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Man For Himself
By I1OPKINS MOORHOUSE
(Copyright by Musson` Company)
CHAPTER II.—(Cont'd.) Well, you're 'It' anyway," he said,
"Will you please explain how you
dropping all advise you to meet a few
all hint of banter in his
happened to be waiting for me at tone. I
that parti•cu1ar spot?" straight questions with straight ans-
*cis First who is this doe person
"Bless your heart, madam, I wasn't you were expecting � to do the canoe -
waiting for you!'I happen to live sig '
fe you
nearby and was getting ready to step "d4iy husband:'
ashore when you grabbed my canoe
"And the people in the launch?"
and ordered vie to keep quiet. IHow should. I know who they
so. .Here we are.'' were? By what right do you ask
"Your ` discretion was commend- me teat?" she demanded.
able," she approved. "It certainly is "The circumstances are somewhat
most extraordinary. I; don't see where unusual, madam, you must admit,"
on earth—I guess my escort has taken Kendrick reminded her sharply. "Do
French leave•" She tried to laugh you wish me to play safe by handing.
carelessly, but she could not hide the you over to the police?"
fact that she was greatly disturbed. "Police? My Good Gracious me!
"Will you paddle me across to the What crimehave I committed?"
city?" "That would be a matter for offi-
"And leave poor Joe out in the tial enquiry. It may be that you and
cold gray fog? Don't you think it your Husband are in the habit of.
would be better to turn back and give wandering about the Island in a thick
a holler or two?" fog at two o'clock in the morning—
"Never' mind him. He has gone picking daisies for the sick kiddies
home already very likely. I will pay
you one dollar to paddle me over. Is
that satisfactory?"
"It all depends. Supposing I re-
fuse ?"
"Then I would have to ask you to launch?"
step into the water and swim to shore "Because I happen to be the nephew
while I do my own paddling and keep of niy uncle who happens to own it
down expenses." and to have left it in my charge dur-
"Presupposing, of course, that you ing his absence," said Kendrick de-
ewn the canoe." liberately. "I'm laying the cards face
"It is too bad it is so dark," she
retorted impatiently, "or you would
Imow thata revolver is pointed
straight at you this very moment."
over at the Children's Honie, I pre-
sume—but, to be perfectly frank with
you, I doubt it. Besides, there is the
little matter of the launch."
• "Why are you so interested in that
up, madam. The launch is the pro-
perty of Honorable Milton Waring, of
whom you may have heard. Undoubt-
edly it has been stolen."
Kendrick laughed in pure enjoy- He was not prepared for the laugh -
merit of the situation. ter with which his unknown passenger
"My dear young Iady,"--he hadl greeted this bold announcement. He
decided, that she was young and he knew she was trying to smother her -
wondered if she were pretty—"you mirth, but it finally broke all bounds.
,force,>me to the.,coneluaigp that either A very musical laugh it was,'very
you are bluffing outrageously or you Pleasant, to hear, ,
are , a desperate character! Please "Oh, please forgive hie,"" she' gasp
don't be frightened. I'ni neither Steve ed finally. "It is very rude of me, I
Brodie,' the Midge juniper; -tor 'the know e but= --you said you �wer•e 'the
famous Jack Dalton, and in this age . Honorable Milt's nephew— Again
of safety razors Bluebeards are extra elle. laughed in spite of herself.
marls. This isn't the opening spasm' "You know my uncle?" die asked
of some blood -and -thunder novel. you eagerly= �
know. We're right here on Toronto] I read the papers,"she said eves -
Bay where .one canively. get into trouble Everybody knows a public
for not showing a light after dark. , man."
Will you oblige me by unhooking the
"I'm ]:lying the cards face up,
lamp at the bow there and passing it madam," repeated Kendrick solemn-
lamp
to me so that I can light up. 11y. "My name is Kendrick—Philip
promise then to start earning that Kendrick. I was on my way home
dollar without.further delay." , when you—well, shanghaied me.
He heard her fumbling with it_ Won't you meet me half way by equal
There was a splash in the water, a frankness, so that we may avoid—
Tittle cry of well feigned dismay. i well; any:unpleasantness 7"
Oh, how careless of ms! It ----slip- "You :h1 1—" She had stopped
ped out of my hand." laughing.
Phil grinned cheerfully as he ' "That"unless you answer legitimate
be-
gan to dip his paddle, interest quick- questions 'I shall be forced to hand
owl. It was a neat side-stepping you over to the police."
of his inconsiderate attempt to sued- I warn you that you would regret
inize her. She had taken the first it," she said quietly.
trick. a "Very mach," agreed Kendrick
"You do yourself an injustice, readily. "I would be sorry to cause.
madam. Are you usually so careful You any inconvenience; but surely you
when you are careless?',
; see how impossible it is for me to
"You have not told me your name avoid being inquisitve under the cir-
yet," she reminded him, apparently cumstances. Are you going to be
,more at ease now that she knew he frank with me or not?"
intended to paddle her across the bay.' She did not answer him immediate-
"My
mmediate="t;fy name? It's an Indian name—ler and he smiled to himself as he
Watha Hy: A. Watha, at your ser-! paddled in silence. For, if the truth.
must be told, Mr. Philip Kendrick was
vice, and I am very fond of canoeing. `
What's yours?" 'enjoying himself immensely. He had
You need hardly ask that, eke; only the sound of her voice from
Hiawatha, when you knew my sister, which to draw deductions; but the
Minnie, so well," she laughed. "I am cultured tones of it and the lilt of
Mary Ha -hal" (her low laughter bespoke an educe -
"You don't say!" chuckled Kendrick tion and refinement with which he
in appreciation. "The original little failed to reconcile the idea that .she
Merry Ila -Ha, eh?—Little Laughing -;was a lady burglar. Yet—
Gas!" He stopped paddling to listen in -
"If you are Hiawatha, why are you tently. Several times now he had
using a paddle?" she pursued. "I an. thought he heard a sound off in the
ways. understood from the Poet that darkness behind him. It came again
all you had to do was to guide your —a slight hollow sound, as of a pad -
canoe with your thoughts.",die scraping against a canoe. • They
"Not when they're travelling ia were being followed. Had the girl.
circle. But this looks more like heard it, too? He waited for the,
`Blind Man's Buff' than `Ring Around- wail of the fog -horn to die away—
A-Rosy;' don't you think ? Or are and found her speaking.
you trying to play 'Tag' with me? "—frank with you, Mr. Kendrick,"!
she was saying. "The circumstances'
are less extraordinary than they ap-
pear to you, My—husband and I they,
at a party at a friend's house on thea.
Island. We paddled'over in a canoe
and Joe went ahead of me to locate!
it, In the dark I must have miesed l
the spot where he was waiting for
me and when you e,ame along so
silently and so close to the bank I
naturally thought it was Joe. Ridi-
culously simple, you see."
"You hate ,for gotten the launch,"
prompted Kendrick severely.
"I know nothing about the launch,"
she denied with resentment. ';When
I Beard those people coming I thought
it was some of the guests fr m the
party who had said they woe .! race
us home, Will you please pac:.l'o on,
Mr, Kendrick, It is• damp and chilly
in this fig and I ant naturally- in: a
hurry, to get, home.
Ile laughed with skepticism, 'but
plied his paddle again. He was not
as concerned about the Iaunah as he
pretended, of course; at the worst it
probably meant that Stinson had been
entertaining some of his friends on
the sly. He had no intention of hand.-
ing his myeter•ioee passenger to the;
police. But Was he to let her laugh
at him and disappear unchallenged''
into the fog out of which she had
tetra a ?'
•Phil Kendrick's ereserience with the
!aposite sea teas very limited, he had
to confees, I:ie'llad been too oomplete-
ly absorbed in`"athletics to afford girls
more than passing attention, Those
of his social set -those he had met—
hod failed to impress him. One or.
two of them were attractive enough in
a general way, he realized; some were
amusing to him and some very, very
tedious. It was a new experience to
find himself actually interested in a
girl—or rather, her voice! He wished
he could get a look $at her till he re-
membered the poor showing he would
Make with his blackened, eye. Then
he was thankful for the , darkness.
Phil planned to land her at the
Queen City. Yacht Club at the foot of
'York St., or at the Canoe Club; either
would provide an easy landing. They
must be well across the bay now; but
it was hard to say just where they
would come in. Ordinarily he -could
have steered by the illuminated dial
of the City Hall clock and the spire
of St. James'; but the fog obliterated
all landmarks.
They were both very damp from
exposure to the mist, but it is doubt-
ful if either of there was aware of
it. He made several further attempts
to discover her identity without avail;
at every turn she evaded him skill-
fully and it was beginning to look as
if she would step ashore and vanish
into the fog without leaving behind
her a single clue for hien to follow.
This illusiveness was an added spilt
to his desire to, know this girl. He
did not believe that s'he was a mar-
ried woman at all. It was a conclu-
sion which seemed to be justified by
her elaborate precautions to make
him think otherwise. Because of some
foolish notion of the conventions she
intended to go 'as she hadcome, tak-
ing advantage of the fog to write
down the night's adventure in a book
which must be closed to him for all?
time and forgotten.
Deliberately Phil held back the
canoe. They were within a few
strokes of the landing now.
"Listen to me very carefully," he
began. "I axe going to ask you for
the last time to tell me your nani;e
or the name of some friend whom I
can get to introduce me to you prop-
erly. Isn't that fair? I have told you
the truth about myself and will hand
you my card to prove it. You must
play equally fair with me or—"
"Or what?" she demanded haught-
ily as he hesitated.
"Or -well, take the .consequences,"
he finished lamely...
"Which are—? Be explicit, Mr.
Kendrick
"Well, " 1
might turn around and
paddle you back to the Island and
leave you there, for one thing. The
circumstances are not such as -entitle
you to the consideration I have shown
you. For all I know, you may be an
ordinary .crook. Think it over, ma-
dam. Is there any reason why I
should not call you `kiddo' and help
myself to a kiss? Is there?"
"Yes—the fact that Philip Ken-
drick is a gentleman. I dare .you to
prove it otherwise!".
"It is kind of you -If you are so
sure of it, why won't.you give me a
Chance? ' Corrie on, lit a sport: "I will
promise anything you wish to meet
you legitimately,: and I really would
regret it very much if I thought—"
"I have already told you that it
impossible," she interrupted coldly. "I
always understood it was a woman's
prerogative to .•choose her acquain-
tances. I am grateful for your ser-
vices to -night, of course; but beyond
that— The fact is, I do not care
to know you Mr. Kendrick. Please
put ire ashore and say good-bye."
A cold fire of resentment burned in.
Kendrick's eyes as he drove the canoe
to the landing with a few skillful
strokes. Why had he been so foolish
as to tell her his real name? Why
didn't she want to know him? With-
out a word he caught the canoe in
one hand and stepped odut. He felt
along the. gunwale to the :bow and
fastened the painter to an iron ring in
the planking,. then handed her out
safely. He retained his grasp of her
hand.
"A moment ago you dared ire to
kiss you," he said gravely. "I am
not in the habit of taking dares from
anybody."
"Let go my band at once, sir. You
know very well you cannot so far
forget yourself as to take such a lib-
erty. I dare you to prove yourself
no gentleman."
"I warn you—!"
"I dare you!" •
"Very well! On your own head be
it, then! The boatman is worthy of
his hire," he paraphrased and laugh-
ingly he seized her in his arms and
kissed her.
'The next instant he received a re-
sounding slap in the face. It had
young -muscles and indignation be-
hind it and it found him unprepared.
He started back automatically, trip-
ped, lost his balance and fell into the
water.
"Oh, you ---you miserable—fresh
Aleck!" came her mortified cry.
She Iingered only long enough to
make sure that he could swim. As he
drew himself out of the water the
sound of her running feet died out
on the Bier.
With chattering teeth Kendrick cast
loose, seized his paddle and drove it.
deep into the water. Ye gods, what a
fool! Very angry at himself, he set-
out across the bay once more, guided
by the derisive bawling of the fog-
horn at the Eastern Gap.
(To be continued.)
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