The Signal, 1910-4-28, Page 6rnv,tsnAT. Arm!
By MEREDITH PVICHOLSOJV.
`` Author of "The House of a Thousand Candles"
I' COPY RICO T. 1907. BY TItt BOBaS-MERRILL COMPANY
I _
THE PORT OF
MISSING MEN thud
being Chile
"There's ue doubt ut le
At that tuowent Claiborne's eyes •venet's wrlthag, iv there?"
etti,4ht sight of a burly thsure rising •'1 thinkvot, Lick. I have had notes
soul the siting about by the broken fron, him now u04 then in that. hand.
(eondom.. Ile has taken pilins lewrIte this with
"'neatrs ilio nTT»tTiTt €realer."
car. "Wt. shall stitch him - t e ' The cuter brightened In her cheek*
%nlarreeerett toward theta uncertain- •etobletily as she iot,k'e,f toward Oscar.
ly for a moment, then turned abruptly The curtains, 111 )Ut1 hint sWa'd. 11111
and 'reit tem -aril' the road.- Oscar start- } so did the curt 11h 1410k of her. ;1 May
tel to cut till' his retreat. but Claiborne tine' hrllguor had .
"crept int', th,t heart
• caught sergeant ht tI r-eant by the shoulder I of April utyl :111 the windows were john Armitage bowed to the [dread)
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vuusegialoo. hang upon tbat meta (
1 wust knot.; \shut it is."
• "You certainly hate magulf eeot 4
Cheek! l all going to take that paper
to Baron you Marhot at once."
"1)0 so --but 1 must know first! Bar-
on you Moritot and 1 are on the sante
side In this busibess, but lin &won't
understand it, and it Is clear you don't.
Cave. we the UM/angel-___----
Ile spoke't'ommandingty, his volee
t- tWing wall earnestness, and jerked
out lila last words with angryImpa-
tience.
1 a1
tience..,At the saute moment he and
l'Ialborne stepped toward each other,,
with their hands clinched' at their
slier.
"I on't like your tone, Mr. Arml
tpui d ,
"1 don't like to use that tone, Captain
Claiborne."
Shirley 'walked quickly to the table
and Liolotaivtiv2te message. Then, go -
paused as tl99Yh
by an afterthought and repeatevl quite
slowly tho words:
"Winkclrietl=YBenrea-not .later than
Frklay-C.bautettet." .
•
")dairies!" roans' Claiborne:
and flung him hack. -.• ,pen. , 'Itis blurred murmurs of lu`eeta vacant doorway; then bounded into the
"One aa(:Ton at It timet They- can st.'e Info ttw Iwuw•. (J t'ar, Mai( tar• • hull out Litton thee veranda and ran
turn the hounds o [,the other f;gacal. gotten by els caper. heard a sound in thnrngh the garden to the 'side gate,
'What's that con have there? Give It 1110 window• Lcbiil.I hood and n [land• where. Osear waited.
' Batten hear -tater C•etttala Calhorne,
Baron- von
toward the
:to toe --quick. •
'•It's a piece of wool"-
But Claiborne snatched]- the paper
tram-'ilienr's bandy and commanded
the man toraar++l�s cu o lion tiTTrte-
•
(4"- 1 .
Ile .hbul:.41 :I11dt4 fliiir.0rne's shards
atrlllihy '+ 4110V (need eat•:► other in
the libral-y.
"•'1'on ale the :I II whir brought a
horse Irar•k to oar --snide an hour ego."
. "Yes. sir."
"Yoe have ls-'n a sofdler."
-In ern.alry.`,•4... 1 nn" 111 did
when I nem num
Charge alhome."
tourhel hitt inning" tin- • •...t.
Claiborne criugded the paper imp*.
tlent lj'
"Sbir!ey, y'!a ere 1IF:Ilust'110! I be -
ii a ) i'u ii:1 Ce" seen - :t-ttritttl=•' s n -re._
aped 1 want lull to tell we what you ;
know of ,11m. -Tt-li -notlike you tn---
side il n sennitt of nn adventurer, an
-i1uk1 an, questionable bharaeter,. -lle
has olluwed you to this valley and
will int ',lye you M. his of hind w•itboltt
the slightest: eongnlneti n if he can.
Its most itifa194 11,4. outrageous. 111111
t., thrash
hint within un Web h Of Isis life before
• "ere do you Ilse?" 1 turn elm over to Mlarhof: .
"I work net teamster In tile coal mines., •Shirley Inugl rl for the drat time to
• -yrs[ They are by LaMar. sir." their Inter% few el ruse and placed her
Clalleornn studied ()motes erect figure lauds nu, her brother 's shoulders..
\,carefully. Uu
u It luck; les ndoubtedly u
• handlended his
reinb s wickel. a terribly •k'ked and danger-
ext
t*andetl. - and 0151:1!
palms.
" ou are lying; you do not work In
the sell mines. `Your clothes are not
tho fit a-Ininer, and n discharged sol.
dice el sill go to digging coal. Stand
where You are. awl- it will be the
worse f• you.lf you try to bolt."
Claitarte, tures' to the table with
the entelnllle. It was not scaled, and
he took otic the plain sheet of - note
paper on wltych was•.written: _ --
rtt.EORAN. •
R Inkrlrled. Vidtinit '
Not later than\Friday.• CITAUVF.XI:T.
Claiborne read meld reread these eight
words: then he Bloke bluntly to Oscar.
"Where did yea gi>t this?" '
"From the hat of \the sheep stealer
up yonder." \
-'Who Is he and wberesdid he get it?"
-='i Amt tit rf.w. Bir Itt was 61 Ser -
via, and they are an•ugly ce-yes'"
"What were you going toAdo•witb the
paper?"
Oscar
"If I could rend it -yes?- might
know. but If Austria Is in the paper.,
then It Is mischief, and maybe It onld
• be murder. Who knows?
Claiborne looked frowningly from the
yelper to Oscars trangilil eyes. \
"Irick!" caller] Shirley from' the bal
and she appeared in the doorway,
drnwinc'otl her gloves. bat paused .at
Seeing Oscar. •
"Shitlety, 1- Naught this mart In the -
aheepfe l.. 111. yon ever see him be
1011''!" - '
•'I think not. Irick." •-
"It Was he that brought ynur horse
home."
'To ler sure it 1s! i hadn't recog-
tilted' hind 'thank yen very much."
Anti .sh•• snlll,rt at ()Rear.
•1`N •!t from 4, 4 fiercely and referred
stain to the nits •.
neer 1;0"
%i0
••44
i -I -
••tt hr ISO at t_'n• hotel or in'Va4
1U_t:ar•, I'ti sur,• I d 111'1 knew If tv.
fro c•nn: to the'
thins•r"-
"1'..Icn the hrnr: 1 hoard shot
hl Il:. 12 -r; I„ ur • a I It :age aril ran
oda l' tn,t{ !111 f .••tc ul p row with
am•til••r m,u, who e•..t away."
ie•in 1 ,I„• -:0.1:,1.l 111? des (1.005'
ttly 1• r 1 ,. 1 •ern to have been
7814 a•hart•uf." _. _
'•1 tell you 1.11 fin him." he saki
tensely. putting up lila tlands.to here
where they rested oil his shoulders..
She laughed ami Lies?(' him. and when
her hands fell to her side the message
was in her gloved lira•n.
%Twit help you, lri.I:." she said, but -
'offing her glove.
"'litat's like you. Shirley."
"It You want to rind Mr. Armitage" -
"Of cohtse t wantit find bunt!" tis
voice nese to a mar.
- -then turn aronn : Mr. Armitage
!a mat behind roti"
"Yea; 1 needed. my man for other
business," said Armitage. folding his
ill n fu s fou h n, a .s
'vial L.•s .\1I Sat d, nvn and
%mammal her pina.•15 a 1l,_prucoltlult
Crh.l,ess.
t.:t.I►e_far And of lbs
Ilbral r 41111 :1 +tare null held np the
ora'.' !0 f:i+' Stilrtey to [rad.
"(Nell teach It!" he exclaimed, Wild
When she welded her head lu sign that
4111'• 4 :; l r,,1,1 it he salt. speaking epr-
Ne ll; .oL11
"I o-nppu...`4 have no right to holt]
this message; I 11.11 a send the 01:111 to
hotel telegraph 'alive with it. Mit
t�ln• v Chattl cio1 ! What Is his bull-
nt. in valtey7 And what is the
link het sen rune and those bilis?"
"llon't"yolk lend tt hnt on are doing
here?" she askd• alit tlushtsl.
°hhnuw what, (tut n why!" he
blurtei irritably. "But tent's noels!"
• "You know thnt Ilaron von oT
wants to tool Mr, 1,-11n .%rmltage, bet..
yon don't knew
why,"
"I have my or-
ders reed I'm go.
Ing to- Heti hien
if It lases ten
years."
Shirley nod•
dei and ei:l 1114151
het 710.4rte tot
get her. Irr et•
low's rest h.A en,
the high arms of
her chair (netted
her cloak to
now aw1'.Tingly
b'tirieu flOddcd and away from her
(lnxpcd het Angers about -dere. At
lrrt ones the end of the
Mom, with his hark to the portieres.
stood Oscar. inm,ovable. ['Inn orae re-
examined the message and extended It
again to i hdrleV.
after an Interview . with
Marhof, turned .his horse
bills.
t
as --2
Chapter
1—
nut: t•ItrbOSlat .r 1'ut: 1:USUa.LOW.
440131i ' 0 N- Vienna. Friday°'
l�J) lbere shouId be
D
n ,;read �eeiii • my near
�l Jules." And M. Do -
Orand adjusted the wick
of a smoking brass
lain!) that 1111ng suspended from the.
ceiling of a room of the inn. store and
postotllce at Lamar.
"Meanwhile. this being but Wednes-
day, we have our work to do."
"1Vhich is not so simple, after all, as
one studies the situation. Mr. Armitage
Is here, quite within mach. We sus-
' pest hint of being a person of distinc-
tion. Ile evinced unusual interest in a
certain document that was once in
your hands" -
"Our own hands, it you would be ac- -
curAte.r"
"You are captious. Itut, granted 50.
we must get them back. The gentle-
man is dweiIlug in a bungalow on the
mountain side for, greater con-enlence
In watching • events and wooing the.
lady of his heart's desire. We employ-
ed a clumsy clown to put him out of
the world, but he dies hard. an-: now
we have got to get rid of him: But it
he hasn't the papers on his clothes then
you have this pltashnt scheme for
toot gottint,• him down to
yours mer at Baltimore and cruis-
ing wit tun luitll,he is ready to come
111 terms. The American air has done
much for your imagination. -my dear
Jules. or piessibty the altitude of the
hills has overstimulated lt.".
"You are not 'the fool you look. my
dear Dunned. You hare actually tak-
en n fair grasp of the situation."
"Cut the adorable young lady, the
fair Mlle. Claiborne -what becomes of
her In these transactions?"_
"That Is none, of your affair." replied
Chanveuet: frowuing. "1' nm quite
cnutent with my progress l have not
finished In that matter."
"Neither. It would •seem.. has Mr
John Armitage. Itut 1 am quite .well
antialTe1 to leave It to you. In a few
ore than
Tea That is Arrays Fresh-
"SALADA"
is grown in the finest tea gardens of
the Island of Ceylon, picked every day and reaches
you not later than fifteen weeks after being gather- •
-ed. Its native purity and fine flavour are preserved
in air -tight sealed "SALADA" packets. You
tea of unvarying good quality.
are guaranteed
11
LAD
Ask your grocer for a package to -day. You'll like it.
They'll try to tell 'tat other
kiiulsi are •• as good :I'"
BELDING'S
SPOOL SILKS
turn ,'rear,.;, .111- Armee/toe A
...test 110(•0I Ilea
anus, -at 1 1111 you w,•n• tory notch 0c•
'fawns! t t ado free with t e near re.
ram;•! :nal .• :lige(' places tt ith hind."
d'Inlb,1 , a liked slowly toward hits
the ntl;.er glet ng In his face...:
-woad :are wt than 1 tb ght-
ea'e..Irupper, ho -,•I seeker:"
"Yo'; I not hot It.s:e things. Cap-
tain l'lnlls.rne Illi 1 tin 111-o h1 a
groat harry. Whet o yon want with
"You are n m:.uc, an. pnstor-
• We w111 grant that." Ketol Armitage
"N°herr is your warrant for u.y ar
rt sail..
"That will. be fortheo fit;" Tn*1
ero41lfh.- and
that I here a pers0nnl .gr vane
aeahast you."
"1t must watt until day after toloor
blew. ('ants,- (hale".e•• I will ono.
to you here or warrever yon say •"
day after tomurtiOW."
Armitage -.spoke with' a deliberate
sbar) devidlon- at was not the tone
of a rogue or n fn ve. .1s he spoke
be advanced nntil he ' ed Claiborne gat party who just called was the
in the center of the room. irlcy atlll most remarkable imam 1 have ever
sbsni by the tt hidow, holding t' -oiled met," td the city editor to his assist -
She had' wltnea. 1 I ant
paper In her hand. "In nth t Way?'
the change of the men at the end o ..lie id of tell mr1•hoa to runihr
Wo rant. It had touched her humor. pal
it had been n joke on her brother. but
she felt that the night had brought a Just abo, th hoe a man reaches
crests. She Could not continue to shield the age of di '• ti ogle begin to
a min of whom she knew nothing save call hila grnneipm•-
that he was the object of ti ,curious
tumdt'y; kite mow ego theatre by ,which.
Armitage had token the pence of his
nt hot nmlisctl her for n moment.
bet ithe was vexed and angry now that
he had dared come amain to the house.'
"Y.i11 ere trader arrest. Mr. Armitage.
I must detain yob here," said Claiorle
"In America In free Virginia-wlth-
ont legal• proems?" naked Armitage.
laughing.
"You are a housebreaker, that is
enough. Shirley, please gut"
"Yon were not detached from the
army to fin.] n honsehrenker. But i
will snake your work easy for yon-
tiny niter tomorrow 1 will present my•
self to yen wherever yon any. Itut
now•-,tha►t nettle message which my
man fennel In your 'deep pasture to of
Importance. 1 must trouble you to
read It to me."
"No!" shouted Claiborne.
Armitage drew a step nester.
"You meet take my onl for It that
•iters of lmprtttnm. a of fnrrenching
lays we shall know much
We do now. 1 should he hep
were In ehnrge In Vienna:
step thin--uZhi 1 hesitate to
the wretched mess there Won
• "Trust%Vinkelried to do
ditty. Yon must not forget
maim $trnehe now sleeps
sly•, I. end that many masses have
r:•a,1) been said for the repose orb
intrepid soul." •
"The splendor of our undertaking la
enough to draw his ghost ,from ter
grave. 'Colt! Ry • this time Zma
should have tiled our enblegram at the
Springs and got yolt mall nt the hotel
1 ]lope y.nl -have not misplaced you,.
Irl;: back our giant must pats Arta -I
toel:howl",
"U$'",
-rust him to pass it. Ills enconn- 1
tern with Armat•llre- have not been t0
his rrwtlt" .
fin ),e Cnntb,wed_l
llive-Him a Medal.
er if you
A false
ink of
Id -
111 fur
ten th,
the ng
111%it+t 4111 the kind that doesn't kink. The kind
that gives the dressmaker minimum trouble
and the customer maximum .'satisfaction-
•` 11E 1.1)ING'5."
r1'1><e Beldihi
Silk - Sewed
Seam
Will titan('
a 111111 Dog
Strain.
Write fur 1...t e1 pretninmw
Belding, Piiiir - co-
Lisited
74 Bay Street. TORONTO
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