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CHAPTER XVI. Continued.
10
"I nm nil right. I'm resting, dcnr,
and thinking. Don't fret about mo.
When I feel able, I will come down
to you.
"As you will," lie assented, unspeak
ably relieved; and returned to the
kitchen.
Sunset Interrupted his thoughts
sunset and his wife. Sounds of
someone moving quietly round the
kitchen, a soft clash of dishes, tho
rattling of tho grate, drew hltu back
to the door.
She showed him a face of calm re
straint and Implacable resolve.
"Hugh" her voice had found a new,
sweet level of gentleness and strength
"I Just wanted to tell you how sorry
1 am. I've let you go without your
lunch."
"Well." ho admitted with a short
laugh. "I'm famished !"
She paused, regarding him with her
whimsical. Indulgent smile. "You
strange creature 1" she said softly.
"Are you angry with me Impatient
for this too facile descent from heroics
to the commonplace? IJe patient with
me. dear."
Hut. alarmed by his expression, her
words stumbled and ran out. She
stepped-back a pace, a little tlushod
and tremulous.
"Hugh! No, Hugh, no!"
"Don't be afraid of me." he said,
turning away. "I dou't meau to bother.
Only at tlnies "
"I know, dear; but It must not be."
"Shall you make a fire again to
night?" she asked, when they had con
cluded the meal.
"In three places," he said. "We'll
not stay" another day for want of let
ting people know we're here. I'll go
now. When you are ready ?" !
"I shan't be long," she said.
When It was quite dark, Whltaker
Drought a lantern to the door and
called her, and they went- forth to
gether.
As he had promised, he had built
up three towering pyres, widely apart.
When all three were in full roaring
name, their illumination was hot and
glowing over all the upland. It
seemed Impossible that the world
should not now become cognizant of
their distress.
At some distance to the north of
the greatest Sire that nearest the
farm-house they sat as on the prevl
ous night, looking out over the black
and unresponsive waters, communing
together In undertones..
In that hour they learned much of
one another; much that had seemed
strange and questionable assumed, in
the understanding of each, the com
pletion of the normal and right. Whlt
aker spoke at length and In much de
tail of his Willful .Missing years with
out seeking to excuse the wrong-mind
ed reasoning which had won him his
own consent to live under tho mask
of death. He told of the motives Unit
had prompted his return, of all that
had happened since In which she had
had no part with a slnglu reserva
tion. One thing he kept back; tho
lime ior that was not yet.
A listener In his turn, he heard the
history of the little girl of tho Com
mercial Houfce breaking her heart
against the hardness of life In what
at ilrst seemed utterly fimiu endeavor
to live by her own efforts, asking
nothing more of the man who had
given her his name.
He learned of the coming of Jinx,
his interest In her, tho Indefatigable
pains he hud expended coaching her
to bring out the latent ability his own
genius divined j of tho Initial perform
unco of "Joan Thursday" before a
meager and Indifferent audience, her
instant triumph and subsequent con
quest of the country in half u dozen
widely dissimilar roles; llnully of her
decision to leave the stage when Hho
married, for reasons comprehensible,
demanding neither exposition nor de
fence. "It doesn't matter any longer," she
commented, concluding: "i loved and
I hated It. It was deadly and It wuh
glorious. IJut it no longer mutters.
It lij finished; Sara Law Is no more."
"Vou mean never to go back to tho
Btage?"
"Never."
"And yet " ho mused craftily,
"Never 1" She fell blindly Into his
trap. "I promised myself long ago
that if ever I became u wife "
"Hut you are no wife." he countered
"Dear, you are cruel to mo!"
"I think It's you who would bo
cruel to yourself, dear heart."
"I think," she announced, "we'd bet
tor go In."
Sho rose without assistance, moved
away toward tho house, paused and
returned.
"Hugh." shu said gently, with
quaver In her voice that wounded his
conctlt In himself; for he was sure
It spelled laughter at his expense nml
well-merited "Hugh, you big milky
boy! get up this Instant and como
back to the house with me. 'ou know
I'm timid. Aren't you ashamed of
yourself?"
"I suppose so," ho grumbled, rising.
"I presume It's childish to want tho
moon and sulk when you tlnd you
can't have It."
"Or a star?"
He made no reply; but his very
silence wns eloquent. They entered
the, kitchen.
"Somethlng'll have to be done; If
they won't help us, we II have to help
ourselves."
"Hugh!" There was alarm In her
tone. He looked up quickly. "Hugh,
what are you thinking of?"
"Oh nothing. Hut I've got to think
of something."
She came nearer, Intuitively alarmed
and pleading. "Hugh, you wouldn't
leave me here nlone?"
"Don't be afraid," he said evasively,
"i ii no nere as always wnen you
wake up.
She disappeared; the light of her
lamp faded, nickering In the draught
of the hall, stencilled the wall with
Its evanescent caricature of the hoi
ustrade. and was no longer visible.
"Hugh!" her voice rang from tho
upper lloor.
He started violently out of deep ab
straction, and replied Inquiringly.
"You won't forget to lock the door?
He swore violently beneath his
breath ; controlled his temper and re
sponded pleasantly: "Certainly not."
Then he shut the outside door with
a convincing bang.
"If this be marriage ... I" Ho
smiled his twisted smile.
Leaving the kitchen light turned
low, he went to his own room and,
as on tho previous night, threw him
self upon the bed.wlthout undressing;
but this time with no thought of sleep.
Indeed, he had no expectation of clos
ing his eyes In slumber before tho
next night, nt the earliest; he had
no Intention other than to attempt to
swim to the nearest land.
An hour dragged out Its weary
length, and the half of another. He
rose, with Infinite precaution ugalnst
making any noise.
Slowly, on tiptoes, Whltaker. stolo
toward the door, out Into tho hall, took
a single step on toward the kitchen;
and then, piercing suddenly the abso
lute stillness within the house, a
board squealed like un animal be
neath his tread.
In an instant ho heard the thud
and patter of her footsteps above,
her loud, quickened breathing ns she
leaned over the balustrade, looking
down, and her cry of dismay: "Hugh!
Hugh !"
He halted, saying In an even volco:
"Yes, It is I." Sho had ul ways seen
him; there was no use trying to get
away without her knowledgo now; be
sides, he was no sneak-thlef to fly from
a cry. Ho burned with resentment,
Impatience and Indignation, but ho
waited stolidly enough while tho
woman flew down tho stairs to his
side.
"Hugh," sho demnnded, whito-faced
and trembling, "what Is tho matter?
Where are you going?"
Ho moved his shoulders uneasily,
forcing a short laugh. "I durcwy
you've guessed It. Undoubtedly you
have. Who why" IIo didn't finish
save by a gesture of resignation.
Ion mean you wore going going
to try to swim to tho mainland?"
"I mount to try it," ho confessed.
"I should lmvo known I" sho de
clared passionately. "I was asleep, but
I knew the Instant you stirred."
"It must bo done," ho muttered.
"I'loase "
'.'Hut It must not bo Gone J Hugh!"
ner volco ascended, "I I can't let
you. I won't let you I You . . . It'll
ho your death you'll drown. I shall
have let you go to your death "
"Oh, now, really " ho protested.
"But, Hugh, I know It I I feel it J
here." A hand strayed to rest, flut
luring, aiiovo her heart. "If I should
lot you go . . . oh, my dcnr one,
uon't, iion't go!"
.Mary," no began hoarsely, "I tell
you"
"You're only going. Hugh, hecnuso . .
necnuso l lovo you so I ... I urn
afraid to let you lovo mo . That's true
Isn't It? Hugh-It's truo?"
Ho tmunhtcd an almost Inuudlhl
avowal of his Intention.
"Hugh, you're killing mol It you
love mo "
IIo gave a gesture of despair nnd
inpituiutioii.
"I've dime my host. Mary. I meant
to do tho right thing. I "
"Hugh, you mean you won't go?
Joy rrom n surcharged heart rang v
brant In every syllable uttered In that
marvelous voice.
Hut now hu dared meet her eyes,
"xe.v ne sain, "i won't go" nodding
with an apologetic shadow of bis
twisted smile. "1 can't If . . .
distresses you."
"Oh, my dear, my dearl"
vtititUKcr started, staggered with
annuo, and the burden of IiIh wlfu In
his arms. Her own arms clipped htm
close. Her fragrant, toar-geiumed
face brushed his. Ho know at lust the
warmth of her sweet mouth, the dear
madness of that first caress.
Then through the magical hush of
that time when tho world stood still
the thin, clear vibrations of u distant
hall :
"Aho-oy "
In his embrace bis wife stlffonei
and lifted her head to listen like u
startled fawn.
"Listen I" He held up his hand.
This time It rang out more near and
most uumlstakable :
"Ahoy I Tho bouse, ahoyl"
With the frenzied leap of a madman
Whltaker flung out Into the dim, nil
very witchery of the night. Hu stood
staring, while the girl stole to hi
side and caught his arm. He passed
It round her, lifted the other baud
dumbly pointed toward the northern
beach. For tho moment ho could not
trust himself to speak.
In the sweep of the nnchorago n
small, white yacht hovered ghostlike.
On the beach Itself a small boat
was drawn up. A flguro In white
waited near It. Itlslng over the brow
of tho uplands moved two other fig
tires In white and one In darker cloth
lug. tho latter leading the way at
rapid pace. As they drew together,
tho leader of the landing party
checked his pace and called:
"Hello there! Who are you? Willi I'm
tho meaning of your fires 7"
.Mechanically vvhltakor s lips ut
tered the beginning of tho response
Shipwrecked signaling for belli"
"Whltaker!" tho voice of the other
interrupted with a jubilant shout,
Thank God we've found you I"
It wns Ember.
CHAPTER XVII.
Disappearance.
Seldom, perhaps, has a habitation
been so unceremoniously vacated ns
was tho solitary farmhouse on that
Isolated IslaniK Whltaker delayed
only long enough to place a bill, bor
rowed from Lmber, on tho kitchen
table. In payment for what provl
slons they had consumed, and to ex
tlngulsh the lamps and shut tho door.
Ten minutes later ho occupied a
chair beneath an awning on thu after
deck of tho yacht, and, with a blessed
cigar fuming in tho grip of, his teeth
stared back to where their rock of ref
uge was swiftly blending Into n small
dark blur upon thu face of thu waters,
"Ember," he demanded querulously,
"what the devil Is that place?"
"You didn't know?" Ember asked.
umused. "It Is No Man's Land."
'I'm strong for Its sponsors In bap
tism. And tho other?"
"Martha's Vineyard. That's flay
head tho hondluud with the light
house. Off to tho north of It, the
Wlzabeth Islands. If wo'ro lucky,
we'll bo at anchor off East Twenty
fourth street by nlno o'clock tomorrow
morning. Any kick coming?"
"Not for me. You might better cow
suit my wife," said Whltaker with an
embarrassed laugh. "Look hero: I've
told you how things wero with us, In
brief; but I'm hanged If you've dis
gorged a slnglo word of explanation
as to how you camo to let Drummond
slip through your fingers, to say noth
ing of how you managed to find us."
"Ho didn't slip through my fingers,"
Kinber retorted. "Ho launched a young
earthquake at my devoted head ami
disappeared before tho dust settled. 1
came to some time later with a gag
In my mouth, handcuffs on my wrlstH,
behind my back, and rope round my
legs. .Midnight tho following night,
tho owner happened along mid let me
loose.
"It was easy enough to flurmlno
Druinmond hud somo pal or other
working with him I was Hlungshot
tcd from behind, while Drummond was
walking ahead. And two men -had
worked In tho kidnaping of Mrs.
Whltaker. So I went sleuthing; traced
you ns far as Bug Harbor. Thcro I
lost you und thcro I borrowed thin
outfit from a friend, an old-tlmo client
of mine. Wo kept cruising, looking up
unlikely places. And, ut that, wo wero j
on thu point of throwing upthospongo
when I picked up a schooner that re
ported signal llros on No Man's Land,
. . . I think that clears everything
up."
"Yes." until Whltaker sleepily.
And so strong was his need of sleep
that It was not until ten o'clock thu
following morning, when the yacht lay
at her mooring In thu East liver, that
Kiubor succeeded in rousing him by
main strength and good-will.
ills wlfu had genu ashore nil hour
ago, after refusing to listen to n sag
gestlou that Whltaker hu disturbed
Thu notu Kinber handed him was brief,
but In Whltukor's sight eminently uilo-
quatu mid coinpeusutlng.
Drnrmt llovi I won't lot tliein will.
you, tint I mint ran nwny. U'n curly nml
I intuit do KDiitn nlioppltiK t'oforn prnplo
nro nimui. aiy lioimr hero la clonal; Mra
tftH-ri'iun in in annuo with tlio only key
imlilo from tliono nt (Irent Wwt Hay; unit
Un ponlllvo frlitlit la a rout nail iltlrt
tMirrowrd from Urn Mowuritoxn. I tlun't
want ovon you to no mo until I'm dwent
1- ilrcrnoil, I uliull put up at tli Waldorf
como tlioro toulKlil. nml wo will dlno to
gather. Kvery ntior ut my bulnc low
you. ma it T.
Whltaker took a seronu and shining
face to thu breakfast In thu saloon,
under thu eyes of Kinber. Toward
noon they parted ashore, each taking
a tuxlcab to his lodgings. Thu under
standing was that they wore to dlnu
together nil three, Whltaker prowl
lug for his wife upon thu morrow.
TO 1113 CONTINUHD.)
COMBINATION SURE TO WIN
With Idea and Industry Ninety Men
Out of Every Hundred Will
Achlevo Success,
Somu self-conceited philosopher hns
said that genius Is nothing but an In
tlultu capacity for untiring application.
It would seem that this attempt to du-
tine genius would apply inoru approprl
ately to talent. It Is also an obvious
fact that many people, thoughtful oth
erwlso, usu language loosely. Wo
would think thu remark quoted above
a case In point, observes thu Lou An
geles Times.
Theru Is no doubt that talent, to
make Itself effective, requires untiring
effort and unlimited application. Cilv
en talent and application, success Is
sum to follow In any man's career,
Many of us are very much Inclined to
find fault with society and lay all our
failure to succeed at Its door. Society
Is not a concrete fact. It Is simply an
abstraction Invented to represent hu
inanity In the aggregate. Nature has
been very niggardly In her gifts to
many of us, and where this Is so no
amount of effort, no matter how con
tluuoiisly It Is applied can lend to largo
success.
Those who find fault with society an
thu causu of their failure are wroag.
Olven a fair amount of talent that l,
brains and untiring application, and
success will bo achluvetl, iiluety-nlno
times out ul every hundred. This may
no proven ny reference to any walk In
liro to winch human beings apply them
solves to reach success.
Deadly Mysterious Disease.
The China Mall reports that a mys
terious disease which paralyzes the
stomach and ascends to the heart.
causing syncope, has overtaken a gang
of Knowloon dock Chinese hands who
have been engaged In salving tho S. S.
Wlsley, which ran aground oft
Saigon a couplu of mouths ago.
Tho work was delayed through the
dread epidemic, which has taken hold
of tho workers. Tho Illuo Funnel S.
S. Telamiichus brought up from Capo
llarllla a few survivors who wero at
once convoyed to n hospital where
their condition has been watched with
much concern by the medical frater
nity. So far tho disease has not been
llagnosed. Thu captain of thu Illuo
'unnel boat said when ho called at
Cape llarllla ho was Informed that
virulent disease had broken out
among tho Chinese salvage crew and
seven of them hud died. Fifty-eight
wore taken on hoard and hurried with
all dispatch to Hong-Kong. '
Realize the Good You Desire.
Ho who knows tho spirit of law la
not forced to stand powerless in mi.
gulsh of heart before wasting sick
ness. Strive with all tho power within
you (and It Is great If yon but recog
nize It) to break' down tho walls of
belief that any evil can domliiiitn vnn.
Cast out tho error that stands be
tween you and the greatest good vnn
desire. Ah surely as the sunlight of
day melts Into tho purple twilight nt
evening, so surely do you strike sturdy,
determined mows against tho prison
walls of delusion and falsu belief. Nnf
a pain but will vanish when tho wlso
tonguo gives It tho lie. Not u misfor
tune but Will give DhlCO to lumen nml
joy when tho wlso tonguo speaks truth
concerning It. Unity.
American nice Production Pelt
Alinnt 2.000.000 natives nt HU, III ttn
eiiL'UL'ed III thu cultivation nt t-i
hut tho largo Increase In tho produc
(Ion of American rlco Is linvinf ihn.
effect of reducing tho Slum crop.
Eliminating Possibilities.
"What's tho pipe of puaco, Jimmy?"
"Well, from tho way nn and mm
light ubout it, It ain't the stove pipe,"
COMB SAGE TEA IN
IRT
U'b (irnnrimotlicr'H Kcclnc
keen her Locks Dark,
(Jlo.HHy, Hcuiitlful.
to
Tho old-tlmo mlxturu of Sage Ten
nnd Sulphur tor darkening gray,
ntrenkud and faded hnlr Is grand
mother's recipe, nnd folks are again
lining It to keep their hair n good,
oven color, which In qulto nonnlblo, nn
wo nro living In nu ago when n youth
ful nppenrnucu In ot tho greatest nd
vnutnge. Nowndnyn, though, wo don't lmvo
tho troublesome task of gathering thu
sago and thu mutiny mixing nt bonis.
All drug storon null tho roady-toiiMO
product, Improved by tho addition of
other Ingredients, called "WyoUi'n
Sago and Sulphur Compound" for
about CO cunts a botUu. It I very
populnr because nobody cnu (Uncover
It has boon nppllud. Simply molnton
your comb or a nnft brunh with It nnd
draw thin through your Imlr, taking
one nmnll strand nt n time; by morn
ing the grny hnlr dlanppenrn, but what
delights tho lnillun with Wyoth'n Hugo
nnd Sulphur Compound, In Hint, bo
Bldoi) beautifully darkening the hnlr
ntter n few applications, It nlno pro
duccn Hint soft luntro nnd nppenrnuco
of nbundnnco which la no nttrnotlvo.
Thin rendy-to-UHO preparation In n de
lightful tollot requlnlte for thane who
ilcnlru a moro youthful npponrnnco. it
In not Intended for tho cure, mitigation
or prevention of dlncnno. Adv.
Tha Dlihop'n Parable,
lllnhop Paul Jonon ot Utah wnn unk-
cd by n commltteu tho other day to
support n rather extreme Sunday ordi
nance. "(lontleinen," nnld tho Illation, "tho
wife of ono of my inliilnturn saw heir
llttlo hoy Inst Sunday morning chasing
thu heun nil over tho fnrmynrd with n
club.
"'I'll lonrn you,' ho wnn nhoutlng,
'I'll lonrn you to lny oggs on tho Sab
bath!'"
Pimply Raihy Skint
Quickly soothed and healed by Cull
cura often when all else folln. Tho
Soap to cleanse und purify, the Oint
ment to sootho nnd henl. For frco
Humpies address, "Cutlcura, Dept. X,
Iloston." At druggists and by mall.
Soap 15, Ointment M and CO. Adv.
Dutiful to the Last.
"Daughter, did you glvo back Unit
young man everything ho gavo you,
as 1 told you?"
"ion. pa, I did exactly as you told
mo even bin klimen." Exc'liango.
Early Tralnlno.
"When thu bank wnn struggling In
tho teeth of tho flunnclnl storm, that
financier advocated their filling with
gold."
"Ho must lmvo ntnrtud life us n
dentist," Kxchtmgo,
Dr. I'lerco's Pellets aro bent for liver.
bowels and stomach. One llttlo Pellet
for n laxative three for a cathartic.
Her Class.
'A woman onco camo ntcallng si
lently Into my life "
"I know. It wbh tho girl you want
to mnrry."
"Not much. It was a femalo pick
pocket." Kxchango.
Source of Pleasure.
"Wiggins entertains a good opinion
of himself."
'No," ropllod Miss Cayenne: "bin
good opinion of himself ontortnlna Mr.
Illlgglus." UxchniiKO.
THIS WOMAN .
AVED FROM
AN OPERATION
By taking LydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, Ono
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unveil mo rrom an
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nuyenoujjli in pralsu
of It. I suffered from
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my uido hurt mo ho
I could hardly bo up
from tny bed, nnd I
wiisunnblotodomy
houuuwork. I had
thu bent doc ton) In
KauClairoand they
wanted mo to lmvo
nu operation, but
Lvdln K. I'lnkhatn'a
VeRotablo Compound cured mo bo J did
not need tho operation, and J am tolling
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displacements, buckneho. nervousness,
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and for special udvlco writo Lvdln E.
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