'i)GE TWO.
' THURSDAY, MAT 20, 1915
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JUHE
BY GEORGE
RANDOLPH
AND .
LILLIAN
sCHESTES
Copyright, 1915. by Serial PubUcatioa
Corporation
AT SHERRY'S
Runs Each Wed
nesday and Thursday
' CHAPTER II.
fnN (be tl'Jt-li adjacent to the one
III from which the 'Hilarity's mo
III tor tender lind departed there
L J " paced, ; almost perceptibly, h
night watcbuinu, who consisted of an
overcoat, a cap and two glints of eye.
To him there came, as the docks Inten
sified their loneliness,- a briHk little
chauffeur with a thin mustache and
woman with high check bones.
" "The ' Hilarity !" stated the little
chauffeur, with an accusing toue, and
with a sweeping gesture ho pointed to
that odjaceut dock where stood a big
hamper with the word "Hilarity" glar
lug white ou its sldo. "She Is gone!"
Then Henri stepped tack,
i .'IJePi" rumbled a frosty voice.
'llut her tender," objoctod Henri,
"also is gone. Listen, my friend," In
flated Henri, stopping in front of the
overcoat and cap", but movtng aside as
It came irresistibly on. "The facta
re like these: Mademoiselle has gone
on board the Hilarity. Behold, here Is
the maid of the charming mademoi
selle. She was also to hare gone on
board tjbe Hilarity. How, then, shall
he go?" . .
"Dnnno."
The maid of the charming mademoi
selle now stepped forward;
"Can you drive a motorboat?" she
nsked.
"Voila!" And Henri snapped the.fln
gers of both hands, snapied them three
times. "Voila, mademoiselle, Marlet If
It goes I can drive It," .. .
"Can't we hire "this boatr and the
iwurccful Marie pointed to a trim
little craft. T?T'T1?T,
"Nope." iil;V'-'i,
-3ut comrade." And nenrl Jerked
bis cap on the back of bis bend as he
wheeled at right angles.
"It Is Important. Look. Here Is
money. I take the swift little boat I
wish out of the slip. I swish down
the river. I swish across the bay.
Like lightning I swish, and I overtako
the yacht Hilarity. I deliver the
charming maid" a little bow hero
"and a kiss from the finger tips to the
charming mademoiselle, and Immedi
ately I swish back. Xothlng Is lost!
All Is safe!"
"Get oft the dock," came the answer.
"But, monsieur."
"Hike."
"I, Henri, detest yon," was the angry
response. And he followed Mario off
the dock.
Henri had another Idea. He drove
to a nearby saloon and procured a
Mrs. Moor Stifled th Emotion to
Whloh Iris Blsthering Gave Pull Play.
bottle of whisky, which he offered to
the man on the dock.
"Thanks." The voice was one degree
U-ih frosty. The neck of the bottle
disappeared Into the silt of the over
coat collar, and the gleaming bottle
turned heavenward.
"Voila." Henri himself took sip
nd stuffed the bottle In bis pocket
-i snau go a way. my friend, but I shall
return." He hurried buck to the tour
lug cur up on the street and drove
away, and the thick figure slinking out
of tho sundown hopped ou behind. ; ,
In the Ivory tuie.sliied stateroom, as
the Hilarity steamed slowly across the
bay. June Warner suddenly rose and
rang for (he stewardess. That puck
ered ihthoii ciiine with alncrlty, but be
fore she went to June she stopped In
the door of the crimson and goltl salon
and, catching the eye of Orln Cunning
hum, bobbed her hend and smiled her
ItigrnrlnMiig unilo and jerked ber
thumb over her shoulder toward June's
room: then she turned her pallid eyes
toward flllbert Blyo for a fleeting mo
ment and hurried a way.
"Did you ring, dearie?" she whined
as June opened the door.
"Yes." June studied the woman a
moment speculatively. She could not
confide In this creature. "You may
bring me soiuo water, please." '
"Yes, dearie." The stewardess whirl
ed and hurried to the door of the crim
son and gold salon, where Tommy
Thomas sat between Cunningham and
Edwards, with a hund on a shoulder
of each. The stewardess, with a side
long glnnce at the quiet Blye In the
corner, hurried over to the group on
the bench.
"She wants some water," she whis
pered, bending over and grinning her
ugly grin. ;
"Oh, "yes." Again the grin. "Young
ladles always trust me. Say, I think
she wants to escape."
Blyo, with a frown on his dark,
handsome face, walked across and
spoke to Cuuulngham. Orln nodded
and, his eyes twinkling, weut to the
portable buffet, where he selected a
long stemmed, gracefully shaped, gold
Atcrusted goblet of Venetian glass. He
filled It with Ice and set It to one side.
Then, while the others watched him.
Tommy Thomas, with a half sneer, and
Mrs. Vlllard, with shocked concern, he
took, froni jijocked case a tiny stone
bottle, Now be emptied the Ice from
the benutlful goblet and poured Into It
a few blood red drops. Mrs. Vlllard
half rose nud looked toward Gilbert
Blye; then, with a catch In her breath.
he eat down and was silent
Blye went to the door as the stew
ardess came up tho gangway and call
ed her In with a Jerk of his bead. On
the lip of Edwards there had come a
firm aet, and his heavy lidded eyes bad
narrowed. Without a word Cunning
bam' handed the glass to the steward-
i, but between the two there passed
look which was full of meaning.
Blye, with bis glowing eyes on the
glass, smiled suavely.
I brought you the water, dearie,"
srM the stewardess, entering Junn's
stateroom. .nw-"
"Oh!" An exclamation of delight
from June as her eyes wldeued with
the beauty of the delicate Venetian
goblet. . .
"That's -something else I made for
you In the pantry, dearie," explained
the stewardess, In her coaxing whine,
and bobbed ber neck. "It's a fine stim
ulant and soothing to the nerves."
June took the fragile glass In her
hand. Its Bheer beauty had won her.
She Inhaled daintily. The fragrance
was most appealing. She looked at it
again and smiled. She did feel fnlnt
and weak. She lifted the glass to her
Hps, and the tip of her tongue caught
the delicious flavor. Suddenly, as she
tilted the glass to drink, she caught
tho pallid eyes of the stewardess fixed
eagerly upon her. Tho woman's
mouth was half open, and she was
breathing hard. .
With a flash of Intuition June Jerked
her Hps from the glass and threw It
crashing and splintering, into the fire
place. '
"Why, dearie!" exclaimed the stew
ardess, and In great agitation she
pushed a button at the side of . the
mantel. '
June's eyelashes lowered for an In
stant, and her lips set; then quietly
she went Into the little blue boudoir
and sat thoughtfully upon the daintily
upholstered settee.
The steward came pompously In.
"Well, you've done it again, you!" he
growled as he sun-eyed the splintered
fragments of the delicate Venetian
glass. ' ,
"No, Percy," whined the woman and
glared toward the boudoir door with
her pallid eyes. She Jerked her thumb
In that direction, and then she winked.
"That's you," snarled Wllklns. "You
always say It's a guest"
"How much?" whispered the woman
In a sibilant hiss, which carried as It
was Intended to do.
"Them glasses Is $12 apiece, and It'll
be taken from your wages. That
comes out of my pocket!" ' 1
June bit her lips. Twelve dollars!
It was a lot of money to a girl who
had found dollars coming slowly and
Independence hard to win, but she
picked up her purse. After all, she had
no proof that tho woman meant any
thing but kindliness. , 7
1 "Is this breakage charged against
you?" asked June.
"Why, yes, dearie." A sniffle went
with the whine.
"How much will It cost you?"
''."Twelve dollars!" Sniffle. "But It's
all a part of our job, so never mind,
dearie."
"I do not wish you to lose tho
money," and quite thoughtfully June
counted $12 from her slender store.
She added another fdt the customary
tip and gave one to the man, and they
thanked her most obsequiously. As
Juno returned to the boudoir their sup
pressed voices broke out again,
"No," protested the woman In that
whining bias; "that's my money the
dollar's mine, anyhow."
"Nothing yours except what I give
you," stated Percy Wllklns gruffly.
"That's .the law, and you know It
Cleau up that mess, you," and he left
the room. ,
The woman's whining mumble could
be heard all the while she was cleaning
up the fireplace. She was going wbeu
June returned to the stateroom, but ou
the floor near the door was a yellow
leather bound blank book, its side
worn like glass from the constant frie-
tlou of tt pocket. June picked It up-
ana opened it with idle curiosity.. On
the first Inside page, at the top, was
the big scrawled word "From." At
the top of the opposite page was the
word 'To." The first Item on the
"From" page was dated four years
back.
"From Sallle Fish, wedding portion
2,000 pounds."
Beneath this was the item
"Savings, Percy Wllklns 162 pounds.
On the opposite page the first entry
was:
"Booking to the States, '
"Percy and Sally Wllklns, 22 pounds."
After that the entries were all In dol
lars. On the "From" side they were
chiefly the wages of Percy Wllklns and
Sally Fish Wllklns. for they had ap
parency gone Into private service Im
mediately". On the "To" side, which
represented, the expeudlture8( there
were very "few entries, lint they were
interesting. In the four years the wo
man had had four cheap dresses be
sides her uniforms and very scant ac
cessories. The last entry among the
receipts was June's $14 under the head
of "Tip." On that page the book
showed an item, "Banked to the credit
of P. Wllklns, $12,000."
And It all belonged to the man, ev
ery penny. If the woman hud any
thing It was a gift, no matter what she
brought to the nuiu on her marriage
nor what she had earned since I It
seemed universal, this condition.
A startling thought came to June.
StiPlKwe she achieved her Independence,-
suppose she earned ber own mon
ey, so that she could go to Ned, asking
from him nothing but love In return
for her love, would ho own what she
bad earned? If bo, what would be-
I come of tho principle for which she
had run sway 7 She paled at that
thought and then she laughed. She
did not know the law tn this matter,
but she knew Ned. DearNed! She
hunted her handkerchief In a hurry.
June oeued the telegram and read this
strange messuge: .:''..
' I am sorry I had a certain party tied
and lost In Hunter's woods. Please nud
him and tell him 1 am sorry. I am going
to join our darling. I will protect her un
til we meet again, when all will be happy.
Vour faithful MARIE..
New plans were made accordingly.
Ou the dock against which rocked
and grated the swift little motorboat
, v
'fMM0th
fell
, Swiftly, Silently, June Gained the Deck.
CHAPTER III.
UK arrival of an envelope by
messenger rendered unneces
sary the Immediate need of po
lice aid for the Moore family.
With finger which trembled In spit
of bis habitual control, the father of
Flash the lonely overcoat and cap pur
sued their almost Imperceptible way.
A touring cur stopped on the street up
the hill.
"It Is cold, my friend. Is it not?" call
ed Henri as he rushed forward, bottle
In baud. "Shall we warm ourselves
yes'" .
; "Yep," rolled up the somber voice,
with frosty cordiality, and the ueck of
the bottlu disappeared tn the slit of the
overcoat collar.
"The motor tender from the Hilarity
It Is not yet returned, eh?" .
"Nope."
"Voila!" Henri is even cheerful as
he races back up the dock. "I shall
return, my friend Monsieur Frappe."
As Henri jumps Into bis car a dim,
fat figure slinks out of the shadows
and hops on behind.
e
Left alone momentarily, June threw
open the door which she had just lock
ed and dashed back along the gangway
toward the pautry. At the end of the
passage she found a companlonway
which led her up to the deck. She
rushed forward to the prow, taking In
at a glance tbat they were far from
shore and In the open water. The dis
tant lights glowed dully through the
mist but Just ahead of her, on the port
side, bore down tho red and green
lights of a tug.
"Ahoy!" she cried, lifting ber hands
to ber mouth like a megaphone.
"Ahoy!" she screamed.
Strong arms seized her the heavy
Jawed officer she had seen as she had
come on board. Two others came ran- l
nlng up, Edwards and Cunningham. .
Close behind were Tommy Thomas ;
and Mrs. Vlllard, the former laughing. :
the latter panic stricken. A handker- '
chief was pressed against her mouth.
nd the tug flashed by. ;
It was Kdwards and Cunningham i
who dragged June down Into the crlm. .
sou and gold salon, and as June was I
Jostled in the first thing she saw was ,
the dark, handsome face of Glllert '
Blye! He was standing nt the porto- !
ble buffet, quietly drinking a glass of !
wine!
P. Wllklns and wife came running in, .
nd Edwards, panting, his heavy Hps
parted in half snarl and half grin, 1
leleased Ids hold on June. " " . s
"Lock her up." he ordered and Joined
Blye at the buffet Blye lifted his
glass, suavely srnlltag. as June, now
unresisting, was led away.
Inside hr stateroom June locked her
door and nt the same time heard It
bolted from the outside.
On the dock the overcoat and cap
watched the figure of Henri with
drowsy interest; also a short, thick
figure.
"Say, what do they want?" the short
'.hick figure asked, with stiff lips,
"Didn't I tell you before to hike?"
husked the warm steam of breath.
"Get off the dock."
The beautiful little motorboat!" In
terrupted Henri, with Ingratiating en
thusiasm. "My friend SI.: Flambeau,
would it not be possible"
"Nope."
"Voila!" Henri was quite cheerful.
"I shall return again, my friend
Frappe."
Henri was Just starting his car and
the short, thick figure had Just slunk
out of the shadows to bop on behind
when the overcoat and cap sat on the
edge of the dock, with their feet dan
gling toward the water.
"Ah I" breathed Henri to the stiff flgl
ure beside him. , "At last it arrives.
We shall wait!"
"Is there any left?'! husked a voice.
"Pardon," abjectly apologized Henri,
"a thousand pardons. Mile. Marie!"
And he produced a fresh bottle.
The thick, short figure sIInkwgTakl
into the shadows wiped its Hps with I
Its tongue and shivered.
Dawn slowly the chill, gray mist I
which lay upon the river began tot
clear. .
"Voila," cracked the voice of Henri,
but the tone wag cheerful still. "He
sleeps!"
It was true. The overcoat and cap.
after bobbing and swaying dangerous
ly over the water's edge for hour after
hour, bad nt last stretched out on the
dock for the slumber due to. a night
watchman who was thoroughly at ease
and thoroughly warm.
Henri and Marie, with all the mental
effect of stealthlness, sprang Into the
swift looking little motorboat
A short thick figure came painfully I
(Continued on Page 3.)
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