity and an
areeedment to the effeet that he would .
have • spoiled' his hire's. sanguinary
conk had the outcome been less sags,
factory.
The inforinetion proved so amusing•
that. Kirkwood, eeinekling, forbore to
resent' tile manner of Ite delivery and.
eletudoning until a more favorable time
the claise of the eey. sovereign purse,
ektraded • from • otn; I roosers pocket
nfin* 8..tmtu11rta of •large IStigilsh small
change,
"Three ehillings anel'eixtemee." tie
counted • the Nees Int() . the etibby's
grimy fan] monied •pilW end •added
qu letly: "The exact dist n net Is ra they
teem tbnu foiir relive. my Milli r-r011f
• .fare, precisely 2 shillings. You MaY
: keep • the • extra ls pence• forbe'
ing such a conselentious blackguard
-
or talk It over with the • officer here
rico Se yeurselr."
He melded to the boblly, who, favor:
ably impressed 1.y Kirkwood, smiled
fit the (111)17 a void, hard wile,
vetierettp011 1110 letter, emielsIme to on.
abashed triumph, spat on the pnvc-
meet at- Klrewood's feet, giltilored up
the reins arta wheeled out. •
Restoring 2 shiltings and a. tew
fat copper • petinlee ° to his pocket. he
entered the vest • enel echoing trete
shed. le the act hie ettention •was
eft -meted ,and Mimed In t riveted by
the spectacle of a burly luggage navvy
• In a Mee jumper in the net of making
off with ft levee 'folding signboard, of
Whieb the surface was lettered er.
pensively with • the adviee, in red
fleetest 0 White background, , "Boat
Train Leaves on Track 3."
Exeiteilly Kirkwood touched the
• man's arm with a detaining hand,
"Boat train," he gasped, pointing at
the board.
11.
"Left ten minutes ago, thank you,
13,1*ell. but- t course I can get.
another trent at Tilbury?"
"For yer boat? No, sir, thank you,
sir. Won't be another tryne till worn -
la', sir."
"Ob -lir
Aimlessly Kirkwood drifted away
his mind a blank,.
Some Wile later he found himself On
the steps outslde the station. trying to
etare out of countenatice a glaring
electric mineral* water' advertisement
on the farther side ef the Euston
•
Ile was stranded.
Distracted, he searebed pocket after
pocket, locatiug his watele cigar case
and cigarette ease, matchbox, pen-
knife, all the Minutiae of poeltet hard-
ware affected by Civilized man, with
old letters, a cardease, a square me
velope containieg his steamer ticket,
but no -sovereign purse. Ills small
change pocket held lees than 3
shillings -two and eight, to he exect-
and a brass key, whleh he failed to
recognize as one of his belongings.
Ant that was all. At some time der-
tng the night he had lost (or been cun-
ningly bereft of?) that little purse of
chamois skin containing the three gold-
en sovereigns whiele he litul been bus-
bandiug to pay his steamer expenses
and .which, if only he bad them now,
would stand between 11111) and, starve -
tion and a 'night in thestreets. lf
Brentwick were only in town! But he
wasift and wouldn't ,be• within the.
week: • .
•"No geed 'waiting here," be conclud-
ed. Composing Ills face, he re-entered
the station. There were bis ,trunks, of
course. He couldnq•leave.them stand-
ing on the station platforin forever. .
He found tfle luggege moth and in-
tervieweda, tnechneica Ily courteous.at-
tendant, who, as the resttlt of profetnal
deliberation,. 'advised him to try his
luck at 'tete ,lost luggage room across
the station. He accepted the advice.
It was it foregone conclusion that his
effects had not. been' conveyed to the
.Tilbury. dock. They could not have
been loaded IMO the luggege van ;with-
out his personal supervision.. Still, any-
thing was liftble to happen when his
unlucky. star was in the eseentlaint
• • -.He foetid .them in the lost luggage
• A.clerk.helped him identify the arti-
cles and ultimately decked- with a per-
functory note,."Sixpenceeecii, pleate."
"i-ah-perdon?".
"Sixpence each, the fixed.charge, sir.
For every twenty-fourhours or frac
tion thereof, sixpeuce 'per parcel." •
"Oh, thank yeu so -'much," Said Kirk-
"wood'sweetly.,.."1 will call tonierrOW.,"
' "Very good, she . Thank you, 1r."'s• ,
"Five times sixpence Is two aud sii,"
Kiriwood computed,. making hip way
hastily...out tif the station test a. Worse
thing befall . **No,. bless Your
heart -not while- two end „eight repre-
sents the sum total 'of my 'fortune."
• Ile wandered out into the night. He
• could no1 iiuger round the station till
•-dewn, and what 14r9111- 10 hitu if he.
..did? Even -were • [10 -10 ransom • his
trunits 0114. can scareely change, One's:
-teethin,,. ti public math%100411
•Somewhere th •the 'dietetic* it great
deck ehluied a single stroke' freighted
„
sore 'with toeitineholY. .11 hoelled • the
'passing • of the hall* 'hour after.: toli.
• night,. a whettingboar when every
public shots up eight...tied gentlemen
in top"- bats . and eveuing dress are
doomed ' tO pitee • the. pave till day
(barring they • tut Ve • homes, or visible
wealis .01 .'sim4)0rt)-4111 day, when
pa WeehOpe OpOil fillil stieb lieri4Olifil ete
feets as watches Mal huteniered
cigar eases way be .hypotheeit tett, What
•was, be 10 do'i himr .passed.
Through • tifisi• lohg hour Kirkeitatel
Walked. witheut 1 pauPe. • ;. •:•.•
Another clock ',somewhere clanged
Newt:tune twiee. The World -*as verye
still; And so; wanderiug foot loose in'
a wilderness...of. ways:. turning aimless-
• ly, now right, now left, he found • hien-
self in Frognsill street, •
.
• Iiirkneitid .identleed it with a start
• and. a guilty tremor. • He stopped stock
still in tie mireaseithes Mate of semi -
panic, arrested by a .silly inipuise .to
tune and HY, as if the 'bobby Wilma tie
decried •approachhig Jilm With' 'Welts-
ured 'stride; itausing.now aiid. again. to
;try treloor. or ilfiSh il1S bulleeye down
an area, .were to be expected to Kew
tify • the man responsible for thet
eacket raised ere midnight eiti • vacant
No. 0.
At the corner he swerved and cross-
ed still possessed of his devil of he
:spiration. It would' •be unfair him
to say• that he .010 not struggle to re-
sist it, for he did, because it -Wila fair-
ly arid • egregiously asinine; Yet. strlIg•
Ong, his feet • trod the path to which,
It tempted 111111• .
"Wire'," • be eepostuleted feebly, el
nright as well turn hack ami boat that
hobby over the litlad with my• (.01)014
!tut at the moment his hand
his ehange, poekel. feellne ewer that
smile bra ge (loitr key IPT he
had been Unable to liventutt• fOr, and'
he wns inrormihg Idnirelf how 'eery
eney . it would have been' for the. 4(4)'
''I'* 1 ,$) Purse to have droppod Irma his
wakn oat poeket '%vhile Ile teat, sliding
on his' 0111' 0.0%!.1) 1111dark steircnee -
Teel:et:vet' It event. et Ole tenet shel-
ter fee lite tilehe follow -1 by a deemit,
voinfottable aml sustabiliet • I:wining
meal Portit'ed I•y 41 Ile
111::*.moe. Hole to :1,,thhil4
more sitiMble frr day'fold
la 'rot ilk VI and prier into meg()
flattens with the ste:topo,:lo vr..,1440ny
for perm' :slim to, ex, banoe Lis
:Ivry. It ith 41 Kum to boot, for trvei.
pore!' len oil Itiloillt1 111110'• -ti Iti .444
2olP-1141' it 'toil nil but
Irreeiet Ible! •
Ent then • the rboZ. Putipo.inl, for
the sahe ,of orpiment. the cultoomry
uNItt watchman to have token up a
transient re 111 1')) e in No. n, stip.
poeing the po!i e to have entered with
111111 anti rowed the stunned titan on
the seetnal floor, would the wntelimen
not be vigilant fa* linothosr noctitrattl.
^
roarauder•-weuld not the peep now,
more than ever, be keeeing a wary eye
sm, that bowie of suepitiees ImP1e.11
ings?
Decidedly to re-enter It mend be to
`Incur a dt-ndly rhk Alec] yet tneloubt-
etily.' tweeted cel('stite), his sovereign
purse was wafting for Mut eolnewhere
-on the secoud tilebt of stairs, while
his inverts et clendestine entre ley
warm in his fingers -the key ti the
dark entry, welell be had by force of
habit poeketed after locesing the door
ore leaving the Melee with Dorothy.
He came to the Hog-inolle-Pound..
Its windows were dim with low
Weed gnsliglits. Dowe the covered
alleyway Quadrant mews slept In 11
dusk, :but titfully relieved by a lamp
or two round which the friendly mist
Clung close and thick. •
There would be none to see,
• Skulking, throat swollen with fear.
Heart beating like a snare drum, 'Kirk-
wood took his chance. Buttoning his
overcoat collar up to his ehin and curs-
ing the fact that his bat must stand
out like -a Chimney pot On a detached
house, he spiel On tiptoe down the cob,
bled way and close beneath the house
walls of Quadrant mews; but, half-
way in, he stopped, confounded by an
unforeseen difficulty. How was he to
identify the entrant -entry of No. 9,
whose counterpartsedoubtless, commu-
nieated with the mews from every res-
idence en four sidee,of the city block?
He almost lost his head when lee
realized that escape was already cut
off by the way lie had come. Some
one oe, rattier, some two men were
entering the niley. , He could bear the
'tramping _sold shuttlo. of clumsy feet
and voices that niuttered indistinctly.
One seemed to trip over sotneQu tend.
'cursed,. The otherlaugliede
• grew more *load. They were coming
his way*. Ile dared de. longer vecillate.
He dived • into the nterest black hole
of a passageway MI.(1,111 .sheer despera-
tion flung himself,- key in hand, against
the door at the end. .ntark how his
luck Served him Who had forswore
her! • .11e toned a keyhole fwd. Inserted
the key. It turned. So did the knob.
The 'door gave inward. Ile fell in
with IL slammed it, sh.otethe bolts end,
-panting, leaned against its panels, in a
pit ot evertasting night, but saved -
'for the thne being, at all events. •
. ,
• CHAPTER X. •.
•/
NDOORS Kirkwood faced unbaripily
• the enigma of fortuity,' weeder-
-• ing if this by any possibility were
eThe key had fitted, the bolts bad
been drawn -on the inside, and, while
the key bed been one of ,ordinary pat-
tern and, would no doubt have pfoved
.effectual' with any one of a hundred
common loci:a, the .13nger.Ot. probability
'seemed to' indicate that' his Stick .had
brought him back to No. 9.. . .
• In Spite 'be'ell thiP,•he Wad'eensible
• of little confidence. Though this were
truly No. 9, his' freedom still lay eu
tbe knees of the gods; his Very life, be -
like, was poised,totteringeon a -pinna-
cle of ehanee, • ..
In the end, taking -heart .of .desperio
tion ile etoopedand removed his
• shees,. preenution .whigh later. ap-
pehled to his. s'ense •of .the ridiculous'
.in 'view of the racket be had raisedin
entering, but which -at the incipient
seemed most natural. and ,in accord.'
ance with Coinnion sense, • Then, ris-
ing, Ile held .his breath,staring, and
listening.- About him thepitch dark.
nese was punctuated.• with fading
pointsof. fire, and . in 'his ears was a
• noise of .Strange whispe.rings. ,
,,,,He went' forward gingerly; feeling
his way like' a blind" man on strange
ground.. • Ere long be stumbled over a
• docnsiel Mid foiled that thee.walls of
•.the passage had fallen, away. •Ile had
entered n room, • n black Cavern of
indeterminate dimensions, Thence, .
eprogreasing . over complaining floors
through what may have be the serv-
ants' hall, a large room „with a table
in the middle and a' 'number of pro-
iniscuouseehairs "(witness his teetered
• shins), be filially blundered into the
• basement halleety.
By • now a little .calmer, .he telt ,as-
• Sured thnteehls was • really, ,
• Frognall street and. a little happier
about it ell, though not 'even Weimer). -
tartly forgetful, of the poteetiel police
and night wittehman. However, he
.mounted the seeps to the' ground floor
without adventure and found himself
at last in the same dim and ghostly
hall ,whieh he hnd entered some six
hours before. The- modiery of desk
admitted • by the • hitilight • Was Jut
• strong enough to entible him to iden-
• tify • tile • genera ley of the land end
• arrengement of fernIturce
More eonfidently with eneh uncon-
tested • step he contented Ids quest
-Elation was stirring his spirlt when
•he gained the Oral 'Poor altd moved
owni'd the foot' of the second flight,
approechine the spot whereat he was
to begin the 4(111 5' for the Missing
puree. 'rile knowledge thet he lacked
menne nf (0110)114 )g illmninntion. -de-
- terred him • nothing. Ile *had some
hope of matches in ono of the
ad,o1ccot rooms, but, failing that, wns
prepared to aA.eint the stairson all
. fours, feeling* every inch. of their stir -
Owe If it tem: ehers, •
thiee It fell out thee rit the in-
stant he Was thinking It (line to begin
ece, tepee) find hunt, his stockinged feet
cam,. into enntact • with something
11'11 VY, something that
reeved, peewit lied his hair to
brklie and OA resit to creep,
wi!I mike allowatiers for bon.
M1 along be had *me on the tisStirop.
lion that las antagonist of the dark
stnirway would hove recovered • ntid
iiinil(eff • with ail expedition in the
eotirs '01 'ten Ir •twenty Minutes at
mist from the time of his accident.
To find him still there was something
entirely outside of Kirkwood's reckon-
ing. Ile would as soot) hey° thought
to i.neotinter, say, Calendor-•••would
have preterfed the Intter,indeed. •
"Poor devil!" murmured the young
Ma. "lie must be In a pretty bad
way for surer lie Inielt. compassion
eentlitig his teeart, and put :Me baud to'
the insentient face. A warm sweat
tuoistened bus tiugers. Ilis paliti was
fanned by steady respiration.
Immeastirably perplexed, the Ameri-
can rose. :dipped on ide shoes and but-
toned them, thinking •hard the while,
What ought be to do? Obviously flight
suggested' itself-lucontinent night, an.
the Ontn's reeovery. On the
ether hunch Indubitubly the latter lied
suet:lined midi injury that touseious-
tiess, lieu It came to him, would bard-
ly be re -enforced by tuudi aggressive
power. Moreover, it was to be re-
membered that the one wits in that
Feeftee 1118 tray Wm a bfiesd man on
'strange ground.
house with quite as .much warrant as
tbe ether uuless Kirkwood tutu drawn
a rash.infereure from the •Incident of
the ragged sentry.. The two et .them
were mutual 1f'antagonistic trespass-
ers. Neither .would dare bring about
the arrest of the other. And then --and
this was uot the least consideration to
• influence Kirkwood -perhaps 'the • fel-
low would die if he got no attention. .
. • Light upon' 'the subject. actual as
Well .as figurative, seemed to be the
first essential.. IIis • mind ' composed,
Kirkwood set himself in search of it.
Tlinfloor be was on, however, afforded
him -no assistance. •-
. After 'some momentary hesitation he
• went upstairs, his ascent marked by- a
single and grateful incident; klialfWay‘
• to the top he trod .on• an deject that
clinked .underfoot• and; .ptopping, re•
trieyed the lost purse.. • ' •
• •
The. rooms on the secend. boor were
bedeliamberp, broad. deep, .stately, 'he
habited by seven devils of loneliness.
Jn one,'On a dresser, Kirkwood found
a stump of candle in a china candle.
stick, .. The two charred -- ends ol
matches at its base were only an irri-
tating discovery, however-eevidelice
that real matches lied .been the. mode
: in No. 9 at some . reinete * date.
• Disgusted and Oppressed by cuMulete
tiVe'itiquiettiveness. be -took the .cau-
dle.'end back to• Hie 'hall. .11e Would
have., given 'much for the time and,
Means to make a mire detailed hives.
• tigatiori into Hie secret of the house.:
- Since- his latnet entrence his vision
bad adjusted 'itself M cope with the
'.obsetirity to -some xteat and the 'street
lights, sneagerly redeeted through the
Window.s 'from the bosolle of ti sullen
;pall of 'deed IOW -sweep almeee the
city, had heleecl hini• to. piece together
many -a detali of decoration. and fur.
nishIng• stake somber and richly -dig:
nified.• EirkWood told himself .thet•
the ONV.I)er; Whoever he .nlight fie, Was,
'11 man of wealth and taste Inherited'
-from nnother age.. He, laid found little
of Meretricious today. ho the elWelling,
•.muqb that .1V1le solid and sedate an0.
homely end -Victorian. Ile: could'haye•
' wisliedefor more. A box. of early . Vie-
. toriab' vesta's had been highly, accept-
..
able. • ' .' ' - -
• Making hisway downitliirs :to the
'strickenmane who. was 'quite as he
had. beene•'IcirlswOod• bent over and
•thrust Pilling fingers. inta his pockets
regardless of the' wretched sense of
. guilt 'and sneakistmess imparted by
- the fiction, stubbornly heedless ofthe
possibility .of .the man's awakening to
flnd -himself beteg searched .and rob-
bed. •.
••`
In the Mit place he. Sotight. Whieh
shOuld, be realized, have been the fleet
-to wit.. the fob 'pocket of •ehe white
' waisteoate-lie found .a small gold
matchboe. peeked fight with wax NTS• ,
his and, berating hiniself, for 'crass
, stupidity -he had saved a deal of time
* nnd troubleby thinking of this before
-lighted the candle. • • .
• As .its golden flame shot up. with
scarce a tremor. preyed upon by a per.
. .
-teeny ekeusabi0. eoneern, he bent to
extimine the tnae's countenance. The
• artn width had partly hidden It . ad
'fallen haek into a natural. positiene It
wtts a Saint* Mee that gleamed Pallid
In the' .candlelight, a face unlined, a
little eared atul insignificant, with fen -
'tures regular 'and neat, betraying- few
charneterist les other 'than the • purely
negative attributes 'of a character ,,tis-
" yet unformed. possibly .1:111f01mable,
much' irlie sort of face that he might
• have • expeCted to see, retnembertng
those thin and pouting lips that. before
,lind impressed .hins. Its -owner was
probably little more than twenty ! In
,his Wire there was a suspicion of ft
•fotes preciseness, rteide from its fled-
-den ta 1 disarray. .
"1 caq't 1411) 1<o hint out nt all!" do-
e I a rod Kirk weed. It ' was' most peas -
eventing: the hiconetruity of the boy's•
i
a men) re nee assorted With his double
leik• of perseentor of distressed ,6:odr-•
sels„ and 410t 114014 hoosebreak ot*,
KirkWood bent closer above the trar-
tionlesS bead. with Inizzled eyes striv-
ing to ,pin down some elusive resem.
bland*, that he thought to trnee in
those vacuous features, a resemblance
to some one be hail seen or keown itt
some past time somewhere, somehow.
"I give it up, Guess ien mistaken.
. Anyhow, five young Eugiishaten out of
evety ten of his Class are Just 05
blond and foolish, Now let's see how
bad he's hurt."
With hands 'strong And geute he
•turned the rood, 4:,...las head. .02he11r
.p.
"Ahl" be commented in the ae'eent
comprehension, for there was an angry
looking, bump at the base of the skull.
Kirkwood let the head down and
took thought. Recalling a bathroom
on the fluor above, thither he weer,
unselfishly forget:III of ids prediee.
meat if discovered, and, turning op
the water, sopping -his' handkerchief
until it dripped.. Then, returning. he
took the boy's head on his knees, Wash -
e(1 the wound, purloined another hand-
kerehlet of silk, with a giddy border,
from the other's pocket and of this
xuanufactered a rude but serviceable.
bandage.
Toward tlie eouclusion of •lila attest.
tions the sufferer began to show sign
ofIreturning animaticm. Ile stirred
restlessly, whiumered it little and sigh-
ed. And Kirkwood consteruation
gut
uo.
"Sol" be commented ruefully. "I
guess I am an ass, all right, taking all
that trouble for you, my friend. It
1'7 gotuetoleave
you
agrleaainofsuenszonleeloou
ttthyisl:
glory."
'
iwas 'lingering only to restore to
the boy's pookete such articles as he
bad removed in the search for matches
-the inetchbox, ft few silver mine, a
bulky sovereign purse,a hundsome
plain gold watete and so'forth. But ere "
he coecluded lie Was awere that the
boy was coin:douse that his eyes, open
fuel bliuking In the Candlelight, were
upon
111eyLtd. wire blue eyes -blue and shah
low as a doll's and edged with lone,
tine lashes. lutelligence of a certarn
degree was rapidly informing • them.
Kirkwood returned their questioning
lance, tronsfixed in indecislou. His
primal Impulse to cut and run for it
was goue, Ile had nothing to fear
from this child, who could not prevent
his- going whenever he chose togo,
while by remaining -Lie might per-
chauce frow hitir souiething
bout Dorothy.
"You're feeling better?" He was al-
most surprised to hear his own voice
put the query.
"1--1 think so, Ow, My head! I say,
you chap, whoever You are, what.*
happened? I .want to 'get up." The
bey 'added peevishly, "Help a fellow,
can't you?"
• ..
"You've 'had a misty fail," Kirkwood
•
.orubrs,heie*byeelodlii,ee‘r•e.nlai.pieledstng an anti be -
tenth, tho. boy's shoulder and helping
•
hint to a sitting position. • "Do you re-
-childishly and'
scrubbed across the floor to rest •hisf
back against the wall.
"Why -y, I remetnber faille', and
then 1 *eke up, and it was all dark.
and my head achin' fit to split. 1 pre-
sunie 1 went to sleep again. 1 say.
What're you dote' .here'?" •
•
Instead of replying . Kirkwood lifted •
• a warning finger.' •
• "Hush!" he said tensely, alarmed by
noises in the street. "You dop't sup-
pose"- ..
. Ile had been conscious of a carriage",'
rolling up from the corner as well as :
that it. had drawl) em (presumably.). be-
fore a nearby dwelling. Now the 'rat-
tle of:a key.in the hall.door was star-
tlingly audible. Before he could move
the door itself opened Witten slain.• '• • .
Kirkwood enoved towerd. the. stair-.
'head and drew bad:, with n'cry of dia.
gust. • "Too late," he -told himself bit-
terly. • 'His escape was cut off: • Ho •
Could' run upstairs and'hide, ok 'course, •
but the. boy would lateeniefigainst bine
and- . •• ;
• He Mittoned up his Cont. settledehle
hat on his head and' movednear the
. candle, where it eeeted on the floor.
One .glimpse would suffice to.show bine -
the ferce. of the intruders- and • one
ineve of his 'foot put Out the light; .
then•e-perhapse-he •might .be able to
rush.telein: • •
Below a brief pause had followed
the noise of' the dooreas ft thoeeotter.
Ing were statiding, irresolute, andee '
• citled which way to turn, but abruptly.
• enough the glimnaer of candlelight
must .heye been noticed. Kirkwood .
heard • a 'bushed exclamation,• . quick
• clatter of • heels, on the parquetry,
pattering feet -on the • Stairs, all but
drowned byswish and ripple of silken.
'skirts, and a woman Stood at the head
of •the flight -to the American an ap-'
:paritimi peofoundly amazing as • she
•peased, -the light froni the floor cast-
ing ie, theetrie shadows. beneath her
eyes and • over .ime brows, edging her . •
•:eyes themselves with brilliant light bee:
'tenth their dark lashes. showing her'
its straight and drawn and •shlunner-
• ing upon the spangles of an evening
gown, vistbte beneath the dark cloak
which intd fallen back teem -her white'
. beautiful ?boulders.: •. •
.•
.
•
CHAPTER •XI, •
• • R.S..•IIALLAA11", cried 'K. -irk.• .
wood: beneath 'his breath.,
The. woman ignored big
existence. • Moving swiftly
*forward, she dropped- on. both knees by
tbe side of the boy and Caught up ono
ef hie hands, clasping it passiOnately
.in her own.
•
"Fred!" shecried, ii.curions break lir
•
',her tone. "My 'little 'Freddie! Oh,.
'what has happened, donne?" :
•
• "Ole hello, orinminal" grunted that •
young tnan, submitting listlessly •hi
her caresses and betrayieg no overe
Whelining ,surpriea at her memo/tra• nce •
• (TO BE CONTINUED.)
• OLD PEOPLE SUFFER
TOMES with their BACKS
. -Morels a-Va.se n Point.
•' Of .eourse you know a dull ache or
sharp pains in the back come from sick
Kidneys. Old age exacts .its penalty. •
The kidneys become weak' or strained
through the hard.work of a lifetime.
Piasters, •ointments and liniments only
ease the pain -they 'can't Nadi the Kid-
neys. As soon as- the effects of sod) •
remedies wear off the.pain returns worst
than ever because the K.'idneys are worse,
West Port William, Nov. 7t11, 100$. •
t .41 have been troubled with a Lame
Back for the past twen
used plasters and oiraYinceanzts
effect. At last 1 tried Gin Pills, which
proved just the thing, and I would highly
recommend them to anyone who has
Strained or Lame Daelici..-HAramitss,
Gin rills, you set, act directly on the
Itidneys-relieving the pain -giving
them new strength -and neutralizing
Uric Acid,• which is generally formed
when there is Xiditey Trouble.
Try Gin rills, yourself, before buying
the regular 60c boxes, Write the Na.
tional Drug & Chemical Cot (Dept, A),
Toronto, Otit., and they will send you
tree Sample of Gin Pills by return mail,