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A gripping story having to do
with the most vital forces that
affect the human being; a thrill
ing narrative of the combat of
an American against the worm
eaten aristocracy of the old
world- as such may the novel
"Half a Chance" bo briefly do
teribed. The brilliantly drawn
characters, typical of London,
Tangc from Jocclyn Wray, the
beautiful young debutante, sought
and worshiped by a score of
noblemen, to Tom Rogers, the
brutish filcher, highwayman and
debased magsman. A feature of
ike story is the influence that
can be exerted on her associ
ates of low and high degree by
" the sweetness, simplicity and
parity of a little girl. She was
confident that there was some
thing good in a man, no matter
how low he might have sunk. She
9Bt oat to prove it. The manner
ef her endeavor and the events
associated with it go to make the
mtory one of rare fascination.
And the vivid pen picture of the
struggle of a great human spirit
to emerge from the abyssmal
depths of wrong living and deg
radation will long be imprinted
an the memory of the reader.
CHAPTER L
UR. gillett's ciiaboe.
mwY all means, m'deah, let's go
ft down between docks and
Jl bare a look at them."
t "Of course. If you wish,
lr Charles, although Do you think
we shall be edlflcd. Mr. Glllettr '
That depends, m'lady" and tho
speaker, a man with official manners
and ferreMlko eyes, shifted from ono
loot to another "on what degreo or
particular, class of criminal your lady
nip would be Interested in. If In the
ordinary category of skittle sharper or
thlmblerigger," with a suspicion of
xdld scorn, "then I do not Imagine
jour ladyship would And much attrac
, Hon In tho present cargo. But, on the
ether hand," in a livelier tone, "If your
ladyship bas any curiosity or shall wo
Bay a psychological bent? regarding
the real out and outer the excursion
should bo to your liking, for," rubbing
Ms hands, "a properer lot of cut
throats and bad magsmen it has never
been my privilege to escort across the
equator, and this is my sixth trip to
.Australia."
"How interesting how very inter
sting!" Tho lady's voice floated lan
guidly. "Sir Charles is quite right.
"We must really go down. At any rate,
It will bo a chungo after having been
shut up so long in that terrible state
room." -One moment, m'lady. There's a lit
tle formality that must be observed
first. No ono allowed on tho prison
rs' deck without tho captain's permis
sion. There ho Is now."
"Then bo good enough to beckon to
him," said the liidy.
But this Mr. Glllott, agent of tho po
lice, discreetly declined to do. Captain
3iucphersou was a man not to bo beck,
oned to by any one, much less by him.
"Sir Charles and lady and Sir
Charles' party have expressed, Cap
tain Mucpherson, the desire to obtain
permission to visit tbo prisoners'
deck." said Glllott.
Captain Mncpuerson looked toward
Kir Charles uud his lady, the other
passengers lounging around them, u
little girl at the rail, her hair blown
windward, a splash of gold against the
"blue sky. "What for?" bald tho skip
per brusquely.
"To have a look at the convicts, 1
Buppose."
"What good'll that do them?" growl
ed tho commander. "Idle curiosity
that'H what I call it Well, go along
snd keep them away from the bars.
The weather has uae improved tbo
tempers of n few of the rapscallions,
snd they'd like naught better than a
chance for their claws."
Thanks for tho permission, and,"
s Uttlo stiltly, "tho admonition, which
latter," turning away, "a man wfcose
lifelong profession has been dealing
with convicts Is most likely to stand
Ja need of and heed."
"Mny I go too?"
Tho child with tho golden hair de
slstt'd in her occupation of watching
tho tlylng flsh and other real winged
creatures and, leaving the rail, walked
toward tho group that was about to
follow tyr. Glllett. Sho was a very
beautiful girl of ten or cloven, slim,
dejlcutely fashioned, of a definite proud
type.
"Mny I go, too. aunt?" she repeated.
Why, of course," interposed a blase,
cynical appearing young man who bad
Jtwf emerged from tho cabin. "Don't
know where, she wants o go or w.hat
HALF A
CHANCE
By Frederic S. Isham,
Author of 'The Strollers," "Under the
Rose," "The Lady of the
Mount," Etc.
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1909, BY TIIE
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BODBS-MERRILL
1 cue wtimn 10 go. iTOt OOHt say
sne
;cau't; really you mustn't, now."
"Well, since you insist on spoiling
1 n 1 n u I f V a n 1 1 ill n t .
Ho twisted iTbloml mustache which
adorned a handsome face
hiiniUnm fnoo. Hint bore
many marks of what Is called experi
ence of the yorld. "Couldn't do that!
Besides, Jocclyn nnd 1 are great
chums, don't you know. We're going
to be married some day when she
grows up."
"Are we?" said the child. "Tho man
I marry must be very big and strong
and must not have light hair."
Lord ltousdalc laughed tolerantly.
"Plenty of time for you to chango
your mind, don't you know. Mean
while I'll not despair. Knlnt heart,
and so on. But," turning to Sir
Charles, "where la It sho wants to
go?"
"To see the convicts."
"Convicts? Ah!" He spoke rather
more quickly than usual, with accent
sharper.
"You didn't know who your neigh
bors were going to bo when you decid
ed so suddenly to accompany us?"
"Ho." His voice had a metallic
sound.
Sir Charles addressed Mr. Glllett.
"Tell us something more definite nbout
your charges whom wo arc going to
Inspect. Meant to have found out ear
lier In the voyage, but been so Jolly
seasick, what with one gale after an
other, I for one until now haven't much
cared whether we had Claude Duval
and Dick Turpln themselves for neigh
bors or whether we all went straight
to Davy Jones locker together. A bad
let, you have already Informed us, but
how bad?"
"Well, we haven't exactly M. Duval
or Mr. Turpln In the pen. but we've
one or two others almost as celebrat
ed In their way. There's Billy Burke,
as desperate a cracksman as tho coun
try can produce, with." complacently,
"a record second to nono in bis class.
He" And Mr. Glllett. with consid
erable zest entered into the details of
Mr. Burke's eventful and rapacious
career. "Then there's the 'Frisco Pet.'
or the 'Pride or Golden Gate,' n3 some
of the sporting papers call him."
"The Frisco Pet!" Lord Ronsdale
started; bis color slightly changed; his
lashes drooped over bis cold eyes. "He
is on board this vessel?"
"Yea. You remember him. my lord,
I dare say?"
"In common with many others."
shortly.
"Why." asked Jocelyn. "did they call
him such a funny name-tbo Frisco
Pet?"
"Because he's a Yankee bruiser.
prizefighter, or was before the drink
got him." explained Mr. Glllett. "Some
ono brought him to London, found out
nbout his 'talents' and put him in
training. He was a low, Ignorant
sailor could scarcely write his own
name but be bad biceps and a thick
head. Didn't know wben be was
whipped. I can see biro yet ns ho
used to look, with bis giant shoulders
and his swagger, as he stepped Into
the ring. There was no nonsense
about hlra or bis flst could break a
board with that. And bow tho shouts
used to go up! The pet!' 'a quid on
tho pet!' 'ten bob on the stars and
stripes!' meaning tbo costume ho I
wore. Oh. no was a favorite in cam-
deu Tewn: But one night tie failed
them met Bonio friends from tho fore-
castlo of a Ynnkco trader that had
dropped down tho Thames went Into
the ring with a stagger added to tho
swapger. Well, they took him out un
conscious. Never was a man worso
punished. Ho never got back to the
feawdust. and tho sporting gentlemen
lost tt bright nnd shining light."
"Broke his heart. I suppose." observ
ed Sir Charles
Tho police agent proceeded. "After !
that it was a case of the rum and tho
toss pots, and when ho was three
sheets in tbo wind look out for squalls
He got put lit quad, broko out and
overpowered and nearly killed two
guards. Took to various means of live
lihood until they got him again. Trou
ble in prison and transferred to tho
solitary, with a little punishment
thrown in for a reminder When he
got out of limbo again bo lived in bad
company In one of the tunnels near
tbe Adelphl. Hard place for tho po
lico to rout n cove from. lie made it
quite Interesting for tho police quite
interesting. Bo much so ho attracted
me, and 1 concluded to take a hand."
Mr, Glllett paused. Obviously In bis
caso egotism allied to enthusiasm
made his duties a pleasure. lie seem
ed now briefly commending himself
In his own mind. "Up to this time,"
he resumed, "our friend the ox-pugll-1st
had never actually killed any one,
but soon after 1 engaged myself to
look after him word was brought to
tho department that a poor woman
bad Jeen murdered, a cheap music
hall dancer. She bad seen better days,
however."
Lord Ronsdale. who had been look-
nig nwny, ynwtiwl. ns if muling tno
police agent "wordy." thou strolled to
tho mil.
"Suspicion pointed strongly In his
llrootlon. nnd we got him after n
Btniciile. It was n hard tight, with
out n referee, and maybe wo used liltu
ti Uttlo rough, but we had to. Then
Dandy Joe was brought in. Joo's n
plain, mean little gambler and raco
track follower with courage not big
enough for broad operations. But ho
had n wide knowledge of what wo
term the thieves' catacombs, and. well,
he peached on the big fellow-gave
testimony that was of great service
to the prosecution. The case seemed
clear enough. Thcro was somo sort of
contrary evidence put In, but It didn't
amount to anything. His record was
ni-nttit him. nnd he cot n heavy sen
tence, with death ns the ponolty if he j
ever sets foot In England again." j
Sir Charles assisted his Indy from i
her chair. "Coming. Uonsdnle."
"Relievo I won't go down." drawled
tho nobleman at the rail. "Air better
up here." he explained.
Sir Charles laughed, got together tho
other members of his party, nnd nil
I followed Mr. Glllett to a narrow com-
pnnlonway. There a strong I door
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key from his pocket, tlie police agent
thrust it into a great pniuocK, gnvo it
a turn nnd swung back tho barrier.
Before them stretched a long aisle, at
each end of which stood n soldier with
a musket. On one side wero tho cells,
small, heavily barred.
Mr. Glllett peered Into tho cells at
his charges with n keen, bright gazo
tint had In It something of tho ani
mal tnmcr's test for his part.
"Well, how are we all today?" ho ob
served in his most animated manner i
to the guard. "All doing well?"
"No. 0 complained of being ill, but
I say it's only tbo dumps. No. 14 has
been garrulous,"
"Garrulous, eh? Not a little flighty?"
The guard nodded. Mr. Glllett whis
pered a few Instructions nnd asked a
number of other questious. Mennwhllo I
tho child had paused before one of the
cells and, fascinated, was gazing with- (
in. What was it that held her the
pity of the spectacle, the terror of It?
Her blue eyes continued to rest on ,
the convict, a young fellow of no more j
than one-nnd-twenty of magnificent j
proportions, but with face sodden and
brutish. For his part ho looked at her
open mouthed, with an expression of
stupid surprise at tbo sight of the fig
ure so daintily and slenderly fashion
ed, at the tangles of bright golden hair
that seemed to have imprisoned somo
of tho sunshlno from above.
"Well. I'm bio wed t" he muttered
hoarsely. "Where'd you come from?
Looks like ono o them bally Christ
mas dolls bad dropped offen somo
counter In Fleet street and got In here
by mistake!"
A mist sprang to tbo bluo eyes. She
held her white, pretty lingers tight
against ber breast. "It must be ter
rible here." sho said faltcrlngly.
The convict laughed harshly. "Hell!"
be said laconically.
The child trembled. "I'm sorry," she
managed to say.
The fierce dark eyes stared at her.
"What for?'
"Because you bavo to stay here."
"Well. I'm" But this time bo ap
parently found no ndequato adjective.
"If this ain't the rummtest Christmas
doll!"
She put out her band. "Hero's some
thing for you. poor man," sho said as
steadily as she could. "It's my King
George gold piece, date 1702. and be
longed to my father, who wore it on
his watch chain nnd who Is dead. Per
haps they'll let you buy something
with it."
He looked at tbe band. "If she ain't
stlckln' out ber duke to me tight
through the burs! Blamed If she ain't!
Looks like a Illy a bally white Illy."
he reneated wondcrlnclv. "ono of them
kind we wonst run acrost when the I
cap turned up adrift on an Island Jest i
to waller In green grass!"
"Don't you want It?" said tho child.
Ho extended a great, course hand
hesitatingly, as If half minded to and
half minded not to touch tbo white
finger tips
"You uln't afraid?"
The golden heud shook ever so slight
ly. Again the big band went toward
tlio small otic then tiuddenly dropped,
-Right this way. tn'Iord tn'ladyj"
The face of the convict abruptly chang-
ed. Fury, hatred, a blind instinct to
! kill, were unmistakably revealed in his
countenance tin he beard the bland
' voice of the police agent From the I
i child's hand the gold disk fell and
rolled under tho wooden slab that
served as a couch in tbo cell.
1 "Good heavens!" .Mr. Glllett seized
tho girl's arm and abruptly drew her
" MMy lcor Uttlo lady." ho said
"really you don't know tho danger you
tun. And near that cell of all of them!"
"That cell'" observed Sir Charles.
"Then that Is"
"Tho convict 1 was telling you about
tho 'Pet of Frisco,' tho 'I'rldo of
Golden Gate." "
(To Be Continued.)
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