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iiiul slimmer Is su Nhort.
Their roiuiis were on tin- uorthi-tiNt
ciTiior, on the first floor, and from the
windows they could look down upon
(lie uuirlim jtlccolu nml tlu tliluloss
sen. a Hheer M feet below. Every
body welcomed tho Signor Hillard.
The hotel was his and everything and
everybody In It.
I.nter, when tboy were alone, Hillard
began to explain.
"Tboy tvinemlier my father. Ho used
to live like n prince In Sorrento. Ev
ery time I eome here I do tlio best I
can to keep tho luster to bis name.
Tomorrow I shall point out to you the
in whli h I :m Ikm-11. A liiixslun
1 rliu esa owns It now."
".V real live prluecHs!" n,i M,.n--liow.
"Is tln lieiiutlrul?"
"t)nce upon a time," returned Ml.
bird, IiiiikIiIiik.
Giovanni did nut return till late that
night, mid on tho morrow Hillard
iiuestloned liim.
"I lmvo been to boo n cousin," mild
Giovanni, "who lives on tho way to El
Pesortn."
"Ah! So you hnvo n cousin hero?"
Yes, signor."
(To bo continued.)
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Lure I
of the
Mask
'Tne
(Continued.)
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I Jack Billiard, a
wealthy New York clubman, hears a
mysterions voice singing in the night
under his window.
II He inserts an advertisement in
a personal ceolumn to find the singer.
He receives a reply.
in, IV, V, and VI He visits the
mysterious singer, but she wears a
mask. He falls desperately in love
with her, but he has not seen her face.
The unknown woman gives her name
as Mme. Angot, which is assumed.
They have dinner. She refuses to
see him again.
CHAPTER viii.
WHAT MERRIHEW FOUND.
THE great ship had passed the isle
of Ischia. and now the bar of
Naples unfolded all Its variant
beauties. Both he and Merri
hew were foremost In the press
against the forward rail. To the let
ter's impressionable mind it was like
a dream yonder, the temples and
baths of Nero of the golden house;
thither, the palaces of the grim Ti
berius; beyond, Pompeii, with Glau
cus, lone and Nydia. the blind girl.
The dream picture faded, aud the re
ality was no less fascinating the
white sails of the fishermen winging
across the sapphire waters, leaving
ribboned pathways behind; proud
white pleasure yachts, great vessels
from all ports in the world, and an oc
casional battleship, drab and stealthy,
and the hundred pink and white vil
lages, the jade and amethyst of the
islands, the ruined temples, the grim
giant ash heap of Vesuvius.
"See that village on the cliffs to
ward the south?" asked Hillard.
"That's Sorrento, where I was born.
Sh! Look atGiovannl!"
. Jlerrihew looked at the old Roman.
Tears were running down his cheeks,
and his gaze strove to pierce the dis
tance to the faroff Sabine bills. Italy!
Hillard leaned over and touched him
on the arm, and be started.
"Take care, Giovanni."
"Pardon! I am weak this day, but
tomorrow I shall be strong. Seven
years! Have you not longed for it
yourself? Has not your heart gone out
many times across the seas to those
cliffs?" pointing to Sorrento.
"Many times. Giovanni. But remem
ber and control yourself. Presently
the carablnieri will come on board.
Ton will see that all our luggage goes
promptly to the Bristol once we are
through the customs."
"Trust me. signor."
Tbey landed at the custom house at
I in the afternoon and passed without
any difficulty.
Hillard obtained, rooms pleasantly
situated looking out upon the spar
kling bay. Giovanni began at once to
unpack the trunks, happy enough to
have something to occupy him till aft
er dark, when he determined to ven
ture forth. The dreaded carablnieri
had paid him not the slightest atten
tion. So far he was as safe as though
he were in New York.
It was yet so early"in the day that
the two young men sallied forth in
quest of light adventure. Besides,
Mcrrihew was very eager to And some
Roman and Florence newspapers. The
American Comic Opera company was
somewhere north. They found sta
tioned outside the hotel a rosy cheeked
cabby who answered -to the name of
Tomasso. 'or Tomass, as the Nenpoli-
tans generally drop the finals. He
Carried a bright red lap robe and blan
ket, spoke a little English and was
Very proud of the accomplishment.
He was rather disappointed, however,
when Hillard bargained with him in
his own tongue. Tomass shook his
lingers under IIHlnrd's nose, and HIl
Inrd returned the compliment. Finally
Tomass compromised on 1 lira 50 cen
teslml (30 cents) per hour, with BO
ccntlslml (10 cents) as a pourbolrc
(tip). Crack, crack! Down the hill
this Kent, as If a thousand devils
By
HAROLD
MAC GRATH
Copyright, 1908. by the Bobbs
Merrill Co.
were after them. " "
"By George," gasped Mcrrihew,
clutching his seat, "the fool will break
aur necks!"
Tomass grinned aud cracked his
whip. . He did not understand the
word slowly in his own tongue or in '
any other, at least not till he reached
the shops. A dozen times on the Via
Roma Merrlbew yelled that tnjy
would lose a wheel. Bu . Tomass
knew the game.
Merrihew had never seen such
shops. Coral, coral wherever the eye
roamed where did they get it all.
and to whom did they sell It? Neck
laces, tiaras, rings, brooches, carved and
uncarved were there women enough
in the world to buy these things?
"If I had a wife" lie began.
"Well?"
"I'd feel devilish sorry for her hus
band at this moment."
"But isn't the color great?" said Hil
lard. It was good to be In Naples
again.
"I never saw so many kids." Merrl
bew finally observed, "so many dirty
ones," he added. "Herod would have
had bis work cut out for blm here.
Now where can we get some newspa
pers? I must know where she Is."
At the bookshop in the piazza they
found the Rome and Florence papers.
Hillard went through them thorough
ly, but nowhere did he see anything
relative to the doings of the American
Comic Opera company.
"Not a line, Dan."
"But there must be something In
the Florence paper. They should be
playing there yet."
"Nothing. These papers are two
weeks old."
Merrihew stared blankly at the
sheet. "I should like to know what It
means."
"We will write to the consulate in
Rome. If there has been any trouble
he will certainly notify us. I'll write
tonight. Now. here's Cook's next door.
We'll ask If there Is any mail for Kitty
Killigrow." ;
But there wasn't, nor had there
been, and the name was not on the
forwarding books.
"Looks as If your Kitty were the
needle in the haystack."
"Cut it!" savagely. Pictures and
churches and museums were all well
enough, but Merrihew wanted Kitty
1 Killigrew above all the treasures of
earth.
j When they turned down to the Via
Caracclolo. with the full sweep of the
magnificent hay at their feet. Merrl
hew's disappointment softened some
what. It was the fashionable hour.
The band was playing near by In the
Villa Xazionale. Americans were ev
erywhere. Occasionally a stray prin
cess or countess flashed by Inert and
listless against the cushions and Inva
riably overdressed. And when men ac
companied them the men (if they were
husbands) lolled back, even more list
less. And beggars of all sorts and de
scriptions besieged the "very great
grand rich Americans."
They were nearly a week In Naples.
They saw the galleries, the museums
and churches; they saw underground
Naples; they made the weary and use
ful ascent of Vesuvius, and Mcrrihew
added a new smell to his collection
every hour. Pompeii by moonlight,
however, was worth a tbosand ordi
nary dreams, and Mcrrihew, wbo bad
abundant imagination, but no art with
which to express It, happily or unhap
pily, saw Lytton's story unfold in all
its romantic splendor. ,
I They lingered .at Amalfl three days
and dreamed away the hours under
the white pergola. Merrihew was
loath to leave, but Hillard was for go
ing on to Sorrento, for which bis heart
, was always longing.
I A spring rain fell as they took tho
incline, and It followed them over the
mountains and down Into Sorrento.
They finally drew up In the courtyard
of the Hotel do la- Slrena, aud the
long ride was at an end. Tho little gar
den was white and pink with roses
and camellias, and the tubbed manda
rins were heavy with fruit.
"And this is March," said Mcrrihew,
his thought traveling bock to his own
bleak equntrVj. where, winter is so long
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