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By CYRUS TO WNSEND BRADY
Copyright. ?tV by
PROLOGUE.
Here's a tale of .the . sea amf!
rze treasure isle, of long 'hid
gems and bad men's . gnfle, '.
perils on land and niare well,
friet, 'spite storm and mzafiny's
awful threat. , t : :
The way of a man with r maid
is told as they yoyage the' seas I
in quest of gotajner mxi so
brave and the maid o fair. YIFor
her sake naught &e will not dare.
From English fields Ho f vosrth
tea shore their' path ihey follow
while billows raar but ; it leads
them safe to their goal at last;,
with their love and their treas
ure tightly clasped. :
CH AFTER 1;
Bart the . Duke
v OeaL .
Wherein I
Over 4be
CANNOT r say "that rwas greatly
surprtsed;rSe3tiut
the bodyf rStr Geoffrey rte;-tbe'
1 , ;--ti .sw T,':'''"' i. " .
pent meant to convey the impressip
that 1 was not shcx'eil 1 toiid expect
ed that Sir Geoffrey : wou Id come i&
tome sucb sad end; therefore I say tbat
I was not surfMised. But as 1 stood
over him in the gray dawn, looking
iown upon him lying so quietly on bis
back with the handsome.-stlver;.mountr
ed, ivory handled dueling: pistol -which
'had done the damage still clasped tn
his right hand I was fascinated with
horror. v " ' . U .
Sir Geoffrey, bad . carefully .pot his
'ballet through bis heart. ' It was less
jflisfiguring and bruta I. less hard on
'those left behind.' ' less, trouble
ore gentlemanly. His .sword lay un
derneath him. the diamond hilt pro
truding. -' -: -
I guessed that be-was" glad enongh,
after all. that the -end had come, .rf or
(here was not that ;Iook of palp or
liorror or fear which 1 hare sox often
aeen on the faces of the dead, but his
features were calm and composed.' He
bad ;cot been dead..: long. ' As 1 bent
orer him 1 noticed that be had some
thing in his left band- .-. A nearer look
ho wed it to : be an , envelope. 1 drew
It away and saw, that it .was addressed
to Mistress Lucy. Thrusting It in the
pocket of my coat, I rose to my feet: T
At that instant I heard steps and
oices. Now I had nothing on earth
to fear tfxom anybody. The death of
Sir Geoffrey .was, too -obviously a sni
dde for any one i to accuse me even
tf there had -been . any reason on earth
tor bringing .me nnder?suspicion. ; The
letter which I carried in my pocket
addressed to fiistress Lucy would nn
aoubtedly explain everything there was
to explain. Something, ! however, mov
d me to seek concealment. I am a
ilor, as yoo will find out and , can
tct quickly in anmergency' by a' sort
Of instinct - -'; '':; y.-s-;: :;;
Sir Geoffrey lay Wthe'iid: ofithe
path through, the' spinney, and beyond
him the coppice thickened. The' path
twisted and turned. Prom the sound
of the footsteps I' judged that men
Were coming along it i instantly step-'
Ped across the body and concealed my-'
elf behind a tree trunk in, the leafy
foliage of the undergrowth. ; I could
iee without being, seen and hear as'
well. :. ;
1 d not expect- that any of the
mests of the castle would make their
PPearance at that hour. The foot-?
teps stopped. Two nieni one of whom
Jad been pointed' out to me as. Baron
Luftdon, in the lead; followed by an-,
other who was ' strange to me; sudden
ly appeared; , A- voice which I reco'g-
fuzea as Luf tdon's at once exclaimed
peing; aiTrue Accoorii of . Certain 1
q Strange arid Wonderful Advent
tures of; Master- John Hampdon,
n, and Mistress Lucy
Wilberforce, . Gentlewoman, tn
the Xireat South Seas. ;
y-
Cyrus" Townjend Brady
ln awrtJtmck tones:
- MBy pad. he's done It!
Here's a ptvt-
ty affair r : ; ;
v "Oh. lidon't know," said the- second;
"it miffiitbe worse r. 1
"Wyrse for him TV . Great heavens,
man,, betfdeadH
Wone.for us.
" What dye-mean? I . don't aoder
HJ;
mtaht have shot himself befcr
we plncked'him." .
"Oh. i seer . ; .
'The. two stepped a little nearer Tbe
rst Speaker s Lord Luftdon, one of
ithe young 'bloods who bad been hav-ingshigb-carouse
with Sir Geoffrey for
the past weefc tat the castle, bent over
ihimr " ;- ..- .x
HWeli," -continued tbe drawler non
chalnntly as uforVpie; I bated them
both, but the tatter speaker the more,
df .possible, forWeasons which you will
ipresently , , imdertand "this relieves
Ime giatiy- ' "
"W-bat do .you. -mean? After such a
night as we hatotoTn'ertnls is
noug3a .to ; unsettled any man.' .
rPoob.: iKMh.:,man ;. you're nervdusr'
. 1 "W.eU. I - don't , know how itrelieves
vyou. And after .oils said and done,
Wiiberforce was :a gentleman,' a good
player. and a gallant loser
Exactly and be 4ost bis all like a
i?entlemai.V
"And you got It at least most of it"
" Patienoe,r- my friend; you "had your
bare." k . .;.:- . '
.i "I donVt: know bat U would give it
back to -have poor. old Geoff with us
oee again." said i Luftdon, with some
beat . : -
"That 4s perfectly foolish state
ment, : mj brack " returned tbe other.
Somebody was bound to get it' Wil
berforce has -been going the pace for
years. " We happened to be in at the
death, that's aM."
"Well, bow Ioes lit 1 relieve yon,
then? ' Do yoo think Wilberforce
ould have attempted to 4?et yon to
1 - s
aupport aim?" '
The drawler laughed. .-
"Of course not This-the pointed
to the dead body "is proof onough of
tbe spirit .that. was - in him. ;But of
ourse, I cannot marry thedrl now.M
. "You can'tr . - "' ' ."
"Certainly not' Her father r-a bank
rupt, a suicide" . : . '
( "But tha castle and this park?" ;
"Mortgaged up to the hilt Speak
ing of hilts-he stooped down .and,
daintily i avoiding . Contact with the
corpse, drewvfrom the scabbard tte
diamond nilted sword "this belongs o
.me. It's worth taking. Ton remem
ber be staked It last night on the last
deal." . : . - . " -
"Good ; God, man," protested the
first speaker, "don't take : the man's
sword away 1 Let him lie with his
weapons like a gentleman.'
TuttutI? lou' grow. scrnpulons, it
seems.' We will provldej: a cheaper
badge'of bis2 knighthood;' If , necessary.!
l"And about the girl?V
f Tis all off' . . : v V; -T'Ybu
will have;some trouble break
ing your engagement : with ber, I am
thinking : '"V,, '. '
NotL To do her. Justice, the girl
has the, spiritlpf ber fathers. A whis
per that! I am disinclined to the match
:wlll besufflcient.' ySy'y :.-
- Z Aye; but who will give ber that
whisper r. ' :". ;. ' '.- '
z "We will arrange that some way.
Truth , to. tell, I am- rather tired of the
; minx.' . She bores me with .: her; high
airs, ! S he does ". not know ; that she ;is
penniless and disgraced. v "And as for
ber good looks, 'tis 'a". country, beauty,
after alt1?-,' . " -
"Poor girl r - began, Luftdon, whose
face, though bjoated and flushed, still.
- At that pcirt I taU i'veued: I ttrahl
bear no cxire ' W1? they, spe o
U?bti&istj of ay mistress It va cadre
tbab i ys!i ststtd. J bcrst trat of the
brus& -and stood befr,tbemrinad -eh:,
raged all t&r?gt l .wtl admit that
I Jacloed tSe coxaposure ' a-nd " toreedins
. these , parous ..two-, They started
bAck at my.'saddwi ajpearaDfrpm
wfckJ!be st " ttee kirw ' speecti "speedily
,recvefed.; -Q:''' -.ii-jj-rr"" eT'S ' 1'
.few: wtwt - tnaiPVfo )e,- a od rvrhat
' ctay.; yti : wiuT'te ''STSy
; Who J iTO - nifJnotfeto?:!
' ITtwt wttat T irtintteiii.real
X!d wjhrft !t that yon want
ilatrmaTNAiMy'. ..V- '.X-'yZ-'?
Htu the thvt fptace thatortLT . t
Geoffrey' hnidbine. Weapon up light
ly by the btede' ' r :''v'(t;
y That.-, Katd t.; . ? ''
' t am arcastomed to move qnlokly
a well as to think ; : quickly . a nd be
,fore Irnew It 1 hMd-ltbythe -hilt,
"axid but that toe released the blade in
stantly 1 ; would have viit hw hand :hi
1 i withdrew it. .He .,-wii.np round and
dapled bin- ha ud on -hiH owuj-h word." a
fierce oath trakinjr 'f ron ;bki :'lipts. bis
face bJactk nn thuuder. ', '
,"fn'f draw that little piC ; said.
j'r- J will be under the necessity 6f
treakin your back.M . ;
. 1 tiwered above both of tbem. and
lc,batfe -no doubt that ! could -have
iruifte uok! my iboaL' Tie man had
tln courage -of biM race and station,
lie fatfd oe undaunted, his band on
- .
ttii wrd 'Wit. .:'
-U'ukl you ' rob me of mne. own T
be ak-ed calmly.
. rmbt do. ijo. and -with jnyttice. 1
J replied. "Yen had no heKitation In rob
bing the MTing or the dead.
- "Zoiodr' cried the first man. it
".D TaiT we sea eacn wnai 1
1 JB I . . I J . - a.
i we'uad. arfd t!vir Geoffrey lost."
MV 1 1 12 I nT- 1 ja
1 wet. 1 repiitftt. QHTing paiu
with ewything le te bad to throw
.away bis Ufe: 4 beard .what, you said.
You wonder bow Mistress Wilberforce
is to. learn tbe itoaion. v-Tou wonder
who is to tell ber. I will.
; ;?Tbat w good; well thought of said
the drawler with atnazlng assurance,
.rr.eould not , have wished it better,
tou are doubtless some servant of the
botwe" v V .
, 4I am no man's servant" I interrupt
ed In some neat ;?
wSomebody boro. 00 tbe. place who
probably cherishes a 'Voxel's bumble
admiration for tbe lady 'of the manor
(1 flushed like a girl, at this. 1 never
was good at tbe. dissimulation that
goes on in polite society.
Tell- her ray- matf; telT ber, " he
cried, "tell ber that she Is a beggar
and her father a suicide -- and that 1
have all ber property without ber. She
can go to your arms. She is not meet
for the Duke of Arcester' ? 1
So this was Arcester! .1 had heard
of him. as I had of Luftdon. 'two of
the most debauched.-- unprincipled
rakes, idlers, fortune hunters, gam
biers, men about town., in all England
1 stepped closer to him and struck
him .with the palm of my band; Bis
sword was out 00 tbe, moment, but
before be cftiild make a pass 1 wrenrh
ed it from him. broke the blade over
my knee and hurled the two pieces Into
the coppice.
"lan match you with swords'
.said 1. "I have fought with men, not
popinjays in my; day all over the
world, and I know the. use of the
weapon, out 1 would 'not demean my
self, being an honest man though no
gentleman, by crossing blades with
sucb a ruffian."
"By God." cried the man. "I will
have, you flung into the mill pond. I
will clap you Id Jail. I will"
"You will do nothing of the sort
said 1. "There is no man on the es
tate who" would not bake my part
against. yoursV especially when I re
peat what you, have said about Mis
tress Lucy." .
"And who would believe yon?" que
ried the duke whose anger was at a
frightful height in being thus braved
, . ' ' 1 , ;
.. . ' ;. ' . ....
- , ' -v ."v . .''
warn ortw mat iuxi9 spix-".
tM tcanlted. ; 1 n his agitation be tcro
t ' Hia oecis . ctotb. ; ; ."Twottld : be anr
rord against mtne,;, and p
,.f . t'or the - ma tter of tfi la V.. my word
;,wtU not be ;un corroborated,'- I . Inter-
; rupted swiftly. ;'-y,-f
ft iWtoat doyoo -meant?.
.? -:ry ibid'." id-JLord Xtiftdon, von
yTe riftt to" appeal ' tor me and yuu
z wens' rbrtif id strike rVester; -l I'm
isorrr ToTh( 0ri ;ahd for Ir Ueof:
TTrey Cl Wvhamed ;4for fny; friend-' ;
-Wwid H :yu v tarn-' agauist V me In
;tr;rthe.ake. V
oertainlj r would r;r!--;j-""T W '
rs5eii''wbipivd ;. bis gra .bftly.
Tom blinjf at the em ptysbeath.' wish
liatl wy swortir ' '-jx'.' 'dV:'"
.."Tbere t Sir Geoffrey's sword." said
Lord - ijmTtdool' wbb; did - not i lack cour:
Jage, ; Hmrhlngf his ownVlade V H.;..ne
pokVa-nd, om king an if to dra w ltl; V
"No.-.-siiid I; master pf the situation
. a ; A tneaot ato be berewill ; be. ' no
more tigbtirig over the dead body; Of
-Sir Jeiffrey. " Toii and Lord . Luft(f m
'can Nettie yonr differenc'es elsewhere:"
. On ;jecind thought, there' will be no
furtbeT ettiement." 'said J,nftdnn.re
gainmg his"5 cool nesa' " and - tlinisting
back into Its scabbard bis ba If. drawn
blade. . "His irrace and? I .are in , too
many things to. make a permanent dir
f erence between s possible.".
! thought so." 1 replied. , . '.: "!
"By gad laughed Lnftdon; "i: like
; your tjpirit. lad! ' VVbo , are you -and
what are you?" . "
"The late gardener's son."
; "Do they breed sucbas yon doxrn
here in these gardens?'. ;
"Ah to that i know noL my . lord.
I am u sailor.- I have comma ndeu iuy
own bip and made my own r fortune..'
! I come back here between cruises oe -f
cause J am devoted to"
-rhe woman " sneered th, diikt
And I marveled at the temerity of the
man. eeins that I could have "choked
him to death with one band.
"Mention her name again." I , cried.
"and you will lie beside your victint
yonder!" " - '
-Hightr said lnftdon approvingly. -
! roe ba-k here because 1 am fond
of tbe old place:' it is' my home. -.My
people have served the Wllberforces
1 for generations. Their forbears Vand
mine lie together in the churchyard
around the hill yonder. You can't nn.
-derstand devotion like that" . said 1.
turning to the duke, "and it is not nec
essary that you should." ' .. .
"And todVed wha is necessary .for.
me, pray?" he sneered. " . . .
"That you leave the place at once'
. "Without srwb with my lady r' .;.
"Without speech with any one. There
is a good inn at the village. I will'
take; It.-upon myself to, see that "your
servants pack your mails and follow
you there at once." .' . ' x-
"I will oot be ordered about like
this r protested-the duke. ' ' V
. "Oh. yes. you will." said Lnftdon
"The advice he gives Is good. We
have nothing more to do here.' Don't
be a fooU Arcester. You have got
everything you wanted in this game,
and it is only Just that you should pay
a little for It What's your name, my
jnan?" ' . ' -
"Never mind what it is." "
"Are you ashamed of It?
"Hampdon!"
"Harapdbn, you may not be a gentle
man." said Luftdon. "bnt by gad you
are a man. and here Is my band on itr
He bad played a man's part so 1
clasped it. ". . .
And so they went down the path,
leaving me not greatly relishing my,
triumph, for I had .to, tell Mistress
Lucy all that bad happened. ; ,V ; :
T"he scarlet of my lady's riding oat,
as she galloped up the tree covered
road attracted my attention. "I quick
ened my pace, and we arrived at the
steps of the ball at the same instant
She was alone, for she had evidently
chosen to ride unaccompanied.
I stood silent before ber; with that
curious dumbness I generally experi
ence when first entering, her presence,
jtvhile she drew rein sharply. She was
a little thing compared to me indeed,
small compared ,even to the average
woman! but in one sense she . was the
biggest thing 1 bad ever confronted. . I
was almost afraid of her I I who"f ear
ed nothing else. .Wbat she thought -of
me was of little moment to ber,. . . ..
It was Mistress Lucy's regular habit
to take a morning gallop every day. It
was that usual custom that caused her
to look so fresh and young and beau
tiful, that put the color In ber, cheek
and the sparkle in ber eye.t" ' V;
She nodded .carelessly, yet kindly, to
me. It "was her, ha bit .that, careless,
kindness, ' When she ' was a little . girl
and I had' been a great boy we had"
played together. familiarly, but 'that
was long since oyer. Then she looked,
about for a groom. The steps that led
to the terrace were deserted.- Six Geof
frey of late had rrown slack ; in -tbei
administration of affairs on account of.
his troubles, and no one was present
Mistress Lucy stared at me, frowning- i
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