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, ?w "A Man. Island"
The only tklug you can toll about a -At trala at out of I'addtogtoa
young girl U that wbvu sue 1 nfty station the otb.r day." e are told
years old aha will loot t greet dal -there a arc la a third rises eouipart-
aa br mother lovks now.-I'litUde- eul two women smoklug cigarettes
I'M IxJor. tod njlB) kuUUoi "-Uudou I'uuctv
again
- "I really didn't expect this." be be
gan slowly aa ho rose. "Anthony ex
aggerates: he la too kind. But since
be bas chosen to publicly call attention
to our relations. I will confess that
what be te!ls you Is all true. Through
my assistance partly, at any rate be
has made a man of himself. lie bas
been welcome at my bouse, at my
table; he has come and gone aa he
pleased, like one of the family, you
might say. But those are little things:
they count for nothing." His tone
gripped his bearers, and Anthony
stirred uneasily, thinking this an odd
way of accepting a gift
Unclasping his long, white Angers.
Cortlandt held up the watch to public
view.
"In payment for my poor friendship
he has given me this magnificent thing
of gold and Jewels, the finest I ever
saw. I never counted upon such grati
tude. It Is too much, and yet a man
cannot refuse the gift of bis friend
and not seem ungracious, can be?
Somewhere in the orient they have a
custom of exchanging gifts. No man
may accept a thing of value without
making adequate return, and It bas al
ways struck me as a wise practice."
tie turned full upon Kirk for the first
time since be bad begun speaking, and
bla voice rose a tone as he snld, "1
can't let the obligation rest entirely
upon me. We hove been friends. An
thony, and 1 am going to give you
something In return which I have
prized highly. It would be counted of
great value by some." Once more be
paused and drew his lips bark in that
grimace of mockery. It could no long
er be termed a smile. "It Is this I am
going to give you-my wife. Von have
had her from the first, and now she Is
yours.
For one frightful moment there was
no sound: even the men's breathing
was htiHhed, and they sat slack Jawed,
stunned, half minded to believe this
some hideous. Incredible Jest. Cort
landt turned away gloatingly.
Kirk was the last to recover his pow
ers, nut when they din revive they
came with a prodigious rush, lie
plunged upward out of bis chair with
a cry like a wounded animal, and the
others rose with him. The table rock
ed, something smashed, a chair was
hurled backward. Tbo room broke Into
Instant turmoil. Kirk felt bands upon
hlin. and then went blind with fury,
struggling In a pnssiou too strong for
coherent speech. He was engulfed In
chaos. He felt things break beneath
bis touch, felt bodies give way before
him.
How or when Kirk left the room he
never knew. Kventuully be found him
self pinned In his chair, with Itunncls'
white face close against his own and
other hands upon his arms. Ills first
frenzy quickly gave way to a sickening
horror.
'It's a lie! Tbo man'B crazy!" he
cried hoarsely; then, as bis compan
ions drew away from him, he rose to
bis feet "Why are you looking at me
like that? 1 tell you It'e a d d lie!
I never"
Hunnela turned to the table and.
with shaking hand put a glass to his
lips and gulped Its couteuts. Wade
and Kimble exchanged glauces, then,
avoiding each other's eyes, took their
bats from the hooks behind them.
'Walt! Bring him back!" Kirk
mumbled. "I'll gut him and make him
say Ita a lie. nut sun no one an
swered, no one looked at hi in. "God
You dou't believe it?"
"I'm going home, fellows. I'm kind
of sick." Kimble said. One of the
others murmured unintelligibly, and
wetting a napkin, bound up bis band,
which was bleeding. Tbey continued
to watch Kirk as If fearful of some In
sane action, yet they refused to meet
his eyes squarely. There was no sym
pathy lu their faces.
Tht knowledge of what these actions
meant came to him slowly. Was It
possible that hla friends believed this
Incredible accusation? As he began to
collect himself he saw bla plight more
dourly. Ills first thought bad been
that Cortlandt was lusane. but the
man's actions were not those of a
maniac. No! He actually believed
and these fellows also. He wanted to
shout his Innocence at them. .to beat
It Into their heads.
One by one they took their bata and
went out, mumbling goodnight to oue
another, as If lutendlng to go home
singly In order to avoid all dlscusslou
of tbla thing that bad fallen among
them. Itunuela alone remained.
You don't believe I dld-tbat?" An
thony asked In a strained voice.
"1-1 taluk I do." There waa a mis
erable alienee, and theu: "U Isn't the
thing Itself, you know, so much aa the
rotten underhanded advantage you
took. If bs'd been a stranger, now
Honestly, Isn't It truo?"
Kirk shook his head listlessly. "I
wouldn't ll to you."
Itunuela drew a deep breath. "Oh.
com, now, the man must have known
hat bs was saying. Men don't do
things Ilk that on suspicion."
"lis misunderstood our friendship, "
said Kirk heavily, then roused himself
for last plea. "Uwk here!" bs cried
"You know Cortlandt. sud you know
me. Tbs mso wss Insanely Jealous
I know It sounds weak, but It's (be
truth, sad It's all I ra say, I'll go
mid If you doubt uie. A ad louignt of
all"- lis brvkf iff iharylr. -iv
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE
God! I'd forgotten inni iui ui.m
Suppose Gertrudis hears of this!" An
thony seized his temples In despair.
Runnels took a sudden Illogical deci
sion. He never knew exactly what
bad Influenced him. but his whole past
knowledge surged up In him with a
force that he could not rcxlxt. He laid
bis hand on Kirk's shoulder. "Take
It easy, old man." he said. "I believe
yon. I've always known that they
didn't get along together, although
well. I won't try to understand It. no
may not do anything further, and
the'so fellows won t mention what hap
pened here. They can't"
"Women are apt to ho Jealous, aren't
they. Runnels? What do you suppose
she'd dor
"Don't worry olout Hint. I'm think
ing about Cortlandt. If he finds out
he's mistaken what will he do?"
"He'll have to find out. I'm going to
tell him. His wife will tell him. Good
God! Do you see what an awful light
It puts me in? You don't doubt me.
do you really, old man?"
"No. but what 0 night this has been!
It seems a year old. Come along, now.
Yon must get out of here. You must
turn In. The waiters are wondering
what this row Is shout. I think we'd
better take a walk."
In passing through the deserted lob
by of the hotel they saw Clifford Idling
about But they were too much ab
sorbed to wonder what had kept blm
up so late. By the clock across the
plaza they saw It was two hours after
midnight as they stepped Into the
street Then, finding no coaches In
sight they set out to walk toward An
con. both badly In need of the open
air.
A moment later Clifford followed
them, taking pains to keep at a dis
tance. Now that the full Import of Cort
landt's accusation had sunk into bis
mind. Kirk lapsed Into a mood of sul
len bitterness. He said little, but his
set face worried his companion, who
was loath to bid him good night even
when they were close to the TIvoll.
After they had parted Runnels was
upon the point of going back and offer
ing to spend the night with him. but
thought better of It.
Instead of passing through the office
Kirk mounted to the porch of the TI
voll and entered his room from the
outside, ns he and Chlqulta had done
earlier that evening. He found Allan
wntlng and bursting with a desire to
gossip, but cut him short.
"Get my street clothes I'm goln
out." He tore the white tie from his
throat as If It were clmliiiiir him. "I've
been hurt. Allan I nn t explain. fn
you wouldn't understand, hut I've been
hurt. Come along."
The negro's lips drew apart In an ex
pression ui apelike ferocity, and lie he
to shake and reverberate os No. 6 roll-,
ed In from Colon, bearing .lohn Weeks,
American consul, and Mr. Williams of
St. Louis In one of the forward coach
es. As the two hurried out tnrougn
the turnstiles they found the street
blocked by a considerable crowd, evi
dently Interested in something quite
apart from the arrival of the morning
train. But before they could learn the
cause out from the nearby building
come Ramon Alfarez. nccompnnied by
several policemen nnd n group of rail
road employees, among whom was
Kirk Anthony.
"There he Is!" wheezed tho consul,
clutching at his companion's arm.
"Get him now before his friends."
"You are arreat'l"
Willlnms thrust tho policemen and the
curious onlookers aside and. laying
hold of Anthony, cried In triumph:
"Well, Mr. Jefferson Locke, 1 want
you."
A little man In blue uniform was at
tempting to take the prisoner In charge,
but the detective disregarded him.
Runnels elbowed his way forward
with a question.
"Oh, I've gut a warrant for him,"
Williams declared. "What for? Well,
for one thing, be embezzled SSO.OOO,
and I'm going to take him back."
"Eh? W'ot Is this?" Alfaret bustled
Into the conversation. "Embezzle? He
Is theu a fief?"
"Exactly. If you're the Inspector I'll
ask you to make this arrest for me.
I believe we're ou foreign ground."
"1 regret you 'ave arrive so late."
smirked Alfarea. "The gentleman Is
already arrest' for the murder of Senor
Cortlan'. He will ort auswer to that
I assure you."
It waa during the lunch hour that
Ramon Alfarea railed at the tisravel
home, finding the hanker and hla
daughter atill loitering over their mid
day meal and discussing the topic that
bad electrified the whole citv.
"So tine a man," the father waa say
ing "lis was, Indovd, my good friend
It Is shocking."
"Yes, and to think he should bare
bn killed lu IhU cowardly maimer!"
"Killed! Is It U-ltVfd thai be was
fuurdrd? Careiiituil eupuem be
had '" oltiiavlf That was the --
tp su hour go."
"I'puu leafing the TUull l. lilgtil
Pviv'f I'oillun' Uliiv wiiii i uf bi.
friends at tne ueirtTm.
drinking. The waiters havs been ques
tioned; also one of the men who was
present has recounted to what oc
curred. It seems that for a long time
Senor Cortlan' has been Jealous of hi
wife Cortlan' openly accused his ene
m before all the others. It was mos
dramatic. It was terrible! There was
a scene of violence. The other man
mode threats."
Gjiravel breathed on Incredulous ex
clamation. t
"Ah. but wait! It was Senor Cortlan s
best friend, too. the man for whom he
had accomplished many favors, whom
be accused." He noted with mingled
anger and satisfaction the pallor that
was creeping Into the girl's cheeks.
You would never guesa. It was-1
hesitate, and yet you are bound to
learn, my dear friends-It waa this
Ant'ony."
"It Is a lie!" said the girl quietly.
-He loved no one but me."
"Gertrudis!" The banker was shock
ed bevond measure at what be consid
ered his daughter's Jealousy. "Thuse
ore not nice words."
"1 do not believe It"
Ramon had not counted npon such a
spirit, ond. his anger getting the better
of him. he sneered: "I should not have
spoken. I did not know you still care."
"She does not care," Garavel de
clared loudly.
"Ah. but I do. I love him very dear
ly." The two men were upon their feet In
an Instant, staring at her. the elder In
amozement. the younger with rage and
resentment blazing from his counte
nance. "Silence!" thundered the banker
"Yonder stands your affianced hus
band." "It is a mistake"- she persisted
gently.
"No. no. no! There Is no mistake,"
chattered Ramon. "Those other men
have told all. and your Ant'ony is now
tn the carcel under guard. It was 1
who saw to his arrest Nor Is that all
He Is not at all the man he pretended
to be. even his name Is false. This
gan to chatter threats of vengeance, to
which Kirk paid little heed. A tew mo
ments later they went out quietly, and
together they took the rock road down
toward the city, the one silent and
desperate, the other whining like a
hound nearing a scent
Edith Cortlundt did not retire Im
mediately upon her return from the
ball. Her anger at Anthony's behavior
kept her wakeful, and the night had
turned off so dead and humid that
sleep was lu any case a doubtful pos
sibility. She was still sitting in her room at
a late hour when she beard the outside
door close and Cortlandt's footsteps
mounting the stairs. She was glad be
had his own room and never entered
hers at such an hour, for even to talk
with him in her present state of mind
and body would have been more than
she could bear.
She was unreasonably, annoyed there
fore, when he came boldly Into her
chamber without even kuocking.
"Rather late for good night," she said
coldly.
"I've Just come from Anthony's sup
per party."
His voice made her look round sharp
ly. She saw that his linen, ordinarily
stiff and Immaculate, was sodden nnd
crumpled, bis collar limp, bis forehead
glistening with drops of moisture.
"Whnt alls you. Stephen?" she cried.
"Have you been drinking?"
"No. I didn't drink much. I brought
you something."
He took the loving cup from its
flannel bag and set it upon the table.
"They gave me this.
"And tiiis too." He tossed the watch
with Its enameled monogram into ber
lap.
"Ah! That's very handsome."
"Yes. I thought you'd like It. It's
from Anthony." He laughed, then
shuddered.
"Why, you seem excited over these
souvenirs. You surely expected"
He broke In-n thing be rarely did
while she was speaking:
"Anthony made a speech when he
gave It to tne a very nice speech, full
of friendship and love and gratitude."
He repeated Kirk's words as he re
membered tbem. "What do you think
of that?"
Mrs, Cortlandt's eyes widened. This
was not the man she knew. At this
moment he wus actually Insistent, al
most overbearing, and he was regard
ing her with that same ironical sneer
that had roused her anger earlier in the
evening.
He began to chuckle, apparently
without reason. His shoulders shook
feebly at first, then more violently.
His flat chest heaved, and he hiccough
ed as if from physical weakness. It
was alarming, and she rose, staring at
him affrightedly. He continued to
shudder nnd shake In uncontrollable
hysteria, but his eyes were bright and
watchful.
"Oh. l-I-took It all in-I let him
p put the noose around his own neck
and tie the knot Then I hung him."
Ills convulsive giggling was terrible,
forecasting, as It did. bis Immediate
breakdown.
"Stephen !" she exclaimed. In a
shocked tone, convinced that his mind
was going "You are III. You need a
doctor. 1 will call Joeocl." She laid
her hand on his arm. "Won't you go
to your room and let me call a doctor?"
"Not yet Walt! He told them what
I had done for blm. I acknowledged It
all and made them hear it from my
lips too. Then"- He paused, and she
steeled herself to witness another spec
tacle of bis pitiable loss of self control.
But Instead he grew Icy ami corpse
like with Up. drawn back In a grin.
Played wltb him the way ,0U bars
Played with me. Think."'
Her face went suddenly ashen.
"Well. I told blm before tbem all
that I Intended to giv. him something
lumurn. and I did I-,.,..",,,,!
"God! You didn't tell blm that?
fue snrank back, drawing tb.
Ob b."
gau.y .Ilk rul do .bout ber brW
I hen ..he roused to sudden action 8is.
s mm i.j me ehoulilers .he ,h4io.
hlu. ivu.-hly with f.r l0r, ,b, br
natural tr,..,4itB. robing fur,Ut WoM
hl.h lu ltlu-, of tbem uodereiood
I did If be declared
juur. now rfttl ,tu Uff fc '
lil uur Uer"
"He's yours now. You can havs him."
She flung him away from her so Th
iently that be nearly fell.
It's h lie! You know It's a He!"
"It's true. I'm no fool."
She beat her hands together distract
edly. "What hove you done? What
will those men think? Listen! You
must stop them quickly. Tell them It'a
not so."
He seemed not to hear ber. "I'm
going away tomorrow." be said, "but
I'll never divorce you, no matter what
you do, nnd I won't let you divorca
me either. No, no! Take blm now If
you waut blm. but you'll never be able
to marry him until I'm gone. And I
won't die soon I promise you that
I'm going to live."
"You can't go"
"There's a boat tomorrow."
"Don't you see you must stay and ex
plain to those men? My God! They'll
think you spoke the truth. They'll be
lieve what you said."
"Of 1 ourse they will," he chattered
shiillv. "That's why I did It in that
Wiiy. No matter what you or he o? I
con (1 1 or say now they'll believe It
forever. It came to me like a flash of
light, tind I saw what it meant all In
a minute. Do you understand what It
means, eh? Listen! No matter how
yon behave they'll know. They won't
say anything, but they'll know, and
you can't stand that, can you?"
"Yon have no evidence."
"No? What about that night at Ta
boga? You were mod over the fellow
then, but yon didn't think I saw. That
day I caught you together lii the Jun
glehave you forgotten that? Didn't
you think it strange that I should be
the one to discover yon? Oh, I pretend
ed to be blind, but I followed you ev
erywhere I could, and I kept my eyes
open."
"You saw nothing, for there was
nothing."
"1 waited because I wasn't strong
enough to revolt until tonight Oh.
but tonight I was strong! Something
gave Die courage."
CHAPTER XXIV.
A Question and the Answer.
N all their married life Edith
Cortlandt had never known
faeciiA Der nusimnd to show such
If r'l stubborn force. Pulling to
dominate him ns usual, she was filled
wltb n strange feeling of helplessness
ana terror.
"You had no right to accept such
evidence," she stormed.
"Boh! Why try to fool me? I have
your own words for it. The other aft
ernoon I came home sick with mv
head. I was on the gallery outside
wben you were pleading with him. and
I heard it all. But he was growing
tired of you. Thot. you know, makes
It nil the more effective." He smiled
in on agonized fury.
"You-cur!" she cried, with the fury
of one beating barehanded at a barred
door. "You had no right to do such a
thing even If I were guilty."
"Right Areu't you my wife?"
The look she crave him wus hour
with loathing. "That means nothing
witn us. 1 never loved you. and you
know It. You never could have suc
ceeded without me. All you have Is
due to me even your reputation In
the service. Your success, yeur Influ
ence. It Is all mine. The debt Is all
on your side, aa you and I and all the
world know."
"Who made me a manikin?" be de
manded, with womanish fury, a fury
that had been striving for utterance
these many years. bad ambitions
and hopes and ability once not much
perhaps, but enough before you mar
ried me. I woa uotblng great but 1
was getting along I had confidence,
too. but you took It away from me.
You-you absorbed roe. You had your
father's brain, and It was too big for
nie. It overshadowed mine. In a way
you were a vampire, for what I had
you drained me of. But tonight, when
be got up before those other men and
daugled my shame before my eyes, I
bad enough manhood left In me to
strike back. Thank God for that at
least! Maybe It's not too late yet for
me to be a man. Maybe If I get away
from you and try"- Hla voice died out
weakly. In bis face there was a mis
erable half gleam of hope.
"I never knew you felt like that 1
never knew you could feel that way,"
she said In a colorless voice. "But
you made a terrible mistake."
"Do you mean to say you don't lore
klmr
"No, I have loved bun for long
time. 1 can't remember wben It be
gan." She sK)ks very listlessly, look
ing past him as If st long fsmlllar
picture which she wss tired of con
templating. never knew wbst love
wss before; never even dreamed. I'd
give my life right now to undo what
you bate dune. jt for oU Mk fof
he le lnii,M,i,t ,, dl,., B(tN(r. Wf
im. He !, bo U.rsvel girl and
suts lo many b.r. I'm ln8 to t
lou the whole truth now wlihout sn.r
bg iuy.ir. 11 u,.. 1 thltik. st Ts
u... ib.i !,. b,a k fcUw4
'I H vbij Itn.s Ut sr did fli
filing. If trn.
' U II K
I Oram frlnki... . ' " m m
Impulse on his pnrt. r ' to?
"P. and all n n,. , " t won, J
he meant to me h . hn,f fei
that he cared ?or I
overheard you must know T"1'"
H Oornvel Into disnSZ
tout to break him. J JJ" N,
ne neetbKl me. Ton. 'k.
urn if
Id
n him.
, ueeuen nie Tni 1 lk
. - "'Ml. KtnevL
we oeuevea In oaths I Wo , T'-
"Y011 are shielding him
tit IrHl If as eeiM a.
' , "" ""t wrong
knew he knew.
Von
But
"Thme are the facts n
they are hod enough! hut th?."
nomenna ao bod ns y thnll'
I'm your wife. Stephen '.
you did was brutm. ThnJ ' 0
talk. I was gum, no Shi"? "
hoght. b, rm yollllRi J J h BJ
no rtirht to blight my jfe .J S
ntatlon-yes, and rouw-bys thu!!
that We will have to mS".11
What are you going to dor
1 nont Know." he said. ! .
fe I never felt but on- JlWl
- .ijiiiiianl
life
power, and that, it seems.
For years I have longed t'0 hoV?
- Hinu, hhu now-Wmit l '
done? Whnt have I done? 1 ' "
monster. Why couldn't you hT
slstent? Why did you B0 J00
Why couldn't "you be all K0S
bad and save me this?"
JAM women are hulf g004, Rnd
"I can't bin me you for not loving.
I suppose." he mumbled. "Nn 1
ttf jroor kind could love a
"Thos muni" ,h. i.
,llu ,n
mndo htm n,rltl. w" "HI
"Walt nntiU-thlnk. Imostthlnk.
"Perhaps In the mnmin, -. mt
lumen, ue nodded. "Yon Mi
bed and I'll think. I'm trvne tn .1
now. but this heat Is suffocatlni m.
and my head Is tired."
Despite the breothless oppression of
the night, she shivered. "I never nn
meet them now. and I don't see ho
you will dare to. knowing that joo
were wrong."
"Don't!" he pleaded. "The other wm
bad enough, but this- Tell mt whit '
to do!"
"I can't. I don't know myself, ad
I can see Is that those men will never
cease to believe, no matter what yon
tell them."
As she prepared for bed nn hoar later
she heard him still stirring abont Id
his quarters, but afterword she did
not detect his cautious footsteps when
he stole out of his chamber, closing thi
door softly behind him.
e ,
Kirk was roused from a heavj,
senseless slumber the next morning by
a vigorous rapping at his door. He
opened the door and Runnels rushed
In.
"Where did you go after I left yon
Inst night?"
"I came here, of course." As the
memory of the previous night swept
over Kirk he scowled.
"Did you stay 1iere?"
"No. I went out ngnln. and wosont
nearly all night trying to walk It off."
Runnels' face blnnched. and be drew
back.
"Then, of course, yon know?"
"What?"
"About Cortlandt He's dead!"
"Dead? When? Where? How did It
happen?"
"Nobody knows Just how. He wai
found on the sen wall near Alfarei'i
house, shot"
"Shot! Good Lord!"
"Did you see Cortlandt again after I
left you?" Runnels swallowed hard.
Kirk whirled nbout and faced him
"Great heavens! No! See here, tnat
Idea is ridiculous!"
Runnels sank weakly Into a chair
and mopped his face. "When yon
said you'd gone out again It knocked
me flat understand?"
"I can prove where I wns, for Allan
was wltb me. I couldn't sleep, so I
tried to walk off my excitement No.
no; I couldn't do a thing like that! I
thought last night that I could. nut-I
couldn't really."
"I'm afraid Wade will tell aH aboat
the party If we don't stop him."
"Then we'd better hunt blm op.
Kirk resumed bis dressing, while Run
nels consulted his watch.
"No. ft Is due.tn twenty minute
We'll probably find him at the offl
Together they hostened to the rail
road bulldlngv Runnels telling all 6
knew of the tragedy as they went
along. Cortlandt's body, it seemed , uaa
been found about daylight by a Bp
m . lid Iff
goty policeman, who had inenuuw
Becoming panic stricken at the imp
tance of bla discovery, he bad sonndea
the alarm, then reported directly to tne
liniian WQS ClOSO DT
The whole city was alive with the
news. The police were bussing u
bees. Rumors of sulcMe. mum..
bery. were about but no one seen0
"It was suicide." Kirk averred, wiu
..rrl. moil WAS lnSSn "
.... ..nnnta for What Sf
infill, nou vuni v. , w n
said about me. He's been sick ror
,
long uuie. .hjr
"If those boys will only keep 1
mouths abut." Runnels sain
ni .i-hat these BP1
mere ho kimi . mhMt
gotlea might do If they heard !
that row." H
. . ... a mortcan.
uoruanui woe , , j.
"But It happened In Tonnnia. ana
Although It was Sunday, the w
,k hri taken pt w
the entertainment on the night o
had gathered Id the office and 1 at
appearance of Runnels gre
1 u-i.b however. VW
eageriy. iow .ra!nt
maintained a disheartening const"
The acting supenuieuuc.
"If. . bad business." said Budj
"snd It's something I for one
want to be mixed up In. "
rumors already about some ri
auarrel at our party, so I ui
fellows hsve been talking. .
Wade acknowledged It rwU!'
"Yes, I'll answer for my part
- - nmlllUS or
not going 10 nun " 1
erecy either." Hi
Into the oftlce behind tbetn
, Alfar. a.,.t two I'siiamaB po""
men. one evidently suna"1- ,a
"Kh. there you sref" Alf'i
ce rang M sigui or in
reoll'
"What, rr .lBj,
"Geollrmen,