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She Port of
Missing
Men.
71y Meredith PI ichol.ron,
Author o1 "Tho tlowe of a
Thousand Candles. -
_
Cup) right. 1907. by the liobta,-Mere,
Company •
(continued from pe
m board your boat at Baltimore, re-
member they are govetvment agents,
with ample authority for any emer-
gency and that Marna von Marion has
the Amerienm state department at bits
back."
"You are wonderful, Capt la Clai-
borne." drawled Durand.
"Tbere is no trap in this? You give
us the freedom of the sear demanded
Chau velure
"I gave you the option of a Virginia
promo- for conspiracy to murder
run for your life 1n your own boat be-
yond the capes. You have chooeu the
second alternative. If you care to
change your decision" -
Oscar gathered up the reins and
waited for the word- Claiborne held
his watcb to the lantern.
"We moat not miss our train. m
dear Jules!" saki Durand.
"Bah, Claiborne, this is ungenerous
of you. You know well enough tble 18
an unlawful proceeding -kidnaping us
this way -without opportnnity for coun-
two men looked at him with a new 1u-
tercet- ills deepened temples and leas
cheeks and hands told their story, bat
his step was regaining its old assur-
ance, and his eyes were clear and
bright. lle thrust the little stick under
his arm and stood erect, gazing at the
near gardens and theta at the hills. The
wind tumbled hie brown, newly trim-
med hair and caught the loose feuds at
les scarf and whipped them free.
Sit diem. We were lust talking et
you. You are getting so much staanae
er every day that we can't be sure at
you long," bald the baron.
"You have spoiled we. l am nut at
all anxious to eruWre bark labs the
world. 'These Virginia garde°. sue s
dream world where nothing is redly
quite true."
"Something most be dee absot year
father's estate some It tsyans, wd Mg and and ready."
The baron bent toward the young
man anxiously.
Armitage shook his head elowty and
clasped the stick with both' hands and
held It across his knees.
"Nur-no! Please let us not talk of
that any more: I could not fuel cow -
bonne "We have never told Mr. Ar-
mitage that we found the paper's In
the safety box at New York to be as
be deea('ibed them"
"Th are dangerous. We have best-
tiltedto whether there was more
risk 1 destroytng them than In pre-
serving them," mild the baron.
Armitage shrugged his shoulders and
laughed.
"They are out of my hands. 1 peek
lively decetne to accept their further
custody."
A messenger aypeared with a tele-
gram, which the baron opened and
need
"It's from the commander of the
Sophia Margaret, who ds Just leaving
Rio Jauefro for Trieste and reports
his prtsonera safe and In good health."
"It was a happy thought to have
him continue his cruise to the Brazilian
coast before returning homeward. By
the time he delivers those two scoun-
drels to his government their fellow
conspirators will hat's forgotten they
ever lived. Brat" -and Judge Claiborne
shrugged his shoulders and smiled dis-
ingenuously -"as a lawyer 1 deplore
such methods. Think what a stir would•
be made In this country it it were
known that two men had been kid.
naped in the sovereign state of Vir•
gluts and taken out to sea under con-
voy of ships carrying our flag for trans-
fer to an Austrian battleship! That's
what we get for being a free republic
that cannot countenance the egtrndl•,
tion of a foreign citizen fora pollUcal
offense."
Armitage was not listening. Ques-
tions of International law and comity
sat an exile, a refugee, a person die
sassed lu disagreeable teeruts by the
newspapers. and studied the landscape.
Then he went ou up the gradual slope
of the meadow until he carne to the
pasture wall. It was under the trees
beneath which Oscar had waited for
Zeal that he touted lar.
"They told we you wouldn't dare
venture out for a week," she said, ad-
vancing toward him and glrtog hem
tier laud.
"That was what tbey told me." he
said, laughing, "but 1 escaped from my
keepers."
"You will undoubtedly take cold
without your hat:"
"Yes; I shall undoubtedly have pneu
tuonld'from exposure to the Virginia
sunshine. I take my chances."
"You may sit ou the wait for three
minutes; then you must go back. 1
cnnnot be responsible for the Ilte of
a wounded hero."
"Please!" Ile held up tris hand
"That's what I came to talk to you
about."
":Mout being a hero? You'have tak-
en an unfair advantage. 1 wax going
to mend for the latest designs In luuret
tvreuths tomorrow."
She sat down beside him ou the wall
'1'le sheep were a grayish blur against
the green. A little negro boy was
shepherding them, and they scampered
before hem -toward the farther eud of
the pasture. The taint and vanishing
-tinkle of a bell and the boy's whistle
gave emphasis to the country quiet of
the late afternoon. They spoke rapidly
and impersonally of his adventures In
the hills and of his Illness.
I - . "1 didn't know, Miss Claiborne, that
i was golug to lose my mind that morn
lug at the bungalow or I should have
asked your brother to conduct you to
the conservatory while I fainted• From
whet they told me 1 must have been a
little light headed for a day or two. If
I badebeen in my right mind 1 should
not hays let Captain Dick mit up Ili
my business and run thug risk of getting
killed in a nasty little row. Dear old
Dick! I made a mess of that whole
business. i ought to have telegraphed
for the Storm Springs constable In the
beginning and told him that If he
wasn't careful the uoble house of
Schomburg would totter and fall."
"Yes, and just Imagine the effect on
our constable of telling him that the
fate of an empire lay In his bands: It's
hard enough to get n man arrested whq
beats his horse. But you must go back
to your keepers. You• haven't your
hat" -
"Neither have you. You shan't outdo
Inc in recklessness. I Inspected your
hat as I came through the pergola. 1
liked It immensely. I came near seiz-
ing it as spoil of war -the loot of the
pergoln r
"There would be cause for another
war. 1 have rarely liked any lint so
mucb: But the baron will be after you
In a moment i can't be responsible
the length of the veranda. Ile had notfor you."
vanishing gleam of white
"And wttboat benefit of clergy,"
laughed Claiborne. "Is It a dash for
the sea or the nearest county fall? It
you want to tackle the American
courts we have nothing to venture.
The Wtnkelried crowd are safe behind
the bars In Vienna and publicity can
do us uo harm."
"Drive our ejaculated C.baavenet
As the buckboard started Baron von
Marbof and Judge Claiborne rode up
and watebed the departure from their
saddles.
'That's the end lot me chapter,' re-
marked Judge Claiborne.
"'They're glad enough to go," said
Dick. "What'sithe latest word from
Vienna?"
"The conspirators were taken quiet-
ly. About a buadred nrresta have been
made in all, and the Hungarian.uprla
ing has played out utterly, thanks torm
Mr. John Aitage,^ and the baron
sighed and turned toward the bunga-
low.
When the two diplomats; -rode home
halt an hour later 1t was with the as -
durance that Armttage's condition was
satisfactory.
"Ile b a hardy plant,"'saki the aur-
geon. "and will pull through"
Chapter XXVllk
Jose A•YITAGLC
e1UN E roses overflowed the
veranda mil of Baron
von Marhofee cottage at
Storm Springs. 'the am
bassador and his friend
and counsel Judge 1111
ton Claiborne. sat In a 000ltcorner with
a wicker table between throe The rep
reeentntive of An trio-iltagary shook
Ids glass with an Impatience that tin-
kled the lee cheerily.
"lie's as obstinate as a Inule!"
Judge Claiborne laughed at the bar-
on's
ar
on's vehemence. '
"Ile comes by it honestly. I can fm
seine his father doing the same thing
tender similar elrepmataacee."
"What! The' rot ntuolt democracy'
This tight foaling nwnvi of nn honest
title, n resprv'te\ble fortune'. \I1' denr
Mr. there 1s smelt n thing as enrrytnR
denersto
toey o tar
"1 suppose there ts int be's of age
IMO Bee a grown man. 1 don't m what
'we're going to do about it." ,
"Neither do 1! But think what he's
potting aside. The bore clever; he has
courage and brains, as we know; be
amid have position; the borne govern-
ment is under immense obligations to
him. A word from me to Vlentin and
his see, lees to the crown would he nc-
knowtedged in -tai most generous fash-
ion. And with his father's memory and
"soatatlon behind him"-
"It's simply provld'entlnl that he
hasn't become a citizen of your repub-
lic.That would have been the Inst
straws"
They rose as Armitage cancel to them
from a French
window near by.
"Good After-
noon,
fter-
noon, gentlemen!
When two diplo-
mat,' get their
bods together
on • summer aft-
ernoon the uni-
vocalis In dan-
ger.,.
Ile na . to-
ward em, hat-
limahui trailing
a stick that had
been the prop of
his later conva-
lescence- Ills merge rge coat. a
t llgeN
ewrt and
dock trousers had
been drawn •
few days before
from the trnnka
"I loos flow S tr es•'
fortable about 1L I have kept a mymIlia to do something for coomtt7
-something that we may hope pleases
him if he knows."
The three were silent for a moment.A breeze, sweet with pine scent of the
milia, swept the valley, taking tribute
of the gardens as it passed. The baron
was afraid W t
the venture his last request.
"But e name -the honored name of
the greatest statesman Austria has •
kuown-a nnnte. that will endure with ` Her arras were about Ms neck.
the greatest names of Europe -surety hada* Interest Tor him whatever. The th
you can at haat accept that" hada*I valley breeze, e glory of tete blue Vir-
The ambassadors tone was as grave- groin sky, the far stretching lines of
ging the
ly the amts as though be were beg- cession uta city trona a hareb, hills that caught and led the eye like
conqueror. Armitage rose and walked ma billows, the dark green of sisals
bevy, the elope of upland meadows and
"This greatest romance its the eturld
is here, Shirley. 1 have dreamed It till
over -ht the Canadian woods. on the
Montana much as 1 watched the herd
at uight. My father spout him life
keeping a klug upon his throne. but 1
believe Were -are higher thlu_rs BUIi
liner things than steadying u shaking
throne or being a I?tug. And the name
that has meant nothing to me except
dowloluu and power -it cau serve uo
purpose for me to tike it now. I learn-
ed nuucb from the poor archduke. Ile
taught me to hate the shank and shame
of the life he had fled from. My fa-
ther was the last great defender of the
divine right of kings, but 1 believe in
the divine right of men. And the dome
of the capitol In Washington dorsi not
mean to ate force or hatred or power,
but faith and hope and man's right to
live and do and be whatever be can
seen Shirley ernes that morning when t that elusive, "The baron annoys me. 11e has
under
the earth had slippedfrom bis• afore such things as these the mitten- given me a lot of worry. And that's
feet at the bungalow- The Clalbornee dor of empire and the 'night of armless what I have come to ask you afoot."
had been back and forth often between I were unworthy of maw's desire. "Then I should say that you oughtn't
Wahad bergtm aStorm Springs. The The baron's next words broke harsh. 1
I to quarrel with a dear old man litre
judge had lust beenappotnted a mem- • ►y Thou his mood. Baron von Marilee Besides, he's your
ber of the BrasWan boundary cam• "The gratitude df kings Is nota thing nada."
mission which was to meet shortly in • to be despised. You could go to t'tetect "No, nal 1 don't want hint to De my
Berlin, and Mea C laiborne and Shirley and begin where most men Wave off! ' uncle! I don't need any uncle!"
were to go wit'*. Cm. In the Claiborne. Strong lipnds are melded in Austria Ile glanced about with an anxiety
flas
garden, beyond almd:tlelow, he saw • You could make yourself the younger. ' that made her laugh.
Muth of white here and there among the great Stroebel"- "I understand pertectlyl My father
the dark green hedges- lie paused, The mention of his name brought I told me that the events of April Ire
back the baron's still unanswered
limned against a pillar -and malted un- i these hills were not to be mentioned
ell Shirley creased'o°e of the walks gtaestlon. IIs referred to It now am lh • � Bit don't worry. 'The .beep won't tell
stood before them selling. _
and passed seowlyron, intent upon the Ad I won't"
rose trees, and be►saw-or-thought he ' "I have answered all your 'mentions IIs was silent lsrr a moment as he
eaw-the sem ee•nrhfeta•-ont-the gold In but one; I shall answer that n IJ ileus? I thought out the words of sup he
later. If you will excuse me for just thought
her brown hair. Rhe miss lratlees IIer wished to say 'to her. The sup was
white gown empba.heed the straight a few minutes 1 will go ane set .tall) dipping down Into the hills; the mel
line of her 'figure. She passed to -Pon- answer -that tis, gentlemen. I m, p'• I low air was still; the voice of a negro
shill be able to bring It back with Inc
der some new arrataprone-•rat of a line i singing as he crossed' a distant field
df hllmngeae, and-
nd fie turned and ran down tide .tear
et ler atpaboai n el bar of crimson ram- and strode away through the long shadstole sweetly upon them.
••Shirley!"
biers '*ties he wen • t hark to tho baro n ows of tie garden - They beard the I lie touched her hand.
Bads across the meadow Mee wens hand
to h411141.make himself. I will not go back or
take the old name unless-uftless you
tell me 1 roust, Shirley'
There was an Instant In which they
both faced the westering -sem- IIs.
looked down suddeuly-, and the deep
feeling in his heart went to lite lips.
"it was that way. You were Just
like that when I saw you first. Shirley'.
with the dreams lu your eyes,"
lie caught her hand and kissed it
bending very low indeed. Suddenly, as
he stood erect. ber arms were about
his neck and ber cheek. with its
warmth and color, lay against his face.
"i do pot know" -and he scarcely
heard tbe whispered words -"I do not
know Frederick Augustus von Stroe-
bel. but I love John Armitage," she
said.
Then back across the meadow,
through the rose aided ways of the
quiet garden. they went hand In hand
together and answered the baron's
question.
gate click after him as he passed Intoee
item much of our row In the hills"Shirley!""l, And its fingers clotted
got into the newspapers?" he asked,
the Claiborne grounds, and thea they
sitting down -
"Notlaug-absoiniely nothing. The
presence of tine Sophia Margaret oR
the capes caused Inquiries to be made
at the embalms, and several, corre
spoadente came down here to inter•
view me. Then the revenue Omcere
made some midis In the hills oppor
tunely and crested a local dlversl(ah
You were hurt while cleaning your
gun -Tease do not forget that -and
yea are a friend of my family, a very
eccentric character, who has chosen 10-
live in the wildermos."
The judge and A.tmltage laughed at
these explanations, though there wax
• little constraint t upon them nil The
baron's question w as still unanswereeel.
"You erased to ba of particular Inter•
eat some time ago. Wblle you were
sick the frandnlen t Von Kessel was ar-
rested in Australb t, and I believe some
of the newapapet ■ apologized to you
handsomely."
'That was ver r generous of then!;"
and Atrtnitage shifted his position
slightly. A whl to skirt had itheheul
again 1n the Cla'Iborne garden, and he
was trying to fc flow it At the 51111.4'
time there were questions he wished
to ask and hover nnswereel. The Bar-
oness von Merh•rf had already gone to -
Newport; the ',aeon lingers! mare()
ont of goad terling tdwnrd Armitage.
for it mss as Armitage thud be was
still known to the people of Storni
Springta, to tbes' docte e• and nurses who
tended him.
'The news^from Intermit ..em. tree
gni! enongh, remark ed Armitage. He
had not yet,antwen-it the baron's ques-
tion, and the old gent *men strew relit'
less at the delay. "i i •end In tbe Neue
Freie Preece nwhlle s go flint Charles
T.onln le showing an unexpected cn
pretty for affairs'. 1t 1 Is reported, too,
that on heir Is In pew seer. 'I'tu' Win
kelrlod conaplmcy is rel y n hail ilreatu,
end we may aaftir fife n t„ other of
brought by corer hh7 "
glanced at emit other with such a
glance as may pass between two mem-
bers of a peace commission sitting on
the same side of the table who will not'
admit to each other that the latest
proposition of the enemy has been In
• , f a sur rise. The • did
not, bowever, u,ulTer themselves to
watch Armitage, bit diplomatically re-
filled their glasses.
Through the green walls went Armi-
tage. Ile had nut 'been out of the
baron's ground before since he was
carried thence from the bungalow, and
it was pleasant to be free once more
and able to stir without a nurse at his
heels, and he swung along with his
head and .boulders erect. walking
with the confident stride of a man who
has no doubt whatever of hie immedi-
ate aim.
At the pergola he paused to recon-
noiter, finding on the bench certain
vestigia that interested him deeply -a
pink parasol, a contrivance of straw,
lace and pink roses thnt seemed to ere
n hat and a June magazine. Ile jump-
ed upon the bench where once he had
.,0.0+ ee. from the hangs- "!eie lent the mimes le which oar
tlessestr low. He was ttsteaped le tee narrow the contempinte "
dean shaven foe -me pave a saying thud n miss is as
the asst time does the 111twos, and dm
Md u a flail," remark.* ' Jndge CIAI
d
aeon hers. -
"1 love you, Shirley! From Kansa
days when i saw you In Paris before
the great Gettysburg battle picture 1
loved you. You had felt the cry of the
old world, the story that Is In its bat-
tleflelda, Ite beauty and romance. lust
L had felt the call of this new rind
more wonderful world- 1 underst ssl-
I knew what was In ymtr heart 1
knew what those things meant to sn.
but I had put them aside. 1 had chosen
another life for myself. And the poor
ilfe that you saved, that le yonra If
you will take It 1 have toll your
tether and Baron von Mnrhnf that I
would not take the fortune my father
left me. i world not go bnek there h
be thanked or to get a ribbon to wear
In my coat. Rut my name, the name
1 bore as a boy and disgraced In my
father's eyes -hl name 'hat he made
famous throughout the world. the nam
1 cast aside with my yonth, the name
I flung away in anger -they wish ane
to take that-"
She withdrew her hand eros rose and
looked away toward the western hills.
[THE ,ENI).]
Putting flim Through.
Mr. Mellen Prior. the mat artist,
tells how dtirirg the Ashantee War.
on going up the hill into the town of
Kumassi with the troops under deed
(then Sir Garnet) Wolseley, he was 50
tired and "clone up" that he could
scarcely walk.- He was uttruggling
along, when Lord Wolteeley. mounted
on n mule. passed, and without more
ado he laid hold of the mule'e tail.
He had been assisted thus for tut a
short distance when Lord Wolseley
turned round and saw what he Arras
doing. 01 course, he apologized, but
Wolseley only laughed. and replied,
"Hold on, Mr. Prior, 'we t. ill pull you
in."
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