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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1929. PAGE THREE IK ILllMRAfED 5Y IRWK&DRVEM WHAT HAPPENED BEPOXEl Palmero In the scene. There an exile, Leonardo di MarionI, hag come (or love of Adrienne Cartucclo, who spurns him. He meets an Englishman. Lord St. Mau rice, who (alls In love with Adrienne on sight. Leonardo sees his sister Mar gharita, who tells him his love (or Ad rienne Is hopeless. But he pleads with her to arrange an accidental meeting, to say (arewell, between Adrienne and him. She consents. That night the English man is Informed of an attempt being made to carry off Signorina Cartucclo and Margharita, who are walking, by brigands employed by a rejected suitor, on a lonely road. He rushes to the scene, and proves able to rescue the ladles. MOW 00 ON WITH THE BTOBY The two ladies looked at their preserver standing in the middle of the road (air and straight and tall, like a Greek god, but with a terri ble fury blazing In his dark blue eyes. "You are not hurt, I trust?" he aBked, his breath coming quickly, for he was In a towering passion. He was not speaking to the darker of the two girls at all; in fact, he was unconscious of her presence. He was standing by Adrienne Car tucclo's side, watching the faint color steal again into her cheeks, and the terror dying out of her eyes, to be replaced by a far softer light. Her black lace wrap, which she had been wearing in Spanish fashion, had fallen a little back from her head, and the moonlight was gleaming upon her ruddy gold en hair, all wavy and disarranged, throwing into soft relief the outline of her slim, girlish figure, her heav ing bosom, and the exquisite trans parency of her complexion. She stood there like an offended young queen, passionately wrathful with the men who had dared to lay their coarse hands upon her, yet feeling all a woman's gratitude to their perserver. Her eyes were flashing like stars, and her brows were bent, but as she looked Into his face her expression softened. Of the two sensations gratitude was the strong er. "You are not hurt?" he repeated. "I am sorry that I did not get here sooner, before that fellow touched you." She held out her hand to him with a little Impetuous movement "Thanks to you. No, Signor," she said, her eyes suddenly filling with tears. "Oh, how grateful we are, are we not, Margharita?" "Indeed, indeed we are. The Sig nor had saved us from a terrible danger." "It is nothing. The fellows were arrant cowards. But what was the carriage doing here?" He pointed along the road. Al ready the clumsy vehicle had be come a black speck In the distance, swaying heavily from side to side from the pace at which it was being driven, and almost enveloped in a cloud of dust Adrienne shook her head. Mar gharlta had turned away, with her face burled in her hands. "I cannot Imagine. Perhaps they were brigands, and Intended to carry us off for a ransom." The Englishman shrugged his shoulders. "Odd sort of bandits," he remark ed. "Why, they hadn't the pluck of a chicken between them, especially this one." He touched the prostrate figure with his foot, and the two girls shuddered. "He is is not dead, Is he?" Mar gharita asked. "Not he. I shouldn't say that he was very badly hurt either," the Englishman declared, bending down and listening to his breathing. "More frightened than anything. He'll get up and be off directly we leave. You will let me see you home?" he continued, speaking to Adrienne. She looked up at him with a gleam of humor In her wet eyes. "You don't imagine that we should let you go and leave us here?" she said. "Come, Marghar ita." The Englishman looked at the other girl, almost for the first time, as she came up and joined them, her face was troubled. There was he face was troubled. There was very little relief or thankfulness for her escape In her expression. The Englishman was no physiognomist, but he was a little puzzled. "There Is no danger now, Sig norina." he said reassuringly. "To morrow I will go to the police, and I dare say that we shall get to the bottom of the whole affair. She shuddered, but made no re ply, walking on by their side, but a little distance apart. As for the Englishman, he was In paradise. To all intents and purposes, he was alone with Adrienne Cartucclo, lis tening to her low voice, and every now and then stealing a glance downward into those wonderful eyes, Just then very soft and sweet That walk through the scented darkness, with the far-off murmur of the sea always in their ears, was like the dawning of a new era in his life. It was she who talked most, and he who listened. Yet he was very happy; and when they reached her villa, and he left them at the door, she gave him a white flower which ho had found courage to Deg tor, "May I call upon you tomorrow?" he asked, trembling (or tne answer. "If you should like to, yes," she answered readily. "Come early If you have nothing to do, and we will irlve vou afternoon tea a rAngiaise, By the bye," she added, a little Bhy ly, "is there, not something which vou have forgotten r- He divined her meaning at once, "Of course, I ought to have told vou mv name! he exclaimed nastl ly. "How stupid of me. It is St Maurice Lord St. Maurice." "Lord St. Maurice! Then are you not the fortunate possessor of that delightful little yacht in the har bor?" Yes, if you mean the Pandora, she's mine. Do you like sailing? Will you come for a sail?" he asked eagerly. "We'll talk about It to-morrow," she laughed, holding out her hand. Good-night' He let her hand go. If he held it a moment longer, and a little more firmly that was absolutely neces sary, was he much to blame? 'Good-night," he said. Good night, Signorina," he added, bowing to Margharita. I shall come to morrow afternoon." Then he turned away, and walked with long swinging strides back to the hotel. "MARGHARITA ! 1 She had found her way into a lonely corner of the villa grounds, and, with her head resting upon her hands, she was gazing across the blue sunlit waters of the bay. Be low, hidden by the thickly-growing shrubs, was the white, dusty road, and the voice which disturbed her thoughts seemed to come from it She pushed the white flowering rhododendrons on one side, and peered through. "Leonardo! she exclaimed. "Le onardo !" "Are you alone?" he asked. "Yes. Adrienne is in the house, I believe." "Then I am coming in." She looked troubled but she could not send him away. He clambered over the low paling, and, pushing back the boughs of the shrubs which grew between them, made his way up the bank to her side. Have you been away? she ask ed. Yes, I have been home. Home," he repeated bitterly. "I have wan dered through the woods, and I have climbed the hills where we spent our childhood. I have looked upon the old scenes, and my heart is broken." Her eyes filled with tears. For a moment her thoughts, too, went back to the days when they had been children together, and he had been her hero brother. How time had changed them both, and how far apart they had drifted. They could never be the same again. She knew It quite well. There had grown up a great barrier between them. She could not even pretend to sympathize with him, although her heart was still full of pity. "Leonardo, I am sorry," she whis pered. "How is It, I wonder, that all through life you seem to have set your heart upon things which are Impossible." "It Is fate:" "Fate! But you are a man, and man should control fate." "Have I not tried?" he answered bitterly. "Tell me, do I so easily relinquish by great desire? Why am I here? Because I have said to myself that I will not be denied Adrienne shall be mine!" She looked at him steadily. "We have not met Leonardo, since the night after the concert Do you know that we had an ad venture on the way home?" "Tell me about It," he answered, looking away. "Is there any need, Leonardo?" A faint tinge of color stole Into his olive cheeks. "You guessed then," he said. "Tell me, does she know? Has she any idea?" "None." "She does not suspect me at all?" "No; she thinks that it was an ordinary attack by robbers, and that the carriage was to take us a little way into the interior, so that they might hold us and demand ransom. It was her own Idea; said nothing. I feel as though were deceiving her, but I cannot tell her. She would never look up your face again, Leonardo." You must not tell her," he mut tered. "Swear that you will not!' She shook her head. "There is no need. I am not an xious to denounce my own brother as a would-be aDcmctor. Margharita, I was desperate," he cried passionately. "And that cursed Englishman, he has become my evil genius. It was a miserable chance that enabled him to become your preserver." "It was a very fortunate one for you, Leonardo. What do you mean? he cried sharply. "Tell me, has he been here?" "Yes." He seemed to calm himself with a great effort He was on the thresh old of what he had come to know, He must keep cool, or she would tell htm nothing. Margharita," he said slowly, 1 the time is fast coming when I shall have no more favors to ask you Will you remember-that you are my sister, and grant me a great one now?" If I can, Leonardo." "It Is good. I shall not ask you anything Impossible or unreason able. Tell me the truth about Ad rienne and this Englishman. Tell me how you have spent your days since this affair, and how often he has been here. Then tell me what you yourself think. Tell me wheth er she cares lor him; and he lor her. Let me hear the whole truth, so that I may know how to act" Leonardo, she whispered, "re member our watchword, 'Endur ance.' I will tell you everything. Lord St Maurice came on the day after our adventure. He stayed till evening, and we walked with him on the Marina. The next day we went yachting with him. Yester day and today he has spent nearly the whole of his time here. I be lieve that he is in love with Ad rienne, and as for her, if she does not love him already, I believe that she soon will. You have asked for the truth, my brother, and it is best that you should have It Forgive me for the pain it must cause you." The Englishman sat quite still, holding in his hand a long, curious ly-shaped' dagger, which the first gleam of moonlight had shown him lying at his feet He was no coward, but he gave a little shudder as he examined the thing, and felt of its bluelsh steel edge with his finger. It was by no means a toy weapon; it had been fashioned and meant for use. What use? Somehow he felt that ne naa escaped a very great danger, as he put the thing thoughtfully into his pocket, and leaned back in his chair. The shrill voices and clatter of glasses around him sounded cu riously unreal in his ears. By degrees he came to himself, and leaning forward took a match from the little marble table, and re lit his cigar. Then, for the first time, he noticed with a start that the chair opposite to him was occupied, too, by a figure which was perfectly familiar. It was a Sicilian who sat there, quietly smoking a long cig- rette, and with his face shaded by the open palm of his hand. Lord St Maurice made no sign of recognition. On the contrary, he turned his head away, preferring PHONE or leave orders at Phelps Grocery Co. Home Phone 1102 HEPPNER TRANS FER COMPANY not to be seen. His nerves were al ready highly strung, and there seemed to him to be something om inous In this second meeting with the Sicilian. If he could have been sure of being able to do so unno ticed, he would have got up and gone into the hotel. "Good-evening, Signor!" Lord St Maurice turned and looked Into the white- corpse-like face of the Sicilian. It told its own story. There was trouble to COMING TO The Dalles & Pendleton MEUEffl SPECIALIST in Internal Medicine for the past fifteen years DOES NOT OPERATE Will be In The Dalles on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 12 and 13 at The Dalles Hotel, and In Pendleton on Thursday, Febru ary 14 at the Dorion Hotel. Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.. ONE DAY IN PENDLETON AND TWO DAYS ONLY IN THE DALLES. No Charge for Consultation come. The Sicilian leaned over the ta ble. There were gray rims under his eyes, and even his lips had lost their color. "A week ago, Signor," he remark ed, "we occupied these same seats here." 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