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••Sre you going fo De Marilee router- .7tam, you an never bay° eared for
row?" .repeated Oecard, 'standing quite mer sbe cried. 444.11 *het Yoe have
still, with a calmness •thet frightened_ tot4 too, -..and ber .eyea deviled- -tri-
het, .
rd all that
• "Yes," she answered, rather feebly. • you have promised and vowed wall
She kuetv..that she could expleht. it, utterly false ,if you, torn against mo at
all. She could bave explained it to the Opt word Of a man Who watt ear
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either of them lieparatelly, but to both ried away by bis own vanity into
together, someliow it „was difficult. thinking things that he bad no bust-
/ler mind was itifed with clamoring new to think."
Arguments and explanations and plau- if Guy Oscard was no eeeat adept
sible excuses, but she did net know at wordy warfare, he Was at all events •
which tO select fleet. None of thetn strong in his receptioit et PailishMe.nt
'teemed, quite equal to this oecasion. He Stood upright and. quiencent be -
These men required something deeper traYing by neither sign nor moven:met
and stronger and simpler than she had that bee wOrdircould hurt him, -
to offer them. •
• . el beg to suggest again," sad, Jack
Moreover, she was paralyzed br a ComPosedlY. "that Oscard has not yet
feeling that was quite new to her -a nrca'Sn't any ac"satinna against Yon'
ought
horrid feeling that something had gone iyou have brtheni'llil Yourself."
from her. She had lost her strongest, "Xon are both cruel and cowardly,"
she exclaimed, suddenly descending
her single arm -her beauty, This
seemed to have fallen . from her. It to vituperation, "Two to oneTwo
seemed one defeese-
seemed to count. for nothing at thin
less girl, Of course I am not ale to
time. There is a time that comes as
argue with you. Of course you can
surely as death will come in the life
get the best of, me,, It 10 so easy to be
of every 'beautiful woman -a time .
sarcastic."
wherein she suddenly realizes how
"I do not bite:gine," retorted Jack,
trivial a thing her beauty is; how "that anything that we can say or, do
limited, how useless, how ineffectutill Will have much permanent poWer of
Millicent Chyne made a little appeal hurting you. For the last two years
'Ing raovement toward Meredith, who you have been engaged in,an-intrigue
relentlessly stepped bacic.. It was the such ias a thin skinned or sensitive
magic. of the love that filled his heart 'person would hardly of her own free
for Oscard. Had she wronged any will undertake. You may be able to
man in the worIcl but Guy Oscard, . explain it to yourself -1M doubt you
that little movenient, full of love and . are -but to our more limited compre:
tenderness and sweet contrition, might hensiens it :Must remain 'inexplicable.
heye saved her. But it was °Beard's A.?
rt. e can only judge from appearances."
heart that she had broken; for broken "And, lif-7 couree, appearances go
they ' both knew it to be, and jack against Me. Theyalemys do against a
Meredith stepped back from her touch woman," she cried rather brokehly. • .
as from pollution, His .superlicial,I
-m- "You would have been wise to have
agined love for her had been killed at taken that peculiarity into considenn
a single blow. Her .beauty was .no tion sooner," replied. Jack Meredith
umpliantly %crofts Osca
' more to Mm at that moment Pan the -coldly. et admit that I am puzzled: • I
beauty of a picture • , cannot quite get at your motive. Pre -
"Oh, lecke"- she ' gasped; and had sumably it is one of those sweet fent-
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there• been another woman in the room !nine • incensistencies . which • are to
that ,weenan 'would have known that • 'charming In hooks." • •
Millicent loved nim with tbe love that • There was a little pause. Jack Mere
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comes once Only.; But .men are not dith Waited/politely to hear if she had
very . :Mute in. such matters; they • anything further to say.• • His -clean cut
tither read Wrong or not at all: •face was quite pallid. The suppressed
"It is all a' Mistake," she said breitth- auger in hie eyes Was .perhaps more
lessly, looking from one to the other. difficult to 'meet than -open fury. • The
"A most awkward Mistake," sug-. man who never ,fcitgets himself before
gested Meredith, vrith , a cruel smile ' a woman Is likely to be an absolute
thatznade:ler_wbMe. ...roasterOf women. '• •
"Mr. Oseard must haat mistaken •me 11 think," he added, -is
altogether," the gift-yeenfon,, volubly nothing more to be said .",.•
addressing 'herself to 'Meredith; she • There wen a dead tillen•ce..Mllflceflt
wanted nothing from' •Oscarci. .11 mey Clyne glanced teward Gay Oscard .• He
, have • been ,s111Y, Perhaps,. or Merely could have saved her yet, by*.a simple
Ignorant .113(•31 blind,. How was; I .to lie. Had ,he been an impossibly Mag
know that he meant what. he said?? ' nanitnous man, such as one • meets in
"How, Indeed?" agreed Meredith,... -books only, he 'could have explained
xvith, a grave bow, . • • ' that themistakb Was all Ms, that she
"Besides, he bas no buslitess to come was quite right, that his coin, vanity .ge • , , _ . • - •
here twinging false accusations' (mental; had blinded,„fien Into a .great end un- "Mae I comp svitin you?" asked
me, • He has no rightit, is cruel and', warranted. presumption.' • -But, un-' ;Meredith Again. • • •. • 6
ungentlemanly, .He cannot prove any-; ..• fortunately, he was only human be-.' •"Certainly, I have a good deal•tolell
thing; ,be cannot. say' that I ever dis- ing, a Man who was . ready' to give astlnctly . you." . . •
gave to understand-er-o- • '•full•a measure as he exacted. The un- • They Called a cab, . and; siegularly
'anything -that ,I ever promised to be • fortunate mistake to which -he- clung Nenougn, they drove all the way to .Res-
eitgaged .or anything, like that!' ' ,'•Was•that the same sense of justice, the ' sell .square, without epeakieg. These
She :turned upon, °Beard, whose • de- same code Of honor, must serve for men two men had. worked together:. for
• irteanor Was stolid, aiinost dense.. He and women alike. filo Chyee many montbs, and men who have a
looked yery. large .and someSvhat .diffn looked' in .vain for that Indulgence. daily • task in common usually learn to
cult. to move. , „ • . ••• which is to inc.:insistently offered to perform without inuch 'interchange -
"He has not attempted to do so Yet," wonimi, merely became they are Neo- of Observation. -When one man gets -to
suggested Jack* suavely," looking at Ina men, the: indulgence which is some- know the. Mind. of another, converse-.
friend, • times. &rivet. and sometimes, tion assumes a place of secondary im-
"1 de net see that it is. quiM clues. according to the softness of the maim- portatice.• .These two had been through •
tion of proofs," said 'Oscard quietly. In d.
Inline heart and beauty of the sup - more incidents together than . usually
Voice that did not sound like • hie 'pliant feminine form. Guy•Oseard Was. fell to the lot of man; eaeh knee( how
an. ere not In a eourt of- Jim- • conte sure Of his oWn, impressions., the .other would act :and. think miner.
tice,' Where ladies like to settle *these Thin girl had tiliewed him to begin given. clituMstancee; each. knew what
Questions now. If • we ' were I could' loving her • had encouraged him to go the other • was thinking now,. hated hire and all his weeks." *
eltallenge-you to produce m3' letters ...on; had led him to'believe that
bis love The house suesell senate, ...the 1 -nevelt' he's gene .to hisaccountnow." getner. Oscard opened :the dour
theM.0( " .. - • . nominee of the world he -did not see why cabs do not pass,. was lighted up and any better a man while. he was alive., •
• tellOwed his companion:1,M' the steit.
"I • suppose," . said Meredith, "wei. •
here is no doubt Of • my. meaning In' was returned . . And , in his. simple 1g - quiet house in the corner where . the ,• , "yes, but that does not make hint
"There are also mY Poor centriien these matters should be locked in 'Astir when they • reached It The old 'Don't let es Cant about him now.' The •shall Meet sometirae, somewhere"
done to your collection," •chimed 'hie' own breast frOM a mistaken sense •butler beld open the door with a smile man was im unmitigated scoundrel.: '.• "Yea."
Jack Meredith.' "A. comparison 'Must of chivalry to be. accorded where. no of welcome and a faint of while= • They slioek hands.,
have been interesting to you, by the • chivalry was due. , • • . try.- The. luggage had . been discreetly
tame mail presumably, under the same. • -eNo,'" be answered. "There Is nothing removtd. Joseph had gone to gr.
postmark." ' • , • '• ; • .• More to be said." • . Meredithnt, chambers. Guy, • Oscard led
"± made• no comparison," 'the • girl . • 'Without looking -toward her, Jack •the way to .the smoking room' at the
erred, defidtatly; "there. was pc question llfet•edith • made, few steps toward . back of the house -the tooth wherein
of comparison." • ' •• the door -quietly, Self composedly, with the eccentric'. Oseard had written his
She. said it, shamelessly, and it hurt that perfect.savoir, faire of the social. . great history -the room in which Vic,
Meredith, more than it hurt Guy Os • • .expert 'that made him different from tor Durnovo . had eret .suggef,ted, the
card, for whom the sting was Intended. • • other men. *• Millicent Chyne felt a slid. slmiacine. tiettenr to '• the historian's,
"Compariece or no cOnaperison," •sald den pleheiab desire to scream.' It was sea. .- • .
'lack Meredith quickly, with the .keen- all so heartlessly well bred. Re. tamed.; The two survivors of the -originatieg
ness of. a good fencer Who has been on • his heel With a little half cynical nio-passed bite this room together and.
Witched,' "there cat be no doubt of the bow. • . • • .. • . doted the 'door 'behind them. •
fact that yon were engaged to es. both "I leave niy name with -yea," he said. ; "The worst ..ef One's 'own private
at the same time. •lou told ns both "It is probable that you will be put te • tragedies. is that their are 'usually Only
to go, Out and make a fortune where-. some inconvenience. I can only -regret comedies, in disguisa,".. said •Jack Mere,
with. to buy your . erections. one can.. that 61s -17 -denouement,. did ' not come 41th 'oracularly: , • . • , •
only Presume that•tne highest 'bidder- • o • Guy ..Oscard grunted. He waslook-
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the (Avner of thriargest. fortuneweit • ing for his •pipe. • •
to be the happy man. Unfertunately, • ., "If we heard this of any two fellows,
we became"partners, And -such was .• except ourselves we should think it an
the pewee • of your focination-we • excellent joke," went on Meredith, •
made the fortune; but We share and. °sear nodded. He lighted .bis pipe,
•ehare alike lit that We • are equal, so . • and.still he said. nothing .
far as the ;price is, coneerned. The /....ekieng it" eicialmed jack • Mere -
'situation is interestieg and rather •dith, Suddenly throwing himself b.ach
antusing It Is your turn to move. We in his elair, It le a good joke!" .
await your further instructions in on lie laughed softly, and all the „while
siderable suspense." • • his „eyes, watehtui, Wise, anxious, were
She stared at him -with biciodless lips. Studying Guy Oecard's face. • •
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ono utotwod.orno columned o" I./Scare told brut, rather incoherently, Is last ZOO Is•ord; It Is nothing but a'
and heaving sbouldere, and the bli"ter- between the putte. He did not attempt plague. Wet one ar Owe 411w* tem'
to make a Mom of it, but meeely. re- hare escaPe .
Wed the facto as the' had happened Jack Meredith sat forwent and' Mho
to Min. T
Iis t probable that to.blin the bed Ms two handpe
s nsively ewer )101,0
act w
Wed which Jack SSW quite kneee. -
distinctly"That' is the sort of thiegr was 13°6e0 kw where the "tralat.5". '
I S 1 oral
plate en PO
, "No." he aid, "'only yen end
Meredith's commentthe story
est drop iti:her cup. was the knowledge
that he despised her. During the last
few minutes be bad ,Itaid and done
nothing that lowered Mw in ber Ott-
mation-that touched in any way her
love for biro. Ue had not lowered
Oen in any way, but he had suavely
troeclt Il
eu her under foot, lastworde-
the inexorable intention of going away*
-sapped her lard lingering hope. She
could never regain even a tithe of hia
affection.
"I think," be went on, 'that you Will
agree with me In thinking that Guy •
()ward's name must be kept out of
thia entirety. give you carte Menthe
except the?-
'With sligbt inclination of the bead
he walked to the door. It was char-
acteristic of Mw that although 1M
Walked slowly he never turned his bead
nor plaited.
• °scare followed him with the Patient
apathy ot the large and m7stified. .
And so they left her -amid the dis-
order of the half unpacked wedding
presents -amid the ruin of her own
life, 15erhaes, after all, She was not
wholly bad. Few people are; they are
only bad enough to be wholly unsatis-
factory and quite incomprehensible.
She must have known the risk She was
relining, and yet she could not stay her
hand. She must bave known long be-,
fore that she 'really loved Jack Mere-
ditn,. and that she, , was playing fast
and loose with the nappiness of ber&
whole life. She knew that hundreds.
• of girls Anind ber were doing the
same, and, with all shathe be It men-
tioned, not a few married women.
But they seemed to. be able to carry
wasnished, "that takes the conceit 471iat is so." answered Offeard..
out ot a feUow, 1 suppoge 1 have more "And Joseph won't go batik?"
than my share. oppose it Is god "Not if you word to give him t10,9
at
as I thought I Was -that there are 'tind" vyrgn"twlith
for me to end that 1 ain not SO clever
plenty of cleverer fellows about, and "Not for #000,000, There Is g
that one of them is an old man �t On that Place."
seventy-nine. The worst of It la that "I believe there le," said Meredltlin
he WO right all along. Ile saw clearly ' And such was the end ,of tite great
wbere yeti and I were -damnably simiamine scheme - the wonder of
tew sermons. Some day( 'Oes thi
He rubbed bis slim brown heads to- great Sahara is turned into an Wigs&
gether and looked across at hiS corn- Ilea when steamers shall ply -whom
panion with a smile wherein. the youth. sand now flies* before the desert vrifid,
ful E'en confidence was less 'discern,' theplateau may •be foufid again, SOO
Ible than of yore, The smile faded day, when Africa la cut from eget ta;
as he looked nt Oscard. He was West by a railway line, some advgia,",,
thinking that he' looted older and titroue soel will scale thelmight ef
graver -more of a mledie aged man otmanyfrommoh
unttaleet
ner,oeneilndthatyeteeentais tweenot•;
who has left omething behind hin3 In urer
in awe by the phantom hatmted
life -find the sights reminded him, of sena of the gloomy forest, and therst'
the few gray hairs that were above be will find a pyramid cif wooden caw/
bus surrounded by bleached and scattere
"Come," wd
Coonintlnp"'
e:'ehelsaid more cheerfullY,.. bones where vultures have fed.
'len me your news. Let us change In the meantime the precioua drug
the. subject. Let us throw aside light will grow scarcer day by day, and this,
dalliance and return to questions of human race will be poorer by the foss:
money. More important -much more of one of -those halt matured discov-:
satisfactory. I suppose. you have left eries whici3 have more than once
Durnovo in charge? Has josepb come the world'shistory been on the point;
home with you?" • Of raising the animal called man to 0
"Yes, Joseph hoe come home with •higber, stronger, finer development oti
me. Durnovo is dead." • • brain and muscle than we can (con-
ceive of under existing circumstances.,
4GDue7adOl"se-ard. took his pipe from his oWoliitao rycanbutshell?maPyerbhealifsouthude gstrranowinggte...:
lipe.
'Ie died at Wale of the sleeping elsewhere - In "some other continent,
sickness. He was a bigger blackguard across the ocean. The ways of nature1
than we thought. He was a slave are past comprehension, and no meal
dealer and a slave owner. Those forty eau say who sows the seed that crops;
men we picked up at Msala were up in strange places. • The wind blair-:
slaves belonging to him." . .eth where it iisteth, and inane can toll,
"Achr It was a. strauge exclamation, what germs it bears. It eeems,bardee.
as if he had burned his' fingers. "Who credible that the plateau, no bigger:
knows of this?" he asked immedtately. than a cricket field, far away in thek;
The expediency of the moment had pre- waste land of central Africa, can ha;
sented itself to his mind again. • r tegeoinlyietopogtroonwttlit palaunifiectiewnbtepreh
rocru.te.
"Only- ourselvesr --returned -Oscar&
. skin to supply suffering humanity-9Mb
"You Joseph and I."
"'slow, thoughtful way. "Joseph swears
"So I concluded," said Oscard in his' i -has been found, and the plateau IA
dangerous story to telt" .
forget that the better. It would be a power
h But
tinago ybeetrbtourthlTrroetitimchiatit
‘,/,i;at le all right, and the Berner we an dallthevelaetinn: drug, uortvated.-0,1
of. it wan two men whin
he won't breathe a word of it"
had gone to look for it twoyears bo -t
Jack Meredith nodded. He looked •
fore - young and hearty,- returning;
rather pale beneath the light of the gas.
"Joseph is all right," he said. "Go from the search succeseful beran
, do
their highest hopes, with, a shadow. frel
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It rarough without accident or hin-
drance. And illogically, thoughtlessly,
she blamed her own 111 fortune.*
She stood looking blankly at the
door which had closed behind three
men, one old and two yming, and per-
haps she realized the 'fact that such
creatures may be led blindly, help.
lessly, with a single hair, but that that
hair may snap at any moment.
-She-was-uot_thinking of .Guyoscard.
Him she had never loved., a bad
only been one of her experiments, and
by his very sinanlicity, above all, by Ids
uncompromising honesty, he, had out-
witted her, • .
It was characteristic oe ber that at
that moment she scarcely kneve the
weight of her own remorse. it sat .
lightly. on: her shoulders. then and It
was' only later on, when her beauty.be-,
gan to fade, when years cameand on.
unmarried woman, that she began to. It was Joseph' tind it out," their eyes and gray upon, theirheads
. . • •
brought no joy for the middle. aged who fo
realize what it was that she had to continued Oscard, "up at the plateau. • They sat for nearly two, hours$ la
' o -no
, that room in the quiet• house 'Raw
, carry through life with her. • At that . I Paraded the whole crowd, told them
what I had found out, and chucked up I t
sell square, where the cabs d
Moment ethousand . ousand other thoughts
filled her mind; .sucli thoughts as one Minthe_eNext morning I abandoned the whole concern in Your name and ,
pass, and their conversation was of
nathoenserm. laTheineey asactcouunntti! ntheevyerbetod chleoneilit
the world to be deceived? The guests int
.
would expect to rind there. How was _plateau with Buell men as cared to
opened. They diseussed the qtrestfin
would have One put off, -the wedding come. Nearly half of them stayed with
'
' of .ren..31111Celneet and after due coma&
counternianded, the presents returned. Durnovo. I thought it was in order er.ation
concluded that the gain wag
d that they might sbare. in, the simiacine. ,
rightly theirs,: seeing that the risk bad'
Arid .the • world -her world -would I told them they could have the whole an 1343n,,,theirs.
laugh in .its sleeve. . There lay the _ Slaves and slave ownsting - -
confounded lot. Of the stuff; But it
er had both taken their cause to a.
."Where are juju going?". asked Mere- was. not that They tricked Durnovo
thereThey wanted taget him to them-
1- higher court, where the' defendant has '•
.
no - •
dith when they were in the street. selees. - In .going down the river we Worry' and the plaintiff 10at rent"
T; hey were beyond the ,retieb of molar!
• "Home." . • • had an accident 'with two of the boats;
A
-ineyend the glitter of •gol(1.-•-far fru*
• 'which necessitatestaying. at *Msala. I
They walked on a few paces •
While we were waiting there one night 1 tbaseideerYfol ageriehshLunIft, ofvoort,Untoe wasbhe.
after 10 o'clock the poor devil came.
1, in trust for the children of the metal
' alone in a 'canoe. They bad simply cut
i. who had found the simiaelne prateang. .
him in slices. • A most beastly sight 1
1 another was 'apportioned to Joseph..
wake up sometimes even now dreado
"Seventy seven thousand one hun-i
Ing ef it and I am ,not, a fanciful sort I
1 dred and four pounds for you," said ,
bt fellow. Joseph wept into his room
1 Jack Meredith. at length, leYinglasida '
and was simply sick. I didn't know
Oat you could be made , sick by any- 1 his pen; "seventy-seven thousand ono 1
hundred and four pounds for ma.;
thing -you eaw., The sleeping sickness
And," he added, after:n little paean,:
was on Durnovo then. He had brought .4
'was not worth It" ' •
it with him' from the plateau. He died ,
Gey Oscard smoked his pipe ancr.
Oseard ceased speeking and returned' .. • • 1
beforeinOrning."' ,.-othopoo.. 4,-.-,, .y. ...
ellOOk"hie bean. '
to 'his pipe. Sack Meredith, looking 1 • "Now," 6a1.0. Jack meredith, "I utugt i
go. I must be out of London to -
haggard and worn, was leaning back in .
his chair. morrow morning I shall go abroad ---i,
to-
9
ruu; BUMMER SERVICE
LANE StIPERIOR DIVISION. - Steamers leave
Sarnia 3.3o p.m., Monday. Wednesday And
Friday, for Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur, Pert
William and Duluth -Friday steamer going
thrOugh to Duluth.
ciamonalf ISO & MACKINAC DIV. -Steam-
ers leave Collingwood /.30 pat „Owen Sound
/t 401 Tt103441,0, -ThitrAdayd and 4tur-,.
days. Tuesday and Saturday Ste/deers ' to •
through to Mackinac. Thursday steamer,
accommodating but 36 passengers, gets to
Soo only.
1010tri agOgg DIV. --.Por Parry Soiled, Syne
Prench River and Killarney, steamer
leaves Oohing -wood 10:36MendayS and
Fridays. ^
AltItY tom* a, iivgurr&INI DIV.-.Steamet
leaves Yonetang daily 245 pan:, for PanY
Sound and way ports. •
& Ticket. aadi latereiallsts Irma r•Hway•losa.
losill• SOW&
America or somewhere." • '
, •
• "Poor devil!" he -exeleimed. ."There
• He re
was always something tragic about . tie as . he spoke,. and' oacerw.
Durtiovo. I did hate that man, ()Beard! made no attempt to restrain, hinm. •
'went •out into the -Passage toj
She did not seem to understand what
he was saying. At last she spoke, ig-
tiering Guy °Beard's pretience alto- •
gether. . •
"Considering that, we are to be Mar- I .
tied tomorrow, I do not think that you '
should speak to Me like that" she
said, with a Orange, concentrated ea -
"Pardon me, we are; not going to be
Married tomorroW."
Her brilliant teeth awed on her
bower lip with a snap, and she stood'
10Oking•at bhn, breathing So hard that
the sound was elmost a Ob.
"''What do you mean?" she Whispered
hoarsely.
.•
He raised his shoulders in polite•sur-
Prise at her dullness of comprehension.
"in the unfortunate circumstances
131 which you are placed," he explain-
ed, "It seemil to me that the least one
tali do is'tO offer every tissistano in
One's power. Please Conalder Me here
do concouys. in a word -I ect•eteb."
She gasped like a sWitnitter
iwtot-
ining for Mt. She WAS lighting fie
thict which some deent dearer than
lee-nalnely, her love. Per it is not
oto the good women who love, though
thee, Underiltaltd it best and Nee !qt.,.
th5it igtct
"He is harder hit than I am," he was
reilecting..."Pocir cad Oseard!"
The habit of self Oppression was So
Strong upon him -acquired as a mere
-social duty -that it was only natural
!Or him tot think les§ of himself than
of the expediency of the moment. The
social discipline is as powerful an
•
agent as that military discipline that
makes a man throw away his own life
for the good of the many.
Oseard laughed, too, in a strange1Y
staccato manner. ,
"It is rather a sudden change," ob-
Nerved Meredith, "and all brought
about by your coming into that room
at that particular moment -by., acci-
dent." .
"Not 137 aceldent," torrected Oinerti,
Speaking at last. "I was brought there
and pushed inte the wont" • •
"By whole?"
, "By your father."
••/"rott -Steed net go away; / tont do that.° lack Meredith Sat Upright. Ile drew
seine months ago. Yoil are likely to his curved hand skowly dollen over hid
suffer more than I, because I de not tate-40ml and delicate as was hie
care what the world think* of Me. mind -We eyes deep with thought,.
Therefore yOU May tell the werIci What "The gtiv'nor," he said islOWIY, "The
7011 thotete about me -that I drink, that glie'reari"
gamble, that I am lacking inr-honori ilp redacted for sem seconds. •
'Anything ,that suggests Itself to 'ou, "Tell Me how he did it," he laid
, /Mt. _YOU need tiOt go wool I Will orttr.
I Perheps . he deserved .allbe got." .
"Perhaps' be did; He , was Marie's '
husband." •
7' "The devil he •watir,
. 110. at the . strong, peaceful form ,; of. kis
Meredith•fell into a long restrict;
'.- * : . .
Was thinkinglot.,. joeelyn. and her Ole-frieed.
like. for •Durnovo;4•of ' the. scene ie, the, "What will yen del" he said.
"I shall go hack to my big game:'
dravving 'room, of the bungalow at• '
replied Gey ()scant "I am best at-
Loanko;: of a thousand incidents all
connected *with Jocelyn . • .. . that... But I shall not go to.; Africif„"'''' . .
'. . • • •
'
'How I hate that • inanl" • be ex-
Chtinied at length. "Thank God, be ia . CHAPTER XXIII.
'dead, because I shouldhave. killed 'di. RATHER • exPect ••.- Lady Can-
/
him." :.: ...' .. • • . ' . r:" • - tourne,"' Mild Sit John -- to his .
I
. Guy ()Ward looked at: him With a* ." . servants ' wnert ,* *he .' returned
slow, peesive. Wonder. Perhaps . he home,* ••"any time between, neat' '
knew more than . Jack Meredith knew and 10 o'cleck:" : • . - ' '' ' . ' '
. .
himself of ...the .thouglits that conceived . The butler, having`n Vivid. reeoiltneo;-:
those words, Se out of place in that tion of an occasion .when. Lady Cane • ''.
quiet reeen . from those staveand tourne was shown , into o., dra,Whas
courtly lips. • . , ' • • • room where there were • no, flOVitellit, '
All the emotIOns• of his life seemed mads his preparations .. aecordingltK -
to be concentrated into this 'ono day • The flowerswere set out With tbat :
cif Jack Meredith's existence. Oscrird's Masculine Ignorance of 'ouch matt*
oresence was a ecunfort to him: - The *which brings it smile -not wholly' at .
presence of a calm, strong man is bet- rairtit,to a wommint late. The • MU.:
ter than Many words. N . 'used drawieg room was brought tice.:'. '
. '"So.thie," he said, "Is the end of .the der the notice. of the houeekeeper
eimiacine. It did•-eot : took like . a that swoman's touch which makes 0
tragedy when we went into it" . , drawing .reom. what It le. 4It was sl. .
."So far. as I am concerned," replied ways, ready, this room, • thotigh illr.,
sOscard, with quiet determination, "it lobo never sat in it But for zoo:.
Certainly 'in the end, Of the simiacine. Cantourne, it Was always more then .
I have had enough Of it I, for one, oat,. ' . ' ... . ,.., . ,. •• ,
'ara not going to leek for that 'plateau Sir John went to the library and site -
again" rather wettrilidoWn•in'thet aft backed '
.. • " .
"Nor I. I'suppose it will be started chair beferethe fire. Ile began bp
as a 'ilimited liability company . by a -taking tip the 'evenhig irevrepaper, but •
'German In six months. Some ofthe failed to find his eyeglasses, Which bed
natives will leave landmarks as they twisted up ia some aggravating man- ,
e°ncl;"d"n, eib as .to. and their way nor with his necktie, So be laid WM*
ba '
"I don't think sol" ' ' th'e journal end. gave way to *evade- ,
tWkinigcatti: thtidfire(llo. - '
lined:frt.‘' 1.
neossncoef Or
owhyot • . •
Ward retbeittiddenlir 00 that his clamp
• Oacard took his .pipe from his lips.
"When Durnovo. came down tO . ehaven chin touched his tie pin,: and
Mania," he explained, "he had the this without a feelhig ot sleep
sleeping Maltese on him Where did warranting the relaitatirst Of the
he get it from?'
column, .1710 sat up suddenly. on WO
."By love!" bjacidated Jack Metedith, oceatilon and threw back hit ii,ho•
• "I Weer thought of thet. Ile got It up '"Almost seetue," .be niettered
at the plateau. - na left It behind hitn. Hie if 1 were getting t� be an old ta
They have got -it UP there tioW." •• After that he remembered li
• "Not new"- = Until the butleri coming in *kb
• .."What de•you niean, Oscardl" . . lanip, slid that Lotity Cantounis
"Merely that all those felloWs IM hi the drawing toOra. The Itite b
there are dead. There le 00;000 worth himself With the curtains, ea
01 simiacine peeked ready fer catry- looiditig it glance in bit motors
Ing to the coast etaiding in a pile on
the plateau, and there are thirtY-four
dead Men keeping Watch over it"
"X e It ris infection* ari that?"
ini..Sfhen it ttrat abpWS .iteelf Inftetlaini
Jack Meredith :wad down the s
almost reluctantly. At the foot of
short flight he turned and looked up;
roct143.11... Owir Mina ilk
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