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By Meredl
Copyright', Charles Scribners
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SYNOPSIS
Archibald Bemiett, wealthy bach
lor, travels constantly in the t tcre
of his health. Ke meets Isabel Pe
ry. who recommends n iife oi critu
adventure, romance and exeitoote
as a cure for his nerves. Art he gti
to Bailey Harbor to investigate
summer house for his sister,
heavy . tot 01 forces iiitn to spend ti
flight th??ro. )>uno$ the night he
awakened by footsteps, an-; In ;
encounter with the intruder; wt
seer? Archie's figure reflected in ti
mirror hod shoots. Archie tires
return, wounding: the Intruder,. v.:
makes his escape. Archie piar/5 ?tigi
to evade publicity. He sta cr country
on tool nikht.
A: cl.vA:: he i- &sopp< d on < n
country road by "The Gi^&fiidv
niastci-mir.d i:r:mma: wh. rr. sra&i
Him for a fellow-criminai. Aichi
fleeing, i.- at raid to teU the tr :;fall?
in with "The Governor./*
whisked across country h> a. stolf
<*ar See? story in newspaperkilling
at Bailey Harbor ar.<i. trig?
erVed. he decides'fc?? say nothing b
stick with his .-irarav- : ' a:
aw a: L develupmen ts.
An Unexp?cled Meeting
"No Mr? ' 'bngdo.-i has register*
here wH'hih a week. Fni sure. Wi
you leave any message':"'
Archie paused by the desk, starii
open mouthed at the young w> :.m
who was asking for Mr?. C* ngdo:
If he was Si . i pdssessM of his ronsa
the girl was Isabel Ferry. She gian
ed carelessly in his direction as li
clerk, addressing him as Mr. Cowl
asked if there was anythh'.g :
wanted. Archie promptly raised
hat. only to he met with u reluctat
nod and a took of dii.-plea.-ure wit
connotation.- of alarm. ?'> w:
walkii g t"v.;ini the door as : ipue
anxious to escap frnrr. him;.
A taxi drew up and Isabc: :
pod into it, but Archie. risl;
a no the*.- snub before a' >\y
her to slip away ignorant ol -.he va
change t;iat had been wrouur:
him -im< ihotf lust nwrt:^
Wiuskitigtur., Jumpe ,-side .
"This is unpardonable!" " e:
plunin'tl angrily. "May ! a.rk j'i
what, you are do Sir hri ur.uer :
assumed name?"
"Ueu'ily'" he xviaime.i.
peffect'iy jolly that we've iaet
this way? You know." he a,We
"you tuirf oie to threw a brick
the world and I've been Colitw-ii
your advice."
Moving (iramativ.eti himself a- a
pealing before her. a splendid hero
figure, this- rm option was alt bat tl
last straw to his spirit He: frbw
ing silence moved him to furtls
frantic efforts; to impress he; yvt
the fact that he was a dare-dov:
wicked person -the man she won
have him he.
Vou were asking for -Mrs. i'oi.
Jon. We!., i certainly Ceroid
you a story if you would uive n
lime. If i had known Mrs. Con;
Jon was a friend 'f yours I join
have acted tifierontly. very Jiffe
ently, indeed."
"I think," she. said, sweeping hi
with a look Of scorn, "that you''
been following me or were put he
to watch :oe ' ou went t fcuih
Harbor 10 Ic'ok at a cottage, aid."
you? Putney Cor.gdoi was the.
wasr.'t hi1'.","
'Th.at'r. tl'.r acre-am >>r it. y<
knowl" Atrr.it- rvieti. "I dor.': k.:..
Jul' the til0 oi mo whether it \<r
Putiwj' Conxion I sfcot at. the Cor.
don house or Hoky, ;'r.o burglar. A;
it's t!i deheionsly funny that 'yt
should be '.otiki-.nr :';>r Sir.-, t'.osard.
win. may . r widow : . y a1, i know
"A widow!" abt'i. with her hai
clutching :lw d-w. swung upon hi
with epnsteer.atio:: and Ira went
depicted in hat face!
"Ob, that's the wystery jott
present, whether poor old Put.-my
dead or not ' .No areac loss, I iTOfifet:
But where "... you suppftit H
Cbhgdoii went :.> niiie her cltildr!
from the brute'.""
"That's exactly what 1 suspected
she exclaimed, furiously. "W,-. .
waiting here to find shut out Hi
can you play the spy tor ilitit" V<
talk about ?hoothig a man! VVh
you haven't the moral courage
kilt :? flea! The kindest interpret
tion i can put upon your actions is
assume that you are hopelessly mad
They had reached the station; si
jumped out and snatched her ha
He tossed a hill to the driver ai
dashed across the platform, after h
only to see her vanish into the vest
bule of a Boston train just as
was drawing out.
He walked to the water fror
firmly resolved to drpv.n himself, b
his courage failing, he yielded hi:
self luxuriously to melancholy r
flections.
Congdor v r.s a name of evil otue
Wbat business could Isabel ha
with Mrs. Congdon? Why tiiou
she think him capable of spying up<
her movements? Why was she
Vortsmoutfc when she had told hi
she was leaving immediately- for h
girls' camp in Michigan?
He had been wholly stupid ai
tactless in pouncing upon her wi
what he realized under the caimii
influence of the brisk air, must ha
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. truck her a> the vaporing.s of a
c- dangerous lunatic. He had never
^ x been clever; he smarted now under
r- the revelation that all things cone
sf?iered lit* was an immitigable ass.
?jj He weiit back to the hotel, hitter
' ~ but fortified by a resolution that
y nothing should check him now in hisj
slesperate career. He had quarreled!
if. with the inspiration of his new life.
tu hut in the end Isabel should have
; .? reason to know hew unjust she had
y- been. After all. it was something to
'%ri have seen her. perplexed, anxious j
though she had been. He would!
bear his martyrdom manfully, keep-dig
che humiliating interview care-!
fuliy fn in the Governor.
/* Isabel was still the most woniere
ful girl he had ever met:
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CHAPTER V
:v The next morning the Governor
ji! announced Cc-rnford a- their
' ; topping point, a town, ho e.\-,
J'-j plained, whose history 'hruat far,
l *; buck into Colonial times. When the.v .
seated in the parlov car he
j brew a small volume front his pock'
i. Arr hie saw thai it was realiy a!
,*d j volume uf the Horatian odes. The
ill Governor was utterly beyond him
| and he stared moodly at the flying
Lg j landscape.
ir: , i nr.- v u;"J; i.ocu Cllii px?/v*-U lo ue uj
ti. ; atmint old tavern. and after a leis-j
ely luncheon they took their cbf |
c- tec in a pleasant garden or one sidcj
. the house,
v.! Tva> men came into the garden'
! and seated themselves at a table on j
isi the other side of a screen of shrub-1
:? j bcty. They ordered coffee and one:
: i: f the hi remarked in a low tone: '
"You oughtn't ti) have carried that
;h I ca. ii up here. The old man is a fool j
he '.vuu'iin't have suggested suchj
p. a thing-."
to i The Governor nodded to Archie-'
keep on talking, while ne played,?
. e role of em
h- "Well, he wrote that ho was <. m ;
. . here to -pond a week ami said \
i wanted the ->tack 1 could hvihgi
v- the currency here ami emse the
si transaction- The Goiigdoro are oil
lot of cranks. you know. This old
cursw??dg?-i . carrivw a small fortune
't 'arouud ail the time, ami never ae?
::i j coats a check in any transaction."
d, Let'- stroll about a little," said
;i* , the Governor. He. led the way .,
through thi garden to the sneet,!
and bade Archie proceed dowly to j
P-j the postoftiee while he walked to
ie vvard the main entrance of the inn.
When ho joined Archie, he in-j
fr ( Turned him that the two gentlemen !
^ socio Seebrook and Waiters. and
jhI f.hoy had. rooms on the floor below!
ik j them. I
'*- "You don't think they've got any
considerable sum of money with J
ff-[ i heel, do you?" Archie asked breath-1
I1' | iessil . |
"That remains to be seen." |
When they reached the green
hi i which the town's growth had left
r-t to fine -idt .he -:u down on a bench
ami directed at tent ton t? a ehurch
ni whose history he read impressively
"c t'rou; the hookre
'"Anil in the cellar of that simple
edifice where the eariy colonists
'1 used t.. iu-.ic from predatory In-',
e. jir.r.sv is hidden fitly thousand do'-}
lavs. It must be saved from <!--j
iu -tiiiCTlon. Vve can't fail Learv." j
They iour.d halt a dozen visitors'!
as roaeiinfr through the church. and ]
-- while Archie eourtooa-iy answered j
id'a 'juestinr, asked hioi by a stout
>u ; :ad.v. the Governor disappeared . |
Wher he reappeared he called out'
in a chtk.'iy vo'c*: "If you want to!
3di ? the cellar, don'', tumble down the!
:? steps us 1 did. an abominable J
!v hoie " !
Ho brushed the tir.se irom his [
jf.i knees and mopped nis face until the!
is voices front below receded.
"All safe 13ft sound. .Stuck it
rs.; o'rt through a back window into a
eii: Sllnc bush, and we'll pick it up at
cui leisure. It's a very decent siiit!"j
Sse and you can fia?:d it to a bail!
ej hot) and bid him fly with it to your)
,;? ! room. You wore a little 'hart of
>c? j liner am! mane a few" purchases?the
v.) thing explains itself."
ti>| When they reached the hotel,
a- Archie, following the Governor's into
struction, gave the suitcase to a heli
hop, and shortly after, they l'ollow!ie
od the suitcase upstairs, where the
<j. Governor unlocked it with an impleld
nient that looked like a nut pick,
er Archie picked up several bundles of
ti- the bills and turned them over, reit
fleeting that to his other crimes he
had now added the receipt and conit,
ceaiment of stolen money,
ut "Dinner in an hour, Archie." ren
marked the Governor. "Meanwhile,
e- f wish you would look in at Barclay
& Bedding's garage, just around the
n. corner, and ask if a car has been left
re there for Mr. Reginald H. Skulsbury.
,U1 You needn't be afraid of getting
XT* ninpllp/) ftif m 'ickieo
in quired by purchase. 1 air. merely
m borrowing it from Abe Collins, alias
er Slippery Abe. We'll leave here like
honest men, with the landlord bowad
ing us away from the door."
th When he returned the Governor
ag was dressing and manifested no survej
prise that the car awaited his pleast
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"Yes. of course." he remarked
absently. '"You can always rely on
Abe. It's time for you to dress, and
we must look our prettiest- 1 caught
a glimpse of Mr. Seebrook's daughter
a bit ago. It may be necessary!
for you to cultivate her a trifle." J
When Archie reached the parlors!
half an hour later he found the
Go\emoi engaged in lively conversation
with a gentleman he introduced
immediately a.- Mr. Seobrook.
"And Mr. V/alters, Mr. Coly. and
"Mr. Sauisbury and Mr. Oomly*
daughter. Miss Seebfookv*
Seebrook ar.d Walters were undoubtedly
eh joying the Governor,
proof ci which was, immediately
forthcoming v?ht*r. Sethrook suggested
that chey should all dine together
.
"You do us much honor," said the
Governor. "Mr Oomly ami I snail be
pifta'sed. I'm sureA
CHAPTER V!
Dinner over. th??y cdiitiuued tbcir
calk over coffee served in the garden.
When the music began. Seehrook
liiiri Walters r-'ear!eu a bridge j
gagement a: : iht Governor announced
that lie must Jo ok up an old
friend who lived in Corn ford;
"I shall be back shortly," tic said
as they separated in. the of fica*.
Archie and Miss Seebrook joined
znpnny that wive i
already ciancaig. After several i
dances Miss Stebrdok thought it j
would be fine *. lake a breath of;
air. and gatht r - - df het loak they'
went into the garden for an ice.
Miss Seebrook -a a.- speaking of j
music, and reciting the list oi operas;
she loved best when Archie".- gaze
v> as caught and held by a shadow chit j
netted along an :ron Tire escape that
zigzagged down front the fourth to i
the first story of :he iong rambling!
inn.
"You .-own very dreamy," she re-1
marked. "I xnov hou that is for .1
in!! dream for hours and hour.-."
"Ye.-; reverie; just floating on
l i'jtids. 01: and on. * Arc-hie replied,
though the -r.udov. moving on and
on along the side "of the inn was
trpublmg him ho:, a iittie.
Ho had surmised that the Goyer-i
nor's declared purpose to tiaH oh an
old friend vyas merely to cover his
svith li iwal the port} . hut that. |
. could a.- mediiafed n predatory |
eJtcui>ioti through the inn Had not
entered -into Artr.ie'.- speculations ?s|
his friend's Thv e was!
n< mi-taking the fKr.ue that had
nipyfed s\vift)> . ... the Uttio i?ni?.om
at the third :U>?r. He paused;
i moment and then v;?mslie . into an
open window. Tire hud |
said that ^e@jiok party had teems;
iu.-t under their own; but-They
'danced again. ami In the !
handolappmg that followed the first
?! <??ber ho turned to find the Hover- f
nor, calm, iifc mark* of ins
escapade upon hint.
At midnight Seelgfook ami V.ai:er
came in irons their card game, j
a: ii a 1 it'1 a tew men-ant word.-. fncj
unrty Vwfc* "Pla
An hie'- li: the Governor!
hummed t>r.i; ot hi: favorite- ballads;
as he .-lipped bt his coat and i
picked a speck from :ti.- .-nowy waist-J
coat. "It evident," he jerumkedi
go.odhumprediy. -that yuu are por-j
-.urbfd. anxious'. and have slight
-vmptoms of paralysis a {tans. Pray
la- seated ana I wiil .in tv.y best to
rcstoi e your peace oi mind.*"
Hut Archie was not. to he thwarted
in his purpose to ioarn ju-t tvhoi
the .Governor meant by endangering
their security so recklessly. He siauv-j
mod the tfar.sbm tight ar-.ri drew,
down the shades.
"'You neediessh exposed yourself I
<? obse; vauoi: by sneaking down the!
lire escape this hotel?i know
that!'
"My iie?- ;.. i was mereiy truth!
erlntr a few oiosSc.ms of the crimson I
rambler from Hie ancient walls of I
:.'r:e inn Voii may have noted that j
i wore a spray v.f buds in my iape! j
when [ joined yon in the ball room, j
Nov =eat yourself on the- bed ami!
I'll tell you the whole story When j
1 left" you 5 i&si&ged into the drug):
store an t bought a stick of simyihgi
soap. Then i bought few cigars in!
a tobacconist's ii; each place I con-)
versed with the rlerk, thus laying!
ample ground for an alibi. Hurrying I
hack to the inn. I > voided observa-j
t'on by entering by the side dooi.J
skipped opto out rooms-?and there!
you are: 1 exchanged our new bunk
notes for sixty well-worn one-thou-!
rand-dollar gold certificates riegoti- j
able in-"ail! parte of the republic. That
n ear..- a net gain of ten thousand
dollars to bed Leary."
' My God!" moaned Archie. '"You
don't think you car. get away with
this!"
VI think," returned the Govemot
imperturbably. "that we must and]
will get away* with it." His em-i
phasis on the plural pronoun caused
Archie to cringe.
"You're getting me in pretty
deep." mumbled Archie dejectedly.
'How about those blood stains on
the sidewalk at Bailey Harbor?"
asked the Governor in his blandest
tones. 'When you speak of getting
in deep you forget that someone besides
Holty was shot back younder.
You came to me red-handed from a
deed of violence, and I took von in
and became your protector, asking!
no questions-. It's the basest ingrati- j
tude for you to whimper over a small
larceny when you have .added assault
or murder to the liabilities of our
partnership: But don't forget for a
moment that we're, pals and pledged
to see each other through."
EKV THURiPAl-BOOST. .V.
The reference to 'he [wood ?|
reported by the Bailey Harbor pc
throw Archie back instantly upon
Governor's mercy. Complicity in
robbery' of Seebrook was not)
compared with the haunting tear
the man he had shot ir. the Cons
house had died from the wound,
able to determine this question
was floundering in a veritable se;
crime. The Governor was and:
ing with provoking indifference
his companion's perturbation.
"tdeep, lad. sleep! You may
sure that nothing will harm us
night, and I have faitb that n
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sly. He was --'unci asleep before
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