Hearts OS*E VANCE One Episode Eack We a wt i ■ ftta Mai tTpso this OM be loosed tbs Tight. -rgs of Us wrath without rath 1 Kaoo •tigered him In silence. Hb raaet galHng recrimination edaoed so retort from tkfa os*. Is s Ian Is Trtoe'e Undo. Jmdttb those to Interject: "Don't be so herd an tfc# ell]/ tod: she's not respond bis; she's nlrk with love tor thst good look In* ■impiston!" “And row!” Ross turned os her pssslnaately—“what sbont you? If I lose Alan Law. at lesst I loss him openly, t am not ashamed to oars It— and 1 ikm't Parana him. ns you do, pro tending 1 mean to saerlHoa Urn to g Wicked family food, and then spars him estry time I mast Urn. to lead him to belies* I hasen't the heart to Injure him—as you do, hoping no to work upon bis sympathies sad earn • kindly word and a pat on ths head from his hand!’ Fiercely she lesoled a denunciatory arm at hoc abler. "There!" eh* cried to her father—Tf yon need to know— there aland* tbs daughter who has betrayed your faith—ua I base sot. who has# nteer oran pretended to appros* your slUolny!'* T think." Trine announced tn a sotco of lee—T base learned sow what 1 needed to know.** Hit angers (ought the row of bib ton*; asd whan n sersmat responded, be Inqnlrod: “Mr. Uarrophat baa returned T" "Us b In the waiting room. *lr.“ "Conduct Mian Judith to him aad t*Q him I hold him personally respon sible for bar aafe-kaeplng. Ha will understand." And lor a long time thareaftar tb* father, alone with the daughter who bad been estrang'd from him since birth by asary Instinct of bar nature, assayed In rain to break down bar mntinowe silane*. At last Trine summoned loro Of kb creataiss and had her led weeptng boas the rooms to b* held prisoner In bsr bedchamber on the topmost flosr of ths bouse. CHAPTER XXIII. A Sporting Offer. 8mm two hour* Uur, that aa—a eeeatag, Mr. Alaa Law, wary stock aUva and. la spite of a complete new oatllt of ready-made clothing, looking moch more Ilka himself than he bad la a. fortnight, laauad forth from tho Grand Central atatloo, hailed a taxi cab. aad had blamalf conveyed to tea Hotel Monolith. mwl ‘^aaaadnt *** prope* a®°* that hla with was otharwlaa: lor attar learning from tha room-dark of tea Monolith that a suite waa betas bald la tba name of Arthur lAwrecoe. teat waa tho oam* Mr. Law I ascii bed oa tha register Oo the othar band, It waa bla true name that ha save to tea peraoa whom ha called upon tea telephone Immedi ately after betas abowa to hla rooms. But than ha ares speaking to hla aid friend aad man of business. Mr. IXsby. Within another ten minutes tele last waa lo conference with bla employer: T think you must be out of your brad." ha Instated nerroualy, once their Aral greetings were oear. "You might Joet aa sensibly throw yourself from the top of tho Metropolitan tower aa come to Now York while Trine Urea aad kaowa you're tela aide tha water." "NoaarnaaI* Alaa laughed. "Remam ber this la New York—not the back woods of Maine!" Alaa paused and smote bis palm with a remorseful flat. "By tea Eter nal. I’m forgetting Hamm!" "Barca* ?" "Chap whose boat 1 chartered fa Portland--sheer lack oa my part: ke'l owe of tha salt of tho artb. first, something mast ha does tor tba boy. You're get ladaeaeb of some sort la Mow Bedford, auralyT" Dlgby reflected "Borne. There's George Dlalae. Justice of tho peace “The rary rasa. Telegraph him lo Barcas' Interests Immediately. And telegraph Barcas aa wall - eaad him a hundred fur expanses, aad tall him to Join mo bars In Maw York aa quick aa ba can!" "Tour friend's address?" Dlgby In quired. mildly Ironic aa ba eat down at tha desk and famblad with the sap ply of statleoory. "Maw Bedford Jail, of oourss!" Also check led—but cut Me laugh hi two aa something fluttered from tho pash of earalepoa which IXgby had disturbed aad fell to tea floor between tha tare Vkca *». It irlaMd canto* la mack, ary at Alan * eanMcnea: It waa a tray at heart*. with aa aafcaa tar# aaC a tracaMtn* haak. Dl«ky atoapaC to ptok tha taaiaaC thine ■»! hot Alaa waa ba torahanC with him, aaC cat Ma kacar* •ret a fan tha aark. “Now will yaa halier* T" Dlcby Co ma akak haakUy. *Ta whatt A ataapl* eatweMaaaar Ahw CoataC. -Nat II Wha kaowa I'm hi Haw Talk aa that the Art bar Ua rataa far wham year aeaat aagacak tha** iaoa« waa Alaa Law. Ma. my trtaaC: If* a bit toa thick lor ma. Tab* my weak tar M, tUa la aatMag mara ear laaa tha a a aaaraatr at a paher than far tha aalUag ot tha aext trane atfaMie steamer. Oh. aunty yoecnak daay aa ihla oaa wish el my tend at* heart, ay boy!" With a ceatiue of aafalpad ekee “oa Aian dropped a hand on Dfahy'h “Itort nothin* an earth I vast* | not da far you." ha aid: "yean beam a father aad a aether fa aa anr afaaa I can remember. ana II we were eep* rated, moat of tha tla* hy Urea thorn hand miles of salt water. Bat thfa thing—I can’t do It. ana far yaa. t can’t do It ana far ayeelL Boaa Trine la bara la Nev York, fa tha hands aad at tha mercy at bar father and slater: aad yoa may fades what their many win ba vhea fan leans an that aha has dona tor aa I weak 1° aad 1 cant go until I Bad her and taka bar with aa. dad that la BaaL* “Thn.” Dig by Brack la. graepta* wildly at a straw of ton. “I ton yoai* word youH go. prnrtdlag t Cad aad ra store Boas to year "Yoa ban ay word to that, napea tkmably. Bring Boaa to me. aad HI * tolly shake the dost of Nrw York from ay shoes, aad anr return tut Trine is pat away comfortably fa bfa gran." "It atoll to dooa" Dishy ymalgid It must!" “Yoa ballon thatr* “U twain hoars Race shall to to •tored fa yoa.* "wm yaa make a hook oa BT ru hat yoa something happen* aad hope I lone into the bargain. It yoa ballon yaa aa carry oat year prom lac, win the White Star Una to raaem tha beat a Tails hie suite on the Oceania, •ailing tomorrow morning at taa— and make arrangements for a mar ring* before the boat mils " TU go yoa." Dig try agreed: "and If 1 fall. 1 forfait the cost ef the naer nUoa. Dai about this marriage—r He hesitated. "Ton'll ban to tan a “-fa thta stale—aad can’t get oaa wan wbatseamed fmmMiir Mbtot rafuetano*. as* got hla way. H* amid ht know that anothor •hulked Mlflh barrier of Baa ter- j rats aad orerhjard all that passed and. whan Alan had ducked smartly late th* enflaiahed betiding. ram and state alter him with footstep* aa noleeless aa a Cat** aad a tarn that had th* aar MIU of n tiger** win It waa traa •lentiy revealed la a shaft of moon light. At length Alan gslaed the grldlrm at girders m a plana with the lighted window across th* way. and crept along ooa of thaaa gingerly on hla hands and knaaa, on til ka cam* to Us end Sad might, if he cared to. look down a haadrtd fast to tha sidewalks. That slew, howarcr. did not tempt; h* kept hla am laral; and was re warded with s hare gilmpea of a prat. Uly-papered waB, framed la th* lee* of halt-drawn cartata*. And of sadden—whether through1 fortuity, or laattnet. or th* psycho logical attraction of hla steadfast con centration—