HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1906-01-26, Page 10r ��JANLTARY 26 T -N I -ORTOR Amemmaw- lemma t pack tw ready Aread6d by the un ate His coficludIng A� 0 ship. ouction?" d I am Y
An a e Ta - owner. mus -e er a on .,r -but they were tearis of, ff� so -ound worthy to be Y 6114 Odded. me jiy I am f bve ventured tell he salk- nj n h1tf 4I -bappinesb, and Lord.Von your thful servant, -then sball 1, mavle lt4 )s of aur)ifer* uartz be infatuatio for Alpstruther or bi g o Id And wbefe he shot the rubbish why sbe should not war" U-4, wab,
M c u about the ruin of' her father. There mle(sed neiLher J�Ijow t at�Afth h4s pardoned oIlent- Itstener who -Y you �Or. When I come to you and ask
a,-a*o beneath the trees. On wag, V*ill 'look., felt a dee I In, 111 froin th no mean. Vb for herr, V-bleh I pray moy be soon, ed some antimony ,It she -declines to becom untess
be realized that this W SPI of UIM to d,liWt as be time enough to tuavrer that 10 ia no he* liking, Austruther. wondering W-UY, tbO of Ventaor she can marry whOin she -his' the Yot i w dcge excited sahlb Wonted the stuff, carried thoon. - tiol BUY]
ore, aAd Mir ani, self Sir Arthur Deaue top of the e, he plat
-W fove could 'never be his, TI The -
ings. �cou rues d you then 4kelde tal
likeso as will all be pqupers to- U1w,jIntred of Anstruther now signment-to the wulting boat Lieuten- gether.tt wja he barps caustic sum. p ut It."
red that Rd� tint Playdon,� in command f the last ming up. it must be remembe Older T"Cy to this meddler w0o al- party of sailors to quit the Island, evi- This brutal argument rather over-. knew UOtb By is became a mania, an Insensate resoI4 -edleament, 'While the barOuq deutly elpc�eted Ifir Jan; to accompany Mornift ways stood In his path. hot the mark, Tlie shipowneeR face man�s pr
les, a r capms 13o by 7 them, but ustrut
hoped that bls,pj�eseut ed that flusbed with anger,,and Lord Ventuor
full i his own troub. was I 0
Law" J. ode. her 6,�Xplain ,to retrleve* a false step. the man would walt 1i,14 return some h,,t,,, moo _d d to take a M3011016 view A s over.. It had only begun. Ile ,Yp
t1me In June or �ujy, Anstruthees, position.
eatfil a on to allSWW, QUOSV6110 Wit' Sir Arthur Deane foun4 blinself- speel, Vius, for a little wbile, -these tyra' liber. Why had the tuimal bei of 17 Opp- ulatln�'oa the ediise of this extraor- were driven apart, and AnStruthcr 4119�
40M, miidel What,was the d1nary resolve, but, steadfast to his I to. urge lea thet not many, dalnec the p !st it radually fi�ak ut. Thaf -*Ilf dio. v apey of dcatb? flaw did lie mtiwt huto policy of avoiding contioveralal mat- weeks would elapse before he would . . . . . who cowillauded the bouts .sent In Our- gust her. He Is hard up cut -off by his to 911088 the dimensions Of the ords to than his rival. '-'U ters, said nothIng. A ew, be a richer Mau anig, of the ftylug Dy. -the or"LE1. �t people -and that sort of thing. There awe be to a ief sufferer was Sir' Arthur tile captain procured enough stores to sank both saullmus as soon tis theY you.probably havb the measu're of his In stock of out of the keep the 'Moliammed, n for sin Had Irls guessed how her fatheras of the edible properties of roots L re launched-sumnled UP tye -.eller- sc4emlug. He knows quite well that we Iv remal months at least, while tbese were W he can,iiever marry your daughter. It ees Howl her-? W!,�. torented she N. ould not have
al verdict. behig landed the questi�n was raised, ed on the bridge, radiant and mirtbf Tl,.(,y- never wZm Yb sattgflodi Colo )1,.Jlx ,you do no,t need kik. admiration. Is all, A� matter of prIC6.11 how best to dIspose'of the while the gray haired barronet 6king: Its IMptain Anstrutlier. Faell s Sir Arthur willingly allowed himself. even.the British nav �P� his The commander wished, to comult file with stony' -eye despair at some inenia. into the x,ecesses of the, w ionvi back of his orld, of ten es you' f Om the bottom of to be �persuaded. At the I I 't
convenience of Ills -nests, rauda which he extracte& from his conscious. comes across such all "If ive go a little out of our wil head there wjAs an uawasy y and pers, ntures of this cou,,Mer on 0 11 a matter of as :the adve Wren thousand poundall, lie muttom y rank,'! ress that it was, not "a u -Is an error about m land them In sald '.'they hold a commi�ron price." If 'It wo',�e he wo 'Id never Rai�ibow island,. le � "Not a great sum for the m il ;ie said. "I'did'once will be hanged without" troulpling you t trust a man's"face again. But Vent- I110 r6a"dily explained the creation of but I Was' cour furtber. If I take the to §Jngapore In the,.IndiaAl financlet, Sir Arthur Deane, to Iko Inartialed a& cashieredIn they will be� tried 04Vi( 0 0 on his noteof hand. A few months - uon- ng norswell balalledd- arguments swayed q'�a�ory and cave by telling them ofl- 0111 T til oily im months I was ustly co- him. The course, indle.ated as the v�iij or an I bedded in tL unj and'sent to penal "servitidde, inen offered mene hundred t humanly Im- U Antimony, is one ol' ,a:�,e charge, and I h0p6 only decent one. I xleted on Piq, the va.tilt., it to be?" mount on no better security. - i le for a man, to chidt his daugh- spb�tapees that covers t ecideq now o think tbet. a set of J I" Ile possib me day to, 4 r -myself. Meauwh Itwwi Iris who d "o one,,not excepting the fools In London should so de� MW it am a mebe blvillan. jt� was. only ter and flolit her, rescuer within an -hour dbutts. "I calinot bear to think, of more lives of findin nows much about beln- sacrifleed," sl credit and their own- that bm*- bean4I OUR-. sympathy - t�rs ho ue-It, k le pr1otested. "Per- g *in. Lord Ventnor played:bls� cards with aiid 111.1 Chinese medicine It wlght be Will -per r haps If tbese"men are treated wercl- discount our pa
which led bet to Meatiom� my former Mr. P1a3 er de ign. e e rdoh.11 a deep d to the in- chle or of exceeding nasthiess. *re assured she IoVed his rival. fully and sent to thelil homes- after Lord ventnor jolmA ..- in Ide the' cavern tbe�`exlsteixce of able, Ir, LS said -Had another off -the Orlent7s twelve eVit some example way -Incin. b e, )artlally #oundt,iti shells suddenly:burst in the, Very well. To attempt to dispade th completed shaft to tl,,(% the boarill Fancy me, 1 s i serve as d deterrent to others.", ould her was to t arow her more closely into I tv accounted for recent ing wJllWg to barter i :hIld far addst of the group of offic.ers t w go it was efitled that �79�. The an. its that rival s arm -So The right course, i ce on the �ace of tbeloDek. and new.: y than 4his un- JLVw pieces f gold. liave treated less disina R.- the que8ton-cr sqgarely fu tho chor rattled up to Its berth, and, the 'to appei r resigned, s could not, of cou IT -he th0ht was expected avowal. Court was addened,com� .coinerp face. Orient turned her head toward Singa- i' I�dt Imortia 0 in little wbfl n pelled: again st his will to reveal the the -bones of por 111 as'being the away serv^ ma e h6 yleldeel La uttvo, Cashiered! N nQ, Wall W.1 magnetici. a hero, an Ideal pore. As she teadily p a -com ii. European. -uth, disressing t, Further, he counted ..rema ft Was -quite t ue tbn*
ean -grasp the awful sigii1fleanCe K his daughter to- the deepel azure tli I I d hall on" AnsIrtitl er's quick tempe An uther wa intisfied that none'of its lufa nated with h fu- lover watched the familiar out�-nes -of at smalt anlorat Of Inouey Won.
r as �tr lho�se words tohee-=mJ800A94. Yet tli�e I active 61. Such a man would rNe thein 1, hazarded the remotest guess- as restore the stabilb y of his 11111rin. R the. ad Rainbow sl*nd growJn-� dimi in. the a 4W of ture w1a13 dark and storm; tossed, full. of of army vy. I I fii�,Ar'kt to rebei against anassuLmIltApu to tb L- value gaunt ro66- their well knew w1kat he was without it, wero, his credit ulaimpa Abstruther sinister t rents'aud complications,. Iris evening light. For. a lo4g wbtle they nothing hard of pitying t ilerance.- He would bpl�g hill) tide a�er. W.-io Oolng� Somehow be f were 4ta fin- at. and clialice -helped he could ea ound the P ou 4 Z did ii:A know the wretchea ch -cum- 11 could see ir ans tall, thiii fignre' y piu at be paUP&S."
bitter- ebargls bf conspiracy - of tin- to ba. -e further Inquiry. motionless on rock at the extremity ression until thb Arst trults I tu thw perfokiiiance of these penauces stnces hich had come to pass-sincel '911 didift exactly; mpan to put It Viat dep re his �vinj ilow st believable cqm0a:,ct to �secui A- t ,urnpeter on bo enterprise arnered. h -n of course, the ugly truth mu OW 'b. 'At. Or but, tie ren? were g ,ey-pa ted and hich had change, Europa: 61 Irb way, Dtiane, but, my temper U a little en ea d obI his lyngs out to men Would hail him as a genfus. be. revealed thi �i6m�]ij Lord Ventnor All 'this mu §t recoil oil his OwIpg 1511minon them 0 came -into vleN� as tb6 i*6t,falf to th,& when the ticts were laid bare4 Noti the wh e aspect of h1i life. How the ledge,. short these days. My position on'boa,
keard his. ng,mo: to 1114,clleon *ben Captain itzr.o Wearily pp It was er swung round -to a niore n'rth6rly is ship Is Intoleroable� Aq a patter- of turning I over. his p. rff, could lie :ell her?-- Why qhould It be his th
even the hav of the Island couldpre-, a flual query. miserable lot to suate . h the cup of. hap- cme acros
""Ofid III course. good felws crowding arouu, lin and, fair dealing to me fou should jut a iluddenly S the last offerin every attentioli t4at the frank all against the terrible indictment. of 44 -be s. v, a quite understand." id fo -n to him by 1ris' mother,,r I eA wrItte 9 I I wn n atni across -w -1 n f, s, fr)m her lips? In that moment Iris had thro her stop to your daughtees attitude to. uld the'court i*rtial. Finally, 0,Singa Robert, "that you ba C# pinq 1hosotality.of. the British-sallor to ye dft affe L. o r father's shotil0er. �lie Airee wOre .left jibe doted on theirnly child. e iore, threei; Pays distant, Colonel 0 f il it agony be wished be were ward Austruther on the groundithat in suggest -to Permit- 7them - to adopt the 113 this weird place, but I -al curious ta -0 alone just then, and -vrer4 sileaf ealled one nightshortlY before bISLW1fW owl why you Jay claim to tte Islainl. . At 'th� ifying di when the little Iris was br r, t
IrL '��khlch rigid tobell and filo-wife were stying, Lord gone of friendly eqi*l" ro death alone could remove the for many minute. her engagement to neither allproved of ed burden I Id oil him. Well. surely he b al- Ventuor, alohe of those on board, knew You aor desirable under any c Onsid- �,V[Igclpllne if nothing idse would not Yon.dan hardly Intend to return here.". inlies merged the s.. lital palm �OYOP'd into her room to kLw her and if' - 4-- - b, sk. In the sunshine of her Itlg�. Indeedo be-accompanted Sir; eratlouo�" p IntKutile prayen. She had devisa JL a -in Vs placard stuck t4 lo*�Ihem to in ti He I ointed to R i n It from rpmark thur Deane'larg Inughter for dnotber day. No need to the lagoon wlt-11 thh foh m#y:be assumed- i ely In order to br. on t e rock. The fir t lleuteniMt b ea'% famula, of her own- y rea on Ob7 U
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6MPelled t 'Off -a someNihat 'trying entangle t embitter her joyous heart until hewas The wide cleft of roRpL-ct park wthat oven the ear�ls sardonte temper Ira omething. AnArtither- paused before be 4'God bless nk was AS fatbefl God b ess 31110, as white �l ruftled by the &I's oui ragoolis be e t o driven to It by dire necessity. sh bad He smiled complacently U 0% lit Ventnor'sl less istinct. Afh- aii's "That I& a dev1 God blessi their Me gIr11II So he'�resolfttely brushed aside the bavior. Nor was itl exactly pleasant to job, -Mr. An- a r;d. - He felt that Lord of the effect on Iris of Mrs. Costobe figure was lost in t e backro And: whit 'was, it she tried on blm.� Ever- Ti
re nd oebego On- The 'Island was I strut'her," he blurted out Indignant remonstrances when the bar- -dark- leyA were fIxed -t ing 1ya e, him to note hi -1 had to t0l you.' -o e phantom of �eeo o;w titeadily Anstruther
OIN body'.7,as more or less desirous to have Offle now Iyou k from thebeachl. onet as Ured Iddy to tell.the- tered In thq�abajidon of the hour Ireamlike, a blurr�d me. ory. 1 advanced in th r very iked that InJ 0 4 e ei Ut the -ed th 4Tour own little sirl given -back la' i He' smiled unaffe�tedly wons. this point cleared up. He look a
girl all thatfiad: happened at Hong- with a st that 1�e The Robert"' said the outly da the ship. By tat consent the court .11gUed her. de dering elrelei H%- t9o;o Was-. an officei Questioner squa�ely the face. `God iias' Deen very to u . -Do martial Wds taboo!� -at any rate until: kong, dear girl Imagined �%hat Robert, ber- AGIven the. p the Orient reached, Singapore.' Every himl For -,Un and appreclafed-theit,.iientimenti.'They - "In 11some parts of the.world," be said, baik to
-or IL MaU eedy con- you remember this hou
were unfeignedly -Rofty f Ho-0ever, -Lord . Ventuor Was most "ther aie sunken reefs, unknown-, un- Robert, hid made alxo r s yesterklay?" that black hearted scoun between Juarry Ju brive d mod6(t, itich a splendid. rofoundly ay4noyed, and he cursed charted, on which many a vessel uest and Anstruther himself wat she murmured. 1114ow we �ulrered from one knew that the aiTel lay so all "Whose ppstime,Was the de*adutiva to erL frbin tb' e depths Of i h14 been lost -without any contributory much clftt� thirst; how the Dya betan their see- Robert and Ventnori nod It Isot to be and thq defaming of b est 44, type of the iaolMer an.4- gentleman, Yet d �y the'risudden change 4 how you wondered i m k from
heart. But be; could see a way on and attac. V
teast. N fault- on the part'of her offlcers,�! .1,41r Aitliui Dennes-de eanor. I That settled It, Instantii by. their c6moon'laW i6n or it if Itis' influence alone Omen ould understand his de- He came ashore with Irls and! hk 'Ith doubtedly.11 Thev behaed-like school children on elimbed'-down the ladddr and 1401- weresufficlent to t rn the scale in fa� Imell c they.. wholly In father. The captain of the Orient lalso u- lowed you? Oh, father, she vor of er lov6r. cloud was lifted.from W soL A mea i was a noble dignity ell, Ca pleilic. 'bey roaed over Iris' tro nor. There I W ptain Pltzroy, when I was J61ned -the party. The three men gteioaed with my reg, skirts, too wont on Impulsl�ely,'tlobteuiug her The shipowner refused point lank unon him. The raln of his cando a concious Innocence that ment In Hong- bles in th matter of divided business he might not be able to -4aterfere In any way during the voy,- to av hed Robert and the girl walki er kno howbrave disdained to shield self �Under a par- Watc ng kong- 1 encountered such a 'reef nn'd much divi ed to be at all pleas -ant. The grasp, "YOU will nev. w
I 11% i WVU1U ant LKUX" thenk. from the -group Of Offi- age. I cl ed my life on It. At least that shipowpe. tasted some of her sa 0 I/ � uth. t6ward go he was, how endurlug; �ow he risked 'zed more ihan a-- tlal ty ou promised your co-operation in tbat vbleh'he pr
Is i r It seemed to me then. Fortune broad im vow all for me and cheered m6 to the enW! ed it was excellent. The first lieutenant again .'.Phrased cers bo the daughtees� lbve. n Sir- - else. wig As, art looking fel- threw me ashore ))Pre after n Iong anti 'They unei rthed two bottles of cham- tr e "I think I am beginniiig to under- business elVen It we 1ound that -tights of -his juniors. '.Ans. uth�t the tho a sm
ed to balf bIp commented, 'Captain Vi4roy.' ThIv -Ouglues dr0pp Op dr had gone down with all hand., h �lr and every other man In pagn th fiast of 06 case, and prom- siand now," answered tli� shipowner, 'bitter submergence. You can hardly 'They were entering the harbor f "Who Is he?'!---- dia- averting his eyes lest Iris should see retorttd bitterly. - "1�0 you wish' we to cannot help but sympathize with u. ised each - tiler a- hearty 'toast at blame me if I cling to the "Uny- speell, japore, In a' few hours the tears Calvary was daugh* belleve, sbe has But whatever may be. your record -if Tkuth to, tell, the gallan commander of tbafgave m'e salvation.,' ner. Not Ing NVould cont but In them. Their make my cut Ill would be over. It V4eWnit�naor �b
they -thought Was It for him come back' into my life only' to bid g d that they hould'draw a ff of the Orient was..secretly amazed by ended; to London his wlth&awal 700 were. an' escaped convict, Mr. An. r iN adniltted the sailor.. He knew 'me irretrie io, ful WAY? the metamorpbosis'effectod In Rob�rt'a there i was something more in the al- letful of ater' from the well and to. lead them again throuth the �korow- �able rain?"
struther-uo one could withhold from drench. th with a torren- "That appears -be the *esult. no board i4thini 'RhOrt Of a eatila A4k ot!ppearance since- he s&utInIzed him r ell e h. t h pItch' plant it was a bearilrending task legor., than the text revealed, but it or for 110j0W would preveutertaln yqu the pralse deserved for. your mag- matter bow you may oideav,or to dIs- tied#- thioligh _his glaslies. tial showe that lay before him, it task from which U
was bo business of his. nifleent stand gainst overwhelming 'Owe Itors from Illink a bankruptcy petww
guiselt," 44' it his '00111 revolted. He refused even to Poor Sir Arthur Wald not'a-word, bul I tobert arefully secured the pocket -
odds. Our dtity is plain. We Ill bring NI reover," 'continued Robert sn�il. bert 4 inet 10id.- "I thouglit the days were gone when In the local. banks' the barc books, c ney and other nd �where;,the others will you to Singapore, his JoWWhip: was quite at eitse.' in �ffects fou attemptit �Tly,� ou see I have a partner. about athousaudto his �credtt. S'Frbm his v!kme and ;rom on thel I r dead companions. The baro- The explanation of the shipoWnges a man would,wlsbto marry a woman -among tho rich no doubt wish to- go' itinmediately. I wre cannot be tbe'slightest douil against-ber merchantar th, Iwa be I the partner all th position was painftlilly x4ple, Being a.
will tell the gaptalla hai. you have been Deane tells me b'elleve he Is an;,ex- ft 111 the., prompt re-- net, of course, knew e principal h
shrewd tlna�cier, be liers "Nouensel, Whait does she kumv men who kne*� the P0te11t$L'11#e8 Of o4fli6ers' o' the Slrdar. He surveyed daring Yet eqiwint us with, Mean- officer of the indfAT.1 army. ply. ocheme, he would be able to� raise, good enough to,. ed In the troubled emidition of the about* it? The glainorof this Island one laughed, lris'morx, these wo ruful relies w1th soow -:Ali! He every in while we will give you every assistance has left the service?", Th n; lie would, try harda P
far east a magnificent opportunity to lrowa4ce will soon wear off. It would MoneY 318eded, st, 'Alreadyw be felt braver. The, Id. -er-atention in our. power."' Hoh thon-li Sir Arthur Pealle's Intem lb
and -1 mdt him last in gkO4 solidate the trading Influence of his be different if Anstfuther were -able t4) "The 81 dar was crack ship of Von d,
A 'murmur , of approbation - ran. "Then you know him?" gayeo was forced, and Lord Vcutuo.- tilb had returned-to� lAs blood. The an$, makit.-Ila her even decently. He Is an c mp ny, He. nekotlated two big lo - I
iQUite. well, if 6 a ic in my fleet nd Captain Ross my most 0 A t
through the little circle. Robeffs face I tj an I Im.. coulditaste theacidity of his oWn snille, equ belief that he was Acting in the trusted conlmander,'� he said. Lat �r !I 1you one of a semipfolvate nature to absolute beggar, I tell ou. DA'diii"t be culated to secure bis dan paled somewhat. Wbat-firsi rate chaps aglue." I the day the first lieliteli, tir visel as a steward? Tal e best 4=1
mixy well Imagine, Air. An�truther, docks and T#-UwaYs In the chief marl. sbill'ou 3 wer�, to be sure! "That Is teall'y very nice okVent -'s -voluntary r -tees happiness timulateil and '�7 they told I is chief of Anti:utlici tte .2 De. Tell blm�b ou," he saidun- ibought statti aent concernin- the couft martial.. what a critel blow it was to lose such a time provincb of China, theother of it my tlp, Dea ow m. the sh1powndr. "The last thing aged stnd witb you, aul lie will cool off." C vessel, wl th till tbese peo le on board more publietbaracter wlth� the govem- , I rY- I shpuid 'credit him with. would a aptqin ItUvroy was naturally'pained p He Went on Aftk, to meet 11 steadil. Ir "'kour kludnesig Is more t it' #I � m.," I iment of Japan. All life own resources, by tl#s unpleasant -revelation, but be and uty ly daughter among the ping down the hatchway. ver P Ing than -aa al y.. forgiving disposition." together with thol hiii principal dloo CIIA TV R XVIL
A rustle of silk, .,the intrusion ifi�to the MeahWhile Anstruther- was rea Ing took mactly the same -view as that e- wonder nq rsy that it did not kil I meo "I I I reetbis and shareholders 1were devoted Ob, there you are!" -she trrelea& not of m 'Iris a little� Jectre. I'Sweet one,`1 he by� the first 'lieutenant III Rob- "She wis 'a splendid :sea boat, 'sir. IR ARTHUR, DEA'NE ws iM�- was just coining to And. -out why int�)It k en of � young lady in t a Paris gown,- a hat, carrying a r resence., Although dis'abled,,,she fought gallant. to 4hese .objects. CZie��oraueously t114 -g alone 'in Ills cabin ill 11 exi)lained to her, "do not -allude td me were moping In your vabin, You a . . . . . ev t payng heavy Ift- �most exquisitely 'by my former rank. I am not entitle;d� 1�� , rtheless'be pondered the mattef IY againstl the typhoon. Nothing short he determined to- 0 �-ep dejeetlo,wben
Trouvile parasol anq -top state of de missing the most beatif ul -V�Iie -would break her up." surAnce premiums on- his Jleet and 'one -and s Ized .an early opportunit of! Inki- Of a reef e was argused. by a kno,ek. �greens and blues and browney. a gloved 'and booted, made every to It. Some day, please God, It will be gasp. tioni It to Lord'Ventnor 'That is- Ali, well," st hed 'the shipowner, Wake It self ouppor#ng- on the� well and Robert entered.: d .9 restored to me. At present I am. a "'the Aw timbers known mutual principle.. 4plckl want you to aft everY "Oh, Rober�, dear. how could you..�,, I of IVP tin alied nolileman -waR vastly sur- _you have shown me ayou give me UsIf an hour," he
lain civilian, and, by the ml-,iy, - Iris, 101
ow' ,uther had au Ing to 'say to actually didn't kn il here art- -the remaining assets out of HIS Tess6ls wore wilt e4uipped, well asked. I. have so6eth
pris to learn how Ansh 'UU daring, the next few_ days say,ncitbing OP0.11 She beld ut her h"d -and P -Iris, 'be the ground from beneath his feet. M1001 imanned, replete with every modern im- )7ou before we 1"O Thus wiiehiq& attired, waEr about our mine. bilin gleefully up the steps. Leaning 'gazing now w The sbipov;b ith provbkhi� adn!ilratlon Ye lie said, in reply to the sallor's she not Insured?" inquired prevenient' and niana,'ge with great er sliently motioned him "Oh, why not?" againit the taiffrafl, some,,, from,each other, were truth,"" at Robert, who, certainly offered almost "just a personal whim. It will please reque3t for, Information, "I know all Robert. commercial skill 'tree !or four to a -sent I &
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nary r1ding Uck, 114 "It cone Tirol "Xo-tbat Is, I have recently adopted years, given ordl
as,great a contrast to Iiis former state about It. It could not well be Other- erns Irl and myself," con Or and Lord Ventnor. Need It b4i 411 gathered frora as- did the girl herself. e returned "If It pleases you, Robert, I am satis- N4se,. geelng that next to Mrs. Costobell a scheme of mutual self Insurance, and must have doubledhis own forttin. tinued Anstruther. -yr ber1ather? te
said to whom Iris dre her look *itli hiterest. I ai,� the principal witness against the IOSR ttLI18, pro rata. on my other v es- No sooner 'were a.11 his Arrangements yourords-when: met on the Isla d fled.1y w n :1111 -ere he Is, ober augbe(IL. er
s((W completed than three of best ships that both' you an Lord Ventn r Te-. 111132. sels.11 !hIs ould any man believ'0,11.he laugh- lie pressed -her-,arm by way ot an- "I.do believe he was sulkInj becau", ITI baronet glanced covertly at Iris. went down, saddling his bompay i - te
buld do so much for at must have been awkward for *Ith carded. Irls as bis lordslilp"s promised
edr 4that lothes w swer. TVey were too near to the wait- ACaptain Fitzroy was so Teri attnti a woman.." you was the unexpected comment. The words conve�,ed little meaning to an absolute loss of nearl E600,000 and bride. viloin your� point of. vlew the t 0 meo yet didn't mind It a bft!l lug trio for other comment, undermining to financial Ar -was perhaps naWral and
her. Indeed, sh:e broke In, with a seriously "'What- left handed 'compliment! I er S 0 'U Ieedl Why?" i rangement '#Captain Fitzroy," led Iri I 'let me The two Men looked Into each credit A fellow,director-iwealt-by and -equn&bl but S e �your daughter left "Bc cause rumor linked Your name laugh: in e -b
But come, deare§t.' Captain Fitzroy introduce r. Anstrutber td you. Lord- es eyes. They smiled. How could IW-
-influential, resigited his seat on the wlthlbat of the lady In a somewhat am afraid I'llave heard you say, Hongkong it h ppe�o that -she- ;Lnd I resist the contagion of her sunpy jW .uther and Lord Ventnor h " ave come ashore Ventnor, you have met Air. Anigtr :,with father and me. -They want us to ol father dear, that some ships i-� the board and headed a cliq e of disap- hava, fallen in. lovo� with each otber, ture? before." IT Ahe fair lqo-, pleaxe listen 4stonish me. Anstrutber cer-1 fleet paid you 1�est when -theyj ran pointed stockbolderi. At ce to me. I am. -not how them everything! Tou will ex- The sailor shook hands.; Lord Vent- t -ky became overcast. I have been falhidag -over what 3rov, Cuse him alfily made some stupid allegations aahor." , a - here to urge my clalp,19 on. 70% 1 won won't yoq?" added, with she nor smiled affably. "Yes, Ulm. That oMn happened in Sir Arthulo Deane's eneriy- and finau- her'fairl and inten4 to keep her were sat& -to me just now, Austruter.4- a seraphic smile to the others dur!4g the trial, but I had no idea be 4
"Your enforced residence on the Is- n`a�led him to ithe whob� house otipeers oppoed to h wl Tbey walked off. togethe r. W,48 liable to spread this malicious re- the old days. It is diffefent now. cial skill might have -el AtHave - I
land seems to have agreed with Ton," IVIVI tried Iis. you two -tine. &ale were It me. A�j this mome�t I want to tell M Moreover, have pot told you th - weatber this xpecte& Sim � !I' gasped a tat midshipman pdrt �Rubsequently.11 arl ex e said. been talking, secrets behlud IV bckr rent loss o, r, w e
lto� a, lanky youth. "She%jigot on your "Admirably. Life here had Its XAW- "1 !am not talking of Hongkong, in� tent of mylealainities. The Slrd was not for the appa his beloved you, her fathe b oh could never, It is no -secret to you lor but of Aingapore, months later." lost on 114reh 18, though I did not daughter with the crack ship,of.ble even under z other, el atances, mar- 'tog 11 -backs, but''we fougbt'our eneml�s In glrr,�-- nor fnthees voice it a tain Fitzroy's tone was eXceed- fo certain until th ling. line, Half frPlazled with g, lef, Is Mori he bade ry Tord Ventnor.11 Meaning that Iris had rausacked the,v the open. DidnIt We; iris?" ' , the- phrase. "When we are oil e n in rv, Indeed, some people might = March 25 the Babadur:was his enemles do , their wors; and Allow -i Then, he roceedei to place before ADrIenVs theatrical war(jrob a d pouilc- "Yes, dear. The poor Dyaks were Robert, I Will explain maters' to get Into fteleas con- the astounded baronet a detailed 11115oo it ofl!�,Uslve, -sunk in t4 Mersey during a tog and ed his affairs ied on the swell outflt'of the principal n: 1, ot sufficlently moe,-Inze to atta& us ore fullY. Just now I wlsb� ow. Chree days later the Jemadar- tu ne( !on while be devoted h4self wholly tory of his jai "feihale impersonator'In'tbe shIpIs'c H lordship per' f us iqgreer.... was with false testlino ux turtle on e and JTXary she I in to the search for Irl and I tell you that where rris has g�Tzeu
Om nP) H initted himself the
ka rfe Ury of in afigry scowl. Sames [ler compan. sordid storT of wom4ifo perfidy twice b
JDany. His lordship's sallow face w,rinkled heart, I will not refuse her hand.,
ire Lord t6ldo it carried co#vleflon In every hmor Is a- lying jade at the best,?' the Hooghl Happily there wer no ions. At this critical juictu somewhat. So Iris knew of the court ille took"'bis. Ute between her ha lie a: id curtly. "You -mu4t-remeniber, lives. lost I either of these cases." Ventnor again reached III side- HIS sentence. n Irli wall 1-Issed him. Lartl Ventlor, CHAPTER XVI: J4 or was, she afraid to pro- dn roy, that I hq-.ve,juttered large riva' Fitz ppalled by this list of wsu- lardship possessed a te for- At the conclusin Sir Arthur bowed 'TNOR was no tool. ORD VEN claim to. all the world that this man ord of scandal -aboui':Mr. An. alties, yet he gave o, thought to the tune mid extensive estate . He was his head between his!hands. as "I cannot choose but believe you," herself from a semisavage con- roy, his bushy e�yebrows d6appeired of catastrol b0s. R b t of course -ap-. rably the sbilpowner"s plan would de- he adm1tW 'huskily. "Yei how came While Iris- as transforming. w her l0rer. As fof Captain Fitz- er mew how adml- �ffect of such a strinA prudent withal and 1.
strJh and any doubt concerning serious financial c
uct call be pet at rest"b, p (To be contin ditiod Into a semblance of'an InWbIs peaked cap when be b6ard the his cand e r, t b
en the necessa time. lie :.yuto b* so unjustly convicted by a rusiqg the records of his case In the preciated th Is alde oof ;Ile business, e se- vcJOV if gly manner of their speech., ultra chic rarlslenne�, Sir Arthur ally In view of th shipowner's re- offered the use of his name and money� I trIbunal �ompoved of' your brother of- adjtjtant, general's office at Hong. el BAB 8 HEAJoT1111 Deane told the earl so�wething of the Nevertheless Ventnor smiled aglin. to indirk abou the r -B t Sj� Ile more than filled the gap�l created by e Dyaks respected M iss kong. I= �ncei ficers?" -When -a child 42 Won, 19XV8 X said the sailor, turialng r I� -help the elves. To atate of affaits on the island. "Even th on Arthur Dea ie's stiff uppe p Ted the hostile ex -director. reople argued "They could not me
HIS'lordship, a -handsome, saternine Deane," he said. 'his 4eel to enter the chart room. him. Hd Iii Iled,to realize that tb ra-- -that s!uch a clever man, JuA returning, acquit me Ineant that they discre man, coal, Insolently polite, counseled ; Rut Angtruther, sorry for the mant at the first sign -of trouble tho -the far east after ac�ompllshlng the. ow-orn, testimony' hot only of my The girl and her�1qther went back to ther was a4 iffig a part for his daugh. from ner rj, ful mother - Will give Babya' patience, toleration, even silent recog- fest un7easiness -of the shIpow I i a public mission of Rome Importance, colonells' wfle*, I�Ut it" the civil head of the island With Rooert. After. taking tees sake. Tablets, wh1oh promptly ura- mition of Anstrutbees undoubted pressed' the retort, on his lips ano I lit the latter decided to ask Mir Oddly enougi Important gover=eut ;��siou, not thol I, the baronet dl not must � be a reliable gulft4 - The mere estioniol'oolic, constipation, i fprtbwith suggested that they sh laims for services rendered. - in- !I to remain in possession until he seek to dls§ugs* with them the 1419"ll cabled intelligence of bisf l6tentiow to to mention some bought Chinese evi- eimple fev t if , I and eething trou slastle, high splilited walk to tlip'.north beach In ti "She Is an enthu r ooking docu -one' arUdlelof, retutned. There was not much risit I ffient affixed near the e ive. join the board 6sto ed -con#dence and dencellp TJwY conta instance, that,beinix the sceii6�e -ats in not p Irl -11 he urged upon his surprised hear. of th, '19 f a ot�erDy;iklnvaslon. Tb- fateof It jClalmed all rightslu the lslftp�. in credit. 0 "But you re poiv'rleoy now. You Me or pormonous, -soot.. e who expected a vem different ex- wreck, It Iris can h yet they give re oi- ler, tjiple But there was'a barg,al�.' Tau g SAlPs expedition -would not en. their Joint names, and this was a aimy hope to b yourase M pression of opinion. "This fellow An- During the next. hour lie became laudl�, cou ova t1h6 0 ,ors be Wished to avoid. For the ti. lived she must become tbetountess, of hey rem ge a fresh 'sbt of marauders, and mvisedo, What chRuee Is, there that your struth6ro Is a plausible*sort of r h han narrator. It Nvas Irli =;and the irilhild awakens b the �Iohdmmedan would:be; well armed therefore, tUe younger mAn had no'op. Ventnor. Ilis lordship wad weary Of nan e will ever becleared?!` good man In a tight place, too --just the wbo,told of his wild fight against Wind and elL Mrs. F. XvIlitoob,'. to qet unforeseen contingenclep'. While porti taking.lilm into his on. peripatebe lovemWng. It: was high 9 cauo it If she will. in O' On says-. " Baby's g;ort of fire eating blackguard *bo and waves; Iris who showed them on 1�ls (Anstruther's) representations Ildence!,ind Iris held faithfull, y to her t1ine he settled -down In life, took an 900,11, The vagarlei -of such 4 womau are not 'UbUtis wroght U
would fil the heroic bill where a fight where he fought -wlth.'the derilfisli: promis . e of plence. Interest In flic legislature a tllle�lorient would land ah abundance rid achieved I to be depended on. Tf Lord Ventuor in my 1�ittle wben to is concerned. Hang him,�,be licked me Iris who expatiated oil the long d a ys T oi 4tores. In any evej t it was b be tirl's agged raln�ent, sou,wek ter a position In the world of affairs. He etter has cast her off her b4tred may prove in,Dnt ba old be began to fail twIcer" of ceaseless toll, 10t; datintless cour- nd strong oots were already 11, d ,I chance now, The certain suceds for lithe native to Ilve lif freedom on and strong stronger than her passion. Anyliow, I cried almost night and day. Further amazement for the slaipown- age in -the face of overy dIfficlulty, the away on bo rd.. Shb now rescued the of his friend's project the, fortunate etl, Rai bow sland than to be banded should be the lastm4n to despair of AfUir 61VIA9 him thi� tabl hy lawhIch he re and now w, scued her fro the Bible, the iattered tin cup, her. i GoWs rovidence, Compare the �con- 1#6-W well its ove� to the autboritles as an escaped '10- completion -of bts own Mplomatle un- "yes, lVq quite true. I Interfered clutch of tbe sa va ges,%the '$kill f liN laugbing ,baby, 'who soarooly 6 contle't, which must Wbis Immediate volver and tl,�e rifle which had dertaking, marithige with beautiful ditiOu Of I. -Is and myself today with and he gave me prePartlPons ,qryaJnst the anticipated glTiaq -jany trouble. The Wbletr- with his hifle gaines, fte n6' matter what, magnanimous the Dyaks Ivhen they nearly cau tel I t and chi.irming woman-tbese items '-Ojur plight on the ledgel 0i fittack -and the list great' achlevoui ent v a blessin to both = g the usual reward of the devil's apothe. .1e Ir the governnient of India might Anstruther and Mir Jan niippli b" 'would cosolidate his career. 11is hdart The shipowner sighed hea.v9Y, sell aud jV11V1 All, d. present of all, NArben time afer time be foiled e Iris alone. At aftorward talce,of b1s.service's, ert also gat ered for, heir an ass it-, wac hope your faltit i cary. Leav get on Irlt;. �vlll be Justl rf the Dyaks' best laid plans nd flung you can got them bM she is strung up to - n intense pitch o I Uir Jan's answer was emphatic. He ment of Di liats, belts and arms, a- it It �s not -the -morri Mel -thing to He ocized the first opportunity that at 25 oents a box by n titude. having barely escaped a teroo thel Off, crlp�led end, (11sheartened.
gra took off'his turban and placed it on eluding Taupg $IA111.0 pa�ang and a presented Itself to make Sir Arthur 1laPPeu-d0 31 und6ritand that MY W flUams' odleme Colo. rUck! e many phases of the thirty rible fate,, Let her �ome back to the during tb sumpitan. Theae were h6r troplif 41 du, Dpaue, acqua.intedw#4 a decision ghter and you Intend to, get mar hours' b4ttje. %19rWeL. AnstruLkeea andy, revord Ukt-PP-91N 01-ke owmigo, r1e my.; her I give'Qr