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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1910 6 The Lure of the Mask By HAROLD MACGRATH CeprrUbl. IM. by Ik Baska- Merrill Ce. (CONT1NUED1FROM LAST WEEK) CHAPTER XIII. HAHT NAPOLEONS. MEIUtlllLW sighed with per fect couteut. Tt pretty wo wail sitting opooslte nulled at tilin tenderly, and be smiled back abstractedly, as a man sometime will wlieu bis mlud trlea to rather lu comprehensively a thought aud a picture wblcb are totally differ ent Before blui In Meat little lustrous stacks stood 7.UK) francs lu sold, 350 effigies of "Napoleon tbe Little" 7,000 francs, fl.40U, more tbau half tbe sum of bin letter of credit! lie counted off ten coins aud placed tbe in on tbe second dozen. Tbe ball rolled Into No. 23. He leaned back again wttb a second sigh, and tbe pret ty woman smiled a second smile, and tbe wooden rake p untied tbe beautiful gold over to him. He was playing a system, one bet In every three turns " of tbe wheel In stakes of HO and $80. To be sure, be lost uow and then, but tbe next play be doubled and retrieved. Oh, tbe American Comic Opera com pany should be well taken care of Two more bets and then be would pocket his wtnuInK and go. He laid 40 francs on No. 20 and 400 on black, leaned upon bis elbows and studied the pretty woman, who smiled. If she spoke English be scribbled tbe ques tion on a scrap of paper aud pushed It across tbe table, blushing a little as be did so. She read It, or at least she tried to read It, and shook her head with tbs air of one deeply puzzled. Be sighed again, reflecting that there might have been a pleasant adventure bad he only understood French. Twenty-six, black and even! Merribew slid back his chair and rose. He swept np the gold by the handful and poured It Into bis pockets, casually and unconcernedly, as If this was an everyday affair and of minor Importance. But as a matter of fact bis besrt was beating fast, and there was a wild desire In bis throat to yell with delight. Eighteen hundred dol lars, 0,000 francs! A merry music they made In bis pockets Jingle, Jingle, Jingle! And then be ssw Hillard com ing across tbe ball. Instantly be forced the Joy from bis face end eye and dropped bta cbln In his collar. He became In that moment the picture ef desolation. "Is It all overr asked HUIard gravely- "All over!" monotonously. "Come over to the cafe, then. I've something Important to tell you." "Found them?" with rouBlng interest. "I shall toll you only when we get out of this pluce. Come." HUIard put out a friendly hand. "I am sorry, boy. I wanted you to win something. Cheer up!' We'll shake the dust of this place In tbe morning." "Ob, fr a vacant lot and a good old w hooper-tip! Feel!" cried Merribew, touching bis side pockets. "What la Itr asked HUIard. "Whit la It? It is 450 napoleons r "What?" sharply, even doubtfully. "That's what! Eighteen hundred dollars! My system will have no funeral tonight." He caught Hillard by tbe sleeve and fairly ran blm over to the cafe. "Nearly two thousand!" murmured Hillard. "Well, of all the luck!" "It does seem too good to be true. I say. what's the matter with your cravat r Hillard looked down at the flutter ing end and reknotted it carelessly. "I ssw Kitty tonight" be said. To Merribew It seemed that all tbe clatter about him bad died away sud denly. He breathed deeply. "Where is she?" "I'll explain what baa happened." Merrlhew llxtened eagerly. "And why did you bother about tbe Italian?" be Interrupted. "Why didn't you bold on to Kitty?" "1 confess It wss stupid of me, but the gentleman with tbe scar was an unknown quantity. Besides, why should Kitty nin away from me of all persons? And why, when I spoke to them lu the casino, did they Ignore me completely?" "It's your confounded prima donna. She's at the bottom of all this, take NURSERY STOCK For bis. well matured apple treea, etandtns from i to T feet In row. Nawtona and Bplta. call or writ S. W. HLPPNER Two af Ilea Wat of Town Taft Transfer Co. Draying. .. Wood Yard HAY, HOUR and PEED For Sals Ofllce Fhoaa S Reaidenee Mt-M "AdvrrtlHliiK Itrlnira aiicceaV If whnt you advertise bonre out your advertisement. my word for It Something's desper ately wrong. Persons do not wear masks and hide lu this manner Just for a lark. W by didn't you knock blm down?" "I wanted to, but it wasu't the psy etiological moment. You can't knock man down when be practically sot renders." "You're too particular. But what's the matter with Kitty? I dou't under stand. To see you was to know that I waa round somewhere. Bbe ran away from me as well as from you. What aball we do?" "Start the bunt again or give it up entirely. There are some villages be tweeu here and Nice. It must be in that direction. They were about to board tbe car for Nice. If you hadn't been gambling, if you bad been sensl ble and stayed with me" "Come, uow, that won't wash. Too know very well that you urged me to piy.- "You would have played without any urging." "And who U this Italian anyhow?" asked Merrlhew. "And why did be run after your prima donna?" "That is precisely what I wish to find out," auswered Hillard. "I'm afraid that Kitty has fallen among a bad lot. I'll wager It is He tvejtt up the gold by the handful. some anarchist business. They are always plotting tbe assassination of kings over here, and tbla mysterious womsn is Just the sort to rope in a confiding girl like Kitty. One thing. If I come across our friend with the csr" "You will wisely cross to tbe oppo site side of tbe street. To And out what this tangle Is it is not necessary to Jump head first Into it." "A bad lot." "That may be, but no anarchists, my boy." HUIard was a bit sore at heart. That phrase recurred and recurred: "A lady? Grace of Mary, that ia droll!" The shadow of disillusion crept into his bright dresm and clouded it to build so beautiful a castle and to see It tumble at word! Tbe Italian bad spoken with a contempt based on more than suspicion. 'Kitty doesn't wish to meet us," Merribew bitterly observed. So we'll light out for Venice in the morning. I'm not going to be made fool of for tbe best woman alive." Iu the meantime the lamps In the casino bad been extinguished. In the harbor the yachts stood out white and spectral. Tbe tram for Nice shrieked down tbe incline toward tbe promon tory. At tbe foot of tbe road which winds up to tbe palacea tbe car waa signaled, and two women boarded. Both were veiled. They maintained singular silence. At Vlllefrancbe they got out. Tbe women stopped before tbe gates of a villa and rang tbe por ter's bell. Ouce in the room above, tbe alienee between tbe two women came to an end. 'Safe! I am so tired. What a night!" tbe elder of tbe two women sighed. "What a night truly! I ahould like to know wbat It has all been about, To run through dark streets and alleys, to bide for hours, aa if I were a thief or a fugitive from Justice, is neither to my tsste nor to my liking." "Kitty," she began sadly, "in thla world no one trusts as wholly. We must know why. Loyalty must have reasons; chivalry must have facts. You have vowed your love and loyalty a hundred times, and still when a great crista confronts me you question, you grow angry, you complain, because my reasons are unknown to you. It was blind terror which made me run. I counted not tbe consequences. I shall tell you why I am lonely, why the world, bright to you, Is dark. I am proud, but I shall bend my pride." With a quick movement she lifted her head high, and her eyes burned Into Kitty's very heart. "I am" "Stop! No, no! I forbid you!" Kit ty put her bands over her ears. She might gain the secret, but she knew that she would lose tbe heart of the woman It concerned. "I am wrong, wrong. I have promised to follow you loyally, without question. I will keep that promise. I am only angry be cause you would not let me apeak to Mr. Hillard. He la very handsome," Kitty added thoughtfully, "ne Is It ron g too." 'Strong and cruel as a tiger. How I bate blm! But thsnk you, Kitty; thank you. Sooner or later, if we stay together, I must tell you. Tbe confi dence will do me good." Kitty ap proached, and Ij Slgnorlna drew ber close. "I have wrought harm to no one. But ou my aide they will tell you that I have been terribly wronged. .nd all I wlnh Is to be left alone, sMue. It was cruel of me to forbid you to speak to Mr. Hillard. But I wish blm to recollect me pleasantly, as a whimsical being who came Into bis life one night aud vanished out of it In two hours." "But supposing tbe memory cuts deeply," ventured Kitty. "Men fall lu love with less excuse thsn this." "Nonsense!" La Slgnorlna opened the window to air the room. She lin gered, musing. "You are very good to me. Kitty." "I can't help being good to you, you strange, lovely woman, for your sake aa well aa for mine. Now I am going to write a letter." La Slgnorlna still lingered by tbe window. Merrlhew waa pocketing currency In exchange for bis gold when HUIard passed an open letter to htm: My Daar Mr. Hillard Do not soak us. It will be uaelea If Mr. Merrlhew is with you. tall him that some day I wUl explain away the mystery. But this pleaae make plain to him If he insists upon searching tor ma he will only double my unhappineaa. KITTT KILLIGREW. Merrlhew soberly tucked tbe letter away. "I knew it," be said simply. "She is In some trouble or other, eorae tangle, and fears to drag us into it Who left a letter here this morning?" be asked of the concierge. "A small boy from Vlllefrancbe." "Just my luck," aald Merribew. "I aald that it would be of no use to bunt in the smaller towns. Well, we had better take tbe luggage back to tbe rooms. I am going to Title- francbe." "You will be wasting time. After wbat happened last night I am certain they will be gone. Let ua respect their plans, bard as It may seem to you." "But your "Oh, don't bother about me. I nave relegated my little romance to the gar ret of no account things, at least for tbe present" said Hillard, with an enigmatical smile. "Make up your mind we have only twenty minutes." "Oh, divine afflatus! And you lay down the chase so readily as tbla?" Merrlhew was scornfully Indignant 'I would travel the breadth of the continent were I sure of meeting thla woman. But she baa become a wlll-o'-the-wlsp, and I am too old and like comfort too well to pursue Impossibil ities." 'But why did she leave you that mask?" demanded Merrlhew. "She must have meant something by that." True, but for tbe life of me I can't figure out what" "But I don't like the Idea of leaving Kitty this way without a final effort to rescue ber from the clutches of thla fascinating adventuress." 'I admit nothing, my boy, aave that the keenness of the chase is gone. Aa for Kitty, she's a worldly little woman and can take good care of herself. Her letter abould be sufficient." "But It isn't A woman's 'don't of ten means 'do.' If Kitty really expects me to search for ber and I do not she will never believe in me again." "Perhaps your knowledge of women Is more extensive than mine," said Hillard. But tbls flattery did not appeal to Merribew. "Bosh! There's something you haven't told me about that makes you so Indifferent." This was a shrewd guess, but HU Iard bad his reasons for not letting his friend see bow close be bad shot. "A lady? Grace of Mary, that Is droll!" He could not cast this out of his Bugs dl Ban GlovaunI and the Bio dl Bau Polo. Out Into tbe Grand canal again. As they swept uuder the last bridge before coming out into the hotel district HU Iard espied a beggar leaning over tbe para(et. Tbe moonlight shone full In bis face. "Stop!" cried Hillard to Achilla. The beggar took to his heels, and wheu HUIard stepped out of the gon dola the beggsr had disappeared. "Who was itr asked Merrlhew In differently. "Glovsnul!" TO BE CONTINUED Oregon ShotLine amd Union Pacific TIHE TABLE Effective Sunday, Sept. 12, trains will arrive and depart at Hood River, Oregon, on the following schedule: WEST BOUND No. 6. Oregon Waahincton Limited 6:50 A. U. No. . Portland Expraaa (M " Na. i. Soo-Spoluuw-Portland 6:45 " No. 11. Pacific Expraaa .... J20 P. M. No. 7. Portland Spatial M5 " Train Na 11 makaa all atopa, betwean Hood River and Portland. Train Na 6 will atop only at Wrath. Caaeadc Locks. Bonneville. Bridal Veil, Trootdale. Pair view. Columbia Beach. Latourelie and Corbet ta. Trains Na 8. No. 6 and Na 7 will make no itopa between Hood River and Portland. EAST BOUND Na 12. Atlantic Expraaa. 10:25 A. M. Na 8. Chicago Special 1146 " Na 6. Oree-on A Washing-ton Limited 8:35 P. M. Na 4. Soo-Spokane-Portland 9:00 " Na 10. Salt Lake Expraaa 1026 " Na 12 atopa at all atationa eaet of Hood River. Na 10 atopa at Moaier. The Dal lea. Celilo, Dee chute. Rufua, Arlington. Umatilla, Hermiaton, Stanfield. Echo and other way atationa. Na ( and No. 1 atop only at The Dai lea. Umatil la. Pendleton, Gibbon. LaGrande and Baker City. Na 8 will only handle paaaensera for Nampa, Idaho, and point eaat thereof. Paaaena-era for local potnta aaat of Hood River must take train Na 12 or train Na 10 to points at which they atop. J. H. FREDRICY, Agent. W. J. BAKER Real Estate Loans Insurance APPLE AND STRAWBERRY LAND A SPECIALTY Correspondence Solicited Duffy & Zimmerman fresh Bread, pies and Cahco daily ?ancy and Wedding Carta Mlad a to Order Model Bakery Succeaaora to T. H. Williams A. W. ONTHANK NOTARY PUBLIC Dealer in CITY PROPERTY Legal Papers carefully drawn. Money loaned on First Mortgages Fire Insurance in best Companies. Surety Bonds of all kinds. Stenography and Typewriting. Business promptly attended to. 306 Oak Street Hood River I L. B. STEVENS & CO. 2 Ulllard espied a beggar leaning over the larapct. thought. He floated between this phrase and Mrs. Sandford's frank de fense of ber girlhood friend. Time flies," be warned. "Which Is It to ber "We'll go on to Venice. It would be folly for me to continue tbe hunt alone." At 7 that eveulng they stepped out of tbe ststlon In Venice tbe blue twilight of Venice that curves down from tbe hollow hvarena, softening a bit of ugliness here, accentuating a bit of loveliness there. Here Merrlhew found one of his dreams come trus, and his first vision of tbe Grand canal, with lis gondolas and bargee and queer tittle bobtalled skiffs, was never to leave blm. Hillard hunted for bis old gondolier, but could not find him. 80 be chose one Acbllle, No. 154. With their trunks, which they bsd picked op at Genoa, and small luggage In the hotel barge they bad the gondola all to themselves. 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