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think 1 shalt go in, Mr. 'Chase,"
she said, With a warning shake of her
'head.
"Don't, ,please!I'm'‘ not asking you
to marry Meelf we should leave the
island. You must give me credit for
that," he argued whimsically.
• "Ah, I see," she said, apparently very
mueb. relieved. "You want me only
wit!). the understanding that death
should be quite close at band to relieve
you. And If I were to become your
wife, here and now, and we should be
taken from this dreadful place -what
then?"
"You probably would have to go
through a long and miserable career
as plain Goodwife Chase," he ex.
plained.
"If it will make you any happier,"
she said, with a sinile in which there
lurked a touch of mischievous triumph,
"I can say that I might consent to
marry you. if I were not so positive
that I will leave the island soon. You
seem to forget that my uncle's yacht
is to call here, even though your cruis.
ors Will not."
"I'll.risk even that," he maintained
stoutly.
She stopped snddenly, her band upon
his arm.
"Do you really love me?" she de-
inauded earnestly.
"With all my soul. I swear to yau,"
he replied, staggered by the abrupt
change in her manner.
"Then don't make it any harder for
me," she said. "You know that I could
not do what you ask. Please, please
be fair with me. I -I can't even jest
about it. It is too much to ask of me,"
she went on, with a strange .firmness
in her voice. "It Would require cen•
turies to make me forget that I am a
princess, just as centuries were taken
up in creating me what I am. I am no
better than you, dear, but -but -you
understand?" She .said it so pleading.
ly, so hopelessly, that he understood
what it was that she could not say to
him . "We seldom, if ever, marry the
en whom God has made for us to
love."
He lifted her hands to his breast and
held them there. ,"If fefu will just go
on loving, me I'll some day make yep
orget you're a princess." She smiled
nd.shook her head. Her hair gleamed
red and. bronze in the kindly light; a
oft perfume came up to his nostrils.
*' *
The next day three of the native
ervants became violently ill, seized by
he most appalling convulsions. M
first a thrill of horror ran through the
bateau. The plague -the plague in
eality!
But these fears were quickly distils
ated. The sufferers soon began to
end. By nightfall they were fairly
ell recovered. The mysterious seizure
owevet, was unexplained. Chase alone
divined the, cause. Poison! He was
tire of it! But who the poisoner?
All previous perils and all that the
future seemed to promise were forgot -
en in the startling discovery that
ame with the fall of night.
_Ledy h•D_epplugh_atn _and_ Robert
Browne were missing! They had die-
ppeared as if swallowed by the earth
self! Neenah, the wife of Sam, was
he last of those in the chateau to see
he heirs. They crossed the swift tor-
ent by the narrow bridge at the base
f the cliff and stopped below the
mouth of the cavern which blew its
001 breath out upon the hanging.gar-
en. Later on she saw them climb the
tanch ladder and stand in the black
pening, apparently enjoying the cool -
g wind that came from the damp
owels of the mountain. fler attention
as called elsewhere, and that was the
st glimpse she had of the two people
bout whom centered the struggle for
ntold riches.
"Chase, they are lost in there!"
roaned Bermingham, numb with up
rehen,sion. He was trembling like
af.
"There's just one thing to. (N.,.
hese. "We've got to explore that
very to the end. They may have
st their bearings and strayed off into
e of the lateral passages."
"I-1 can't bear the thought of her
anclering about in that horrible
ace," Deppingham cried as he start -
resolutely toward the ladder.
"She'll tome out of it all right," said
base, a sudden compassion in his
res.
DrusIlla Browne was standing near
y, cold and silent with dread, a set
cpresslon in her eyes. Her lips mov-
1 and Deppingbam beard the
tier words: "You will find them,
rd • Deppingham. You will find
them!"
He stopped and passed Ilia hand over
his eyes. Then, without a 'word, he
snatched a rifle from the hands titbit°
of the patrol and led the way the
ladder. Chase turned to 'the
faced princess and said bet'Ween' his
1 •
teeth:
"If Skaggs and Wycitholme bad been
in the employ of the devil himself
they could not have foreseen the result
of their infernal plotting. I are afraid
-tnortally afraid!"
"Take care of him, Hollingsworth,"
she whispered shudderittg.
"Gloodby, (lenevra, my princess,"
'eald Chase softly and then was off
with Britt tied $elim,„ As he talailea
lirusllia he seized her hand and palised
loog enough to say:
"It's all right, little woman, take my
"Word for It. If 1 were you, I'd cry.
You'll see things differently through
your tears."
The four meta. with their lights, van- 1
fished front sight a few moments later. )
Chase grasped. Deppiugham's arm and
held him back, gravely suggesting that
Selim should lead the way.
They were to learn the truth almost
before they bad fairly begun their in-
yestigatioos.
The heirs already were in the hands
of their enemies, the islanders!
The eager searchers, shouting as
they went, bad come to what was
known' as the "cathedral." This was
a wide, lofty chamber, hung with
dripping stalactites, far below the
level at which they began the descent.
The floor was almost as flat and even
as that of a modern dwelling.Here
the cavern branched off in three or
"Von Blitz's powder kegs did all this."
four directions, like the tentacles of
a monster devilfish, the narrow pas-
sages leading no one knew whither in
that tomblike mountain.
Selim uttered the first shout of sur-
prise and consternation. An instant
later they were standing at the edge
of a vast hole in the floor-newlj made,
end pregnant with disaster.
A current of air swept up into their
faces. The soft, loose earth about the
rent in the floor was covered with the
prints of naked feet; the bottom of the
hole was packed down in places by a
multitude of tracks. Chase's bewil-
dered eyes were the first to discover
the presence of loose, scattered mason-
ry in the pile below, and the truth
dawned upon him sharply. Hegave
loud exclamation and then dropped
lightly into the shallow bole.
"I've got it!" be shouted, stooping
to peer intently ahead, "Von Blitz's
powder kegs did all this. The secret'
passage runsalong here. One of the
discharges blew this hole through the
roof of the passage. Here are the
walls of the passage. By heaven, the
way is open to the sea!"
"My God, Chase!" cried Deppingham,
staggering toward the opening. "These
footprints are- They've murdered her!
They've come in here and surprised" -
"Go easy, old man! We need to be
cool now. It's all as plain as day to
me. Rasula and bis men were explor-
ing the passage after the discovery of
the treasure chests. They came upon
this new made hole and then crawled
into the cavern. They surprised Browne
and- Yes, here are the prints of a
woman's shoe -and a man's too. They'
are gone. God help 'em!"
Signs of a fierce struggle were found
near the entrance to the cathedral.
Bobby Browne had made a gallant
fight. Blood stain e marked the smooth
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floor and walla, and there was evraence
that a body had been dragged across
the chamber.
Britt put his hand over his eyes and
shuddered, "They've settled this con-
test, Chase, forever!" he groaned,
CHAPTER XXVII.
TUE PURSUIT,
EPPINGHAM sprang to bis feet
with a Coro oath on his lips,
His usually lusterless eyes were
gleaming with something more
than despair. There was the wild
light of unmistakable relief in therm
It was as if a horrid doubt had been
scaled from the soul of Ludy Deppi-g-
ham's husband.
"We must follow!" shouted his lord.
ship, preparing to lower himself into
the jaggedopening. "We may' be in
time!"
"tor i; Deppingham!" :Cried • CiltiVe.
leaping to his side. "Don't"rtish blind-
ly into a trap like that. They've got
an hour or more start of us. INoth-
ing will be accomplished by rushing
into an ambush. They'd kill us like
rats, Rasula is a sagacious scoundrel.
He'll not take the entire responsibility.
There will be a council of all the head-
men. It will be of no advantage te
them to kill the heirs unless they are
sure that we won't live to tell the tale.
They will go slow now that, they have
the chief obstacles to victory in their
bands."
"If they will give her up to me I will
guarantee that Lady Agnes shall re-
linquish all claim' to the estate," an-
nounced the harassed husband.
"They won't do that, old man. Prom-
ises won't tempt them," protested
Chase. "We've got to do what we can
to rescue them. I'm with you, gentle.
men, in the undertaking: --first, for hu-
manity's sake; second, because I am
your friend; last, because I don't
want my clients to lose all chance of
winning out In this controversy by
acting like confounded asses. It isn't
what Sir John expects of me."
In the meantime the anxious coterie
in the chateau were waiting eagerly
for the return of the searchers. Dru-
silla made one remark, half uncon-
sciously, no doubt, that rasped in the
ears .of the princess for days. It was
the cold, bitter, resigned epitome of
the young wife's thoughts:
"Robert has loved her for months."
That was all.
Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, thankful that
something had happened to divert at-
tention from their own conspicuous
plight, were discoursing freely in thr•
center of a group composed of the four
Englishmen from the bank.
"It's a plain out and out elopement,"
said gib: Saunders, fanning herself
vigorously.
"But, my dear," expostulated ber
husband, blushing vividly over the
first public use of the appellation,
"where the devil could they elope to?"
"I don't know, Tommy, but elopers
never take that into consideration. Do
they, Mr. Bowles?"
At last the four men appeared in the
mouth of the cavern. The watchers
below fell into chilled silence when
they discovered that the missing ones
were not with them. Stupefied with
apprehension, they watched the men
descend the ladder and cross the
bridge.
"They are dead," fell from Drusilla
Browne's lips. She swayed for an in-
stant and then sank to the ground un-
conscious.
* *
In the conference which followed
the return of the searchers it was set-
tled that three of the original party
should undertake the further prosecu-
tion of the hunt for the two heirs,
Lord Deppingham found re -fly volun-
teers in Chase and the fah •t -t Selim.
They prepared to go out in 1 .e ' ;11s
before the night was an hour r.
Selim convinced Chase that the h .ly
Rasula would carry his captives to the
mineS, where he was in full power.
"You're right, Selim. If he's tried
that game we'll beat him at it. Ten to
one if he hasn't already chucked them
into the sea they're now confined in
one of the mills over there."
They were ready to start in a very
short time. Selim carried a quantity
of food and a small sup*, of brandy.
Each was heavily armed and prepared
-for a 'stiff battle with the abductors.
"Wo seem constantly to be saying
goodby to each other." Thus spoke
the princess to Chase as he stood at
-the top of the steps waiting for Selim.
The darkness hid the wan, despairing
smile that gave the lie to her sprightly'
words.
"And I'm always doing the unexpect-
ed thing -coming back,' This time 1
may vary the monotony by failing to
return."
"I should think you could vary it
more pleasantly by -not going away,"
she said. "You will be careful?"
"The danger is here, not out there,"
he said meaningly.
"You mean me? But, like all dan-
ger, I soon shall pass. In a few days
I shall say goodby forever and sail
away."
• "How much better it would be for
you if this were the last goodby and
I should not come back!"
"For me?"
"Yes. You could marry the prince
witheut having me on your conscience
forevermore."
"Mt: Chaser'
"It's easier to forget the dead than
the litring, they say."
"Don't be too sure of that."
"Ali, there's Selim! Geodby!
have good news ter you all, I hope, be-
fore tong. neep your eyes on Neenah.
She and Selim have arranged a set of
signals. Don't Ile awake all night, and
don't pray for me," he scoffed, In
reckless mood.
The three men stole out through the
Mall gate in the upper eita Of the
park.' Selim at once took the' lead.
They crept off into the blaele forest,
keening dear of the .mountata..Patb
Until they were 'far fibre the Wal14.
The starlight filtered down through
the leafy canopy above the roa,d,
creasing rather than decreasing the
density of the shadows through which
they sped. None but strong, deter-
mined, inspired men could have fol.
lowed the pace set by the lithe, sure-
foofteltel Saeflitiner.
Aimile fell hepind them
with no relaxation of energy or pur.
pose. They were coming to the ridge
read, and Selim fell back to explain
the need for milieu. This was the
toad, in all likelihood, he explained,
that the abductcra weuld have used 1.
In their flight ft."; the enVern. Twa
miles farther south it joined the wide
highway that me from Amen to tin,
Sellin etTpt 011 :1 !1 021d to 11
R'11 11111)llteS .with •
information that a party of mei, 1.1(1
but lately passed along the 1'0:0 tn.
ward the 800111. Their footprints In
the soft, untraveled road svvro fresh.
The stub of a enetreete had scarcely
burhed itself out.
They broke 0 wny from the roncl ned
took a less exposed course 'through th
forest to their rip lit, keeping well \N.! „II.
in earshot of the but moving • ,
carefully that there was sl lg.!) t do
of alarming the party ahead
At last the soutul of voices came ,
the ears of the pursuers. As ti, -;
crept closer and closer they been
aware of the fat that the party leni
halted in the road way at the pt•ii,
Where a Sim rp; flefi te through the roch
opened a Way, down into the valley.,
Like snakes the pursuers wriggle:'
their way to a point just above to
small basin in which the party tvaq
congregated.
A great throb of exultation leape 1
up from their hearts. In plain view ,
at the side of the road, were the two
persons for whom they were searching.
"Good luck is with us," whispered
Chase unconsciously.
Lady Agnes, disheveled, her dress
half stripped from her person, was
seated upon a great bowlder, staring
hopelessly, lifelessly, at the crowd of
men in the roadway. Beside her stood
a tall islander, watching her and at
the mine time listening eagerly to the
dispute that rent on between his fel-
lows. She was not bound. Her hands
and feet and lips were free.
Bobby Browne was standing near
by. His bands were tightly bound be-
hind his hack. His face was blood
covered. and the upper part of his
body was almost bare, evidence of the
struggle he had made against over-
whelming odds He was staring at
the ground. his head and shoulder
drooping in utter dejection.
Three of the treasure chests were
standing beside the road, affording
seats for as many weary carriers. n
was all quite plain to Chase. Rasula
and his men had chanced upon the twd
white people during one of their tripe
to the cave for the purpose of remov-
ing the chests.
Rasula wae•harang-ning the crowd of
men in the road.
"It is the only way!" he was shout.
ing angrily. "We cannot put them to
death until we are sure that the othg
ers have no chance to escape to Eng.
land. 1 am a lawyer. I know what if
would mean if the story got to tho
'ears of the government. We have
them safely in our hands. The others
will soon die. Then -then there can bd
no mistake! They must be taken td
the mines and kept there until I have
explained everything to the people,
Part of us shall conduct them to thd
lower mill and the rest of us go on td
the bank with these chests of gold."
Rasula and six of the sturdiest men
prepared to continue the journey td
Aratat, transporting the chests. Fivd
spllen, resentful fellows moved over
beside the captives and threw them-
selves down upon the grassy sward.
"We will wait here till day comes,"
growled one of them defiantly. "Why
.should we,' risk our necks going down
the pass tonight? It is 1 o'clock. The
sun will be here in three hours. Gd
on!"
"As you like, Abou Dal," said Rasa,
la, shrugging his pinched shoulders. "1
shall come to the tnill at 6 o'clock."
Turning to the prisoners, he bowed
low and said, with a soft laughl
"Adios, ray lady, and you, most noble
sir. May your dreams be pleasant
ones. Dream that you are wedded
and have come tuto the wealth of ja.
pat, but spare none of your dream td
the husband and wife who are lying
awake and weeding for the foolish
ones who would go searching for the
forbidden fruit. Folly is a hard road
to travel, and it leads to the graveyard
of fools. Adios!"
Lady Agnes bent over and dropped
her face into her hands. She wad
trembling convulsively. Browne did
not show the NIkihtest sign that he
had heard the getting words.
At a single sharp command the sI
men picked up the three chests and
moved off rapidly down the road
Rasula striding ahead with the flaring
torch.
Thewere barely out of sight when
Deppingham moved as though impulse
was driving him into Immediate at.
tack upon the guards who were Jeff
behind with the unhappy prisoners,
Chase laid a restraining hand upon hit
arm.
"Wait! Plenty of time. Wait ar
h^"". 11-, '1- •^11 em''' 5"
0 • • 1 1
1 over tne scene.
Bobby Browne was novv lying with
his shoulder against A fallen tree
trunk,, staring with Unswerving gaze
at the woman across the way Sb
was looking off into the night, stead,
fastly refusing to glance in his direcs
tion.
Then suddenly Lady, Agnes arose te
her feet and lifted her hands high to
ward the black dome of heaven, Sa
larninbo-like, and prayed aloud to het
God, the sneering islanders looking or
in silent derision.
CHAPTER XXVIIL
TUE PERSIAN ANGEL.
HE man called Abou sudden13
leaped to bis feet and, with thi
cry of an eager animal, spran
to her side. His arms close
about her 'alend;er; figure with the un
mistakable rust of the victor, A hoarsq.
inarticulate cry of rage burst frod
Deppingham's lips. His figure shot
out through the air and down the short
slope with the rush of an infuriate
beast. Even as the astonished Abol
s e • • 1' 1”,
that took place in lie [nue grttsc
grown niche below thew l'hi.y could
cave sprung almost Into mIle center of
the group from the positiou they own
pied. Two of the men sat with theft
backs to the rocks, their rifles across
their knees. The others sprawled
dy upon the soft grass. TWO torch%
d13& in the earth threw a wel,i'd
11
He was felled to the earth by a mighty
blow,
dropped his struggling burden to meet
the attack of the unexpected deliverer
he was felled to the earth by a mighty
blow from the rifle which his assailant
swung swift and true. His skull was
crushed as if it were an eggshell.
Lady Agnes struggled to her feet,
wild eyed, half crazed by the double
assault. The next instant she fell for-
ward upon her face, dead to all that
was to follow in the next few min-
utes.
There was no struggle. Chase and
Selim were upon the stupefied island-
ers before they could move, covering
them with their rifles. The wretches
fell- upon their knees and howled for
mercy. While Deppingham was hold-
ing his wife's limp form in his arms,
calling out to her In the agony of fear,
utterly oblivious to all else that was
happening about him, his two friends
were swiftly disarming the groveling
natives. Selim's knife severed the
cords that bound Bobby Browne's
hands. He was staring blankly, diz-
zily before him.
Ten minutes later Chase was ad-
dressing himself to the four islanders
who, bound and gagged, were tied by
their own • sashes to trees some dis-
tance from the roadside.
"I've just thought of a little service
you fellows can perform for me in re-
turn for what I've done for you. .All
the time you're doing it, however,
there will be pistols quite close to your
backs. Lady Deppingham is much too
weak tn take the five mile walk we've
got to tit) in the next two hours -or less.
You are to have the honor of carrying
her four miles and a half, and you will
have to get along the best you can
with the gags in your mouths. Two
of you form a basket with your hands.
I'll show you how."
With Selim in the lead the little pro-
cession moved swiftly, but cautiously,
through the black jungle, bent on
reaching the gate if possible before
the night lifted. Chase and Bobby
Browne brought up the rear with the
two reserve carriers in hand. Browne,
weak and suffering from torture and
exposure, struggled bravely along, de-
temined not to retard their progress
by a single moment of indecision.
In his heart Browne was now raging
against the fate that bad placed him
In this humiliating, almost contempti-
ble, position. He, and he alone, was
responsible for the sufferings that
Lady Agnes had endured. It was as
gall and wormWood to him that other
men had been ordained to save her
from the misery that he had created.
He could almost have welcomed death
for 'himself and her rather than to
have been saved by George Depping-
ham.
His wife! He could never be the
same to her. He had forfeited the
trust and confidence of the one loyal
believer among them all. And now
Lady •Deppingham loathed him be-
cause his weakness had been greater
than hers!
When he would have slain the four
helpless islanders With his Own handl
Hollingsworth Chase had stayed his
rage with the single, caustic adjura
tion: '
"Z.eep �iit Unfits; 'Birdlike!
been enough of a bounder without try
-
Ing that sort of thing."
Tears were in Debby Browne's eyes
as mile after mile he blundered. along,
his heart bleeding itself dry throtrgh
the Wound biose words had made.
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No. Twenty -eve teats a bottf
1120 L1U( nOs,Ve Lue parLr,.
l'hrough tbe trees tile liehts In 1110 dun;
u could be seen Lady Agnes opeoed.
Iter eyes and eried out Ili tremulous
Joy
"You've labored well and fnithfully,"
Chase said to the palatine islanders,,
-and golug to reward you, i'm
going to set you free, but not yeti
Don't rejoice., First we slutil tie yout
-;ecurely to four stout trees jitst off the
road. Just 08 .80011 as we are
the walls 1'1I find some way to let your{
friends Ittiow that you are here." '
He and Selim promptly marched the
bewildered islanders into the woods.;
Bobby Browne, utterly exhausted, had
thrown himself to the soft earth, Ladyt
Deppingham was standing, swaying;
but resolute, her ptZe upon the distant
friendly windows. After a long, tense',
• moment of indecision she held out hat
bands, and Deppingham sprang .for.:1
ward in time to catch her as sheti •
swayed toward him. She was sobbin4
In his arms, Bobby Browne'a heavyi
breathing ceased In that instant, a,ndl
he closed bis ears against the sound
that came to them.
Deppingham gently implored her t�
sit down with hint and rest. At las
she said:
"I've made you unhappy. I've beetri
so foolish. It has not been fun, eith4er,1
my husband. God knows it hasn't.,
You do not love me now."
He did not answer her at once, and'
she shivered fearfully in his arms,'
Then he kissed her brow gently.
"I do love you, Agnes," he said in: -
tensely. "I will answer for my owl
love if you can answer for yours. Are,
you the same Agnes that you were -
my Agnes?"
"Will you believe me?"
"Yes."
"I am the same Agnes. I am your
Agnes. I am! Yon do believe me?"
He crushed her close to his breast
and then patted her shoulder as ai
father might have touched an emir%
chiltd.
A
last she spoke: "It is not wholly
his fault, George. I was to blame.!
I led him on. You understand?"
"Poor devil!" said he dryly. "It's al •
way you have, dear."
The object of this gentle commisertion was staring with gloomy eyes a
t7i
the lights below. He was saying tdil
himself, over and over again, "If I can.
only make Drusie understand!"
Chase and Selim came down uporli
this little low toned pieture. The for -I
mer paused an instant and smiled. joy*
ously in the darkness,
"Five men are near the gate," hef,
whispered. "They watch so closely
that no one may go to rescue thoset;
who stave dfrappeared. Friends areli
bidden inside the wall, ready to open
the gate at a signal. They have wait-.'
ed with Neenah all night. And day
is near. sahib."
"We must attack at once," saidi
Chase. "Quiet now!"
Five shadowy egures soon were disl,
tinguished huddled close to the wait
below the gate. The sense of sigh
had become keen during those tryha
il
hours in the darkness.
The islanders were conversing in love
tones, a word er two now and there(
reaching the ears of the others. -
Suddenly a blinding, mysterious
lig-,ht flashed upon the muttering group(i
As they fell hack a voice, low anal
firm, called out to them:
"Not a sound or you die!"
Four unwavering rifles were bear-
ing upon the surprised islanders, -ahk
four very material men were advances
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