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The Lure of ! the Mask By HAROLD MACGRATH Copyright, 1906. by th? Bobb? Merrill Co. CHAPTER VII. THE TOSS OF ? COIlf. HILLARD made an Inexcusably careless sbot. He grounded his cue and stood back from the table. That was the way ev erything seemed to go?at tennis, at ?quash, at fencing, at billiards, it was all the same. "I say, Jack, what's the matter with you anyhow?" asked Merrihew, out of patience. "It was bad," Hlllard agreed. "Fer haps I am not taking the interest in the game that I formerly took." "And when I make a proposition," pursued Merrihew, "to ride to the Cat skills and back, something you would have Jumped at a year ago, you shake your head. Think of it! By George, you had a bully time last year! You swore it was the best trip we ever took on the horses. Where's your spirit of adventure?" "I'm sure I don't know where it is. Shall we finish the game?" "Not if you're going to throw It like this," declared Merrihew. "Ten and a string against your half a string," said Hillard, studying the score. "I'll bet a bottle that I beat you." "Done!" said Merrihew. Being on his mettle, he made a clean score of twenty, five to go. "I can see you pay ing for that check, Jack." But the odds tingled Hlllard's blood. He settled down to a brilliant play and turned sixty-one in beautiful form. Later tbe two passed upstairs to the secluded alcove. Merrihew filled tbe glasses with the air of one who would like to pass the remainder of his days doing the same thing?not that he was overfond, but each bottle temporarily weeded out that crop of imperishable debts. To him the world grew roseate and kindly viewed through the press of the sparkling grape, and invariably he saw fortune beckoning to the card tables. "Now. then, Jack. I've got you where I want you. Who Is she?" "On my Tord, I don't know." ?Then there is a woman 1" cried Mer rthew. "I knew It Nothing else wouM so demoralize you. Drink a health to fter." Hlllard raised his glass and touched that of his comrade. For tbe peace of fcls mind hr> determined to tell Merrl tiew the whole adventure. "To the lady In the fog!" he said. "Pog?" blankly. "Well, the lady in the mask." Tog. mask? Two of themT "No, only one. Once I met her In the tog, and then I met her in the mask." "I'll drink to ber, but I'm hanged If I don't believe you're coddling me," Mid Merrlbew disappointedly. "This Is New York." "The whole story. Jack, details and all; no half portions." Hlllard told the yarn simply, omit ting nothing essential. He even added that for three weeks he bad been tbe author of tbe personal inquiry as to the whereabouts of one Mme. Angot. "I don't know, Dan, but this has taken so strong a hold on me that I shan't forget it soon. Imagine It your self. Oh, but she could sing! I am a man not to be held In the leash of an adventure like this, but she held me. How? By tbe hope that one day I might see her face with no veil of mystery to hold her off at arm's length." \lArrlhanr troa n>raot1<r TJa wv***uv >? ???? ^icavij CAVIICUI UC was for ordering a second bottle, but Hillard staved btm. "By George! And yon are sure that It was at the Sandfords'7" "I am positive. But there is a puzzle that I have failed to solve?Sandford's cable and the caretaker's declaration. I know that I was in that house. The patrolman says that he has seen no light in the house since the family Railed for Africa. It Is no dream, but It begins to look as If I were the vic tim of some fine hoax." "It is more than a hoax, in my opin ion. Wait till Sandford returns and finds his silver gone." Hillard started. "And his gold plate," continued Mer rthew, pleased with the Idea. "My boy, that's what it is?tbe best dodge I ever beard of. It will make a good ?tory for the Sunday papers. Ton won't be in it unleaa ahe ropes yon In Man accomplice." "I'm a romantic ass!" Hillard sighed. l>ddy Light finger! If thla turned ont to be tbe case he would never trust a human being again. "Let's take that ride on tbe horses," Merrlbew urged. "That'll clear your i brain of this sentimental fog." "No!" Hillard struck his hands to gether. "I've a better idea than that I shali go to Italy, and yon shall go with me." "Impossible. Why, I'm all but broke." "I'll take you as a companion. I'm n sick man, Dan. I'm likely to jump overboard if some one isn't watching me every minute." "I'd like to go, Jack. Heaven and earth, but 1 should! But I can't possi bly go to Italy with a letter of credit ao more thnn twenty-five hundred, and that's all there is In tbe exchequer at present" "Between sueh friends ns we are"? "That ra< ket won't wrrk I ronld not take a uoment's peace If I did not fe?J. lndopc- dent." ?Hut I'ui not tour' to Rive tt to you," Hillard protested. 1 am going to lent* it to you." "And <"Uld I ever puy you back If I accepted the loan?" humorously. "There's Monte Carlo. You might pull down a tidy sum." said the tempt er. "That's the way, you beggar. Hit me on the soft side." But Merrihew was still obdurate. "Now. listen to reason, Dan. If you wait for the opportunity to go to Ku ropo you'll wait in vain. You must make the opportunity. One must have youth to ei Joy Italy thoroughly. The desire to go becomes less and less as one grows older. Bestdes, it completes every man's education. I'll put the 1 A tear ran from hi* cheek to hU chin. proposition In a way you can't possibly get round. You will always have that thousand, so don't worry about that. You have twenty-live hundred on hand, you say. With that you can see Italy like a prince for three months." "What's the proposition?" Merrihew drained the bottle. "This?I'll agree to take not a penny more than twenty-flve hundred my self. We'll go on equal terms. Why," confidently, "besides living like a prince you'll have four hundred to throw away at roulette. Boy, you have never seen Italy; therefore you do not know what beauty Is. When we eventually land at Bellagle. on Lake Como. and I take your lily white band in mine and lead you up to the terrace of Villa Berbellonl and or der tea. then you will realise that you have only begun to live garden*, tow ering Alps, the green Lecco on on? side and the green Como on the other and Swiss champagne at (1.40 the quart! Eh? "And then," Hlllard added, "there's Kitty Kllllgrew singing her heart out to a people who can't understand a word she's singing." "Can it be done for twenty-flve hun dred ?" Merrihew chewed his cigar with sub dued fierceness. He knew very well that he wan destined to go to Europe. Kitty Killigrew, who hnal promised to mall the route they were to play and hadn't! "It Is written, Dan, that you shall go with me." "We'll settle this argument right here now." Merrihew drew out a coin. "Call It," he cried recklessly. "Heads!" The coin flickered In the light, fell and proved that all money is perverse by rolling under the davenport upon which they were sitting. An amusing hunt followed. They ran their handa over the floor, turned the rug, pulled out the davenport and looked behind, burned innumerable matches and final ly rang for the attendant The situa tion was explained, and he procured a candle. He was ultimately successful. "Here It Is, sir." "What is It, head or tail?" asked Merrihew weakly. "Head, s'r," said the attendant "Keep it," said Merrihew generous ly, even sadly. He never got up a game of chance that he did not get the worst of it And now, Italy! All that way from home! "Boy, bring op a bot tle of '06." "And the lady In the mask?" asked Merrihew as they at length stood up. "I must relegate her to the fog she came out of. But it would be a fright ful thing if?If ? He hesitated to form the word#. But Merrihew had no such scrapie. "If the silver and plat* were missing when the 8 and fords return?" "Oh. bosh! It's all some Joke, and I'm the butt of It She was In that house by the same authority she rod* the horse." "A woman of that sort would have no difficulty In hoodwinking the stable men," declared Merrihew. "By the way," he continued, "receiv ed a postal from Kitty this morning < from Gibraltar. Fine trip. Visited th* gun galleries and the antique furniture shops. Says no sign of prima donna as yet, but believes her to be on board. O'Mally's on the water wagon. But Kitty aggravate* me." "What bus she done now, refused you by marconlgraph?" "No, but she promised me her ad dress." "Address her care Cook's, Florence. Rome. Venice. It's the popular mail box of Europe, and tf she has given them the address they will forward." "That helps considerably. I'm glad there's one Cook which can be relied on." "In the morning I'll arrange for pas sage. We'll try the Celtic." "I'll leave the business end of the trip to you." "Tin- nr-t Saturday In March. then If we can g? t lioi kinjr. That will U> in less than two weeks." In the h> by of the club as thej were a'' lit to enter tlie < oat room Mil lard run Into one of several gentleniei ! Issuing. "Pardon nie." he said. stepping aside "Noil imiiorta!" Raid the stranger., with a graceful wave of the bands. 11 i ll:i id lo> kid quickly into the gen tleuw.Y fnie "I am clumsy." he said in Ita'ian. Then the other stared at him and smiled. Fo'. a moment there was a brief tableau, in which each took the other's measure and noted the color of the eyes. The man was an exceedingly handsome Italian, for all that a scar rau from his cheek to his chin. It was all over in a moment, and Hlllard and Merrlbew proceeded to the street. "Handsome dufTer." was Merrihew's comment. "But you never can tell a man by his looks. Gaze on me. for In stance." "Go home!" Hlllard slapped him jovially on the shoulder. "Home! Ah. yes! But shall I have a home to go to when I get back? You have /oped me In nicely. My poor little twenty-five hundred! But Swiss champagne at $1.40 the quart! Well, every cloud has its lining." As Ilillard never received any an- 1 swer to his personal, he discontinued , it. Truly, she had returned to the fog | out of which she had come. But it was no less difficult for him to take up the daily affairs again. What mystery veiled her? Whither had she gone? Giovanni was delighted when be heard the news. He would go, too, and act as valet to the slgnor and his friend till they put out for Rome Then, of course, he would be obliged to leave them. Occasionally Hlllard would reason with him regarding; his deadly projects. But when a Latin declares that be has seen through blood, persuasions, arguments, en treaties, threats do not prevail. He comforted himself with the opinion, however, that Giovanni's hunt would come to no successful end. "You will surely fall into the hands of the police." "What God wills comes true. But by this time they will have forgotten me." "But your man might be dead." "He is not dead. If be were some thing would tell me." "It Is a bad business, and I wish you no luck." Giovanni smiled easily. Wishes sel dom Interfere with any one. "I will double your wages." said Hll laid. "if you will go where I go and return with me when I come back to America." A deprecating movement "Money* It Is nothing. I am rich after my !tlnd." "Arm you still In the church?" "I confess regularly once a week Oh, I am a good Catholic." "Take yourself off. I am displeased with yon." ? ?????? It was a drizzling, foggy mornlnji when they drove down to the boat But the atmospheric effects made no impression on the volatile Merrlhew. And be had an eye for all things, from the baskets of fruit and flowers, mes sengers with late orders from the stores, repeated farewells, to the squalling babies In the steerage. At 4 o'clock they were on the high seas, beadlnsr for the Azores. Hillard was dreaming, and Merrlhew was stu diously employed over a booklet on bow to speak Italian in one day. Gio vanni, who had been arranging the luggage, came up on deck. He had two packets of letters and telegrams One be gave to Merrlhew and the other to his master. Hillard found among his a bulky en velope postmarked Naples. Naples) ~3 1 A crumpled black HUt math. He sat up. It had been addressed to tli* house and the address typewritten "Look at thlar be cried. "Good Lord!" Dan gasped, his feet coming down to the deck. Hillard was holding up (or his In spection a crumpled black silk mask. CHAPTER VIIL WHAT MKKRIHEW rOUWD. THE groat ship had passed the of Ischla. and now the bs Naples unfolded all Its vm * beauties. Both he and Herr. , hew were foremost In the prtw against the forward rail. To 1* M- j ter's Impressionable mind It ? > i? >* a dream?yonder, the ter h baths of Nero of the go' thither, the palaces of ti berins: beyond, Pompeii ? ?'?< ;>*?-[ cua. lone and Nydia. I. 'J The driVim picture failed. and t lie re ality was 110 less fumiuaihig?t lie white sails of the fishermen winging across the sapphire waters, leaving rlbltoned pathways behind; proud white pleasure yachts, creat vessels from all ports in the world, and an oc casional battleship, drab and stealthy, and the hundred pink and white vil lages, the Jide and amethyst of the Islands, the ruined temples, the grim giant ash heap of Vesuvius. "See that village on the cilfTs to ward the south?" asked nillard. "That's Sorrento, where 1 was born. Sh! Look at Giovanni!" Merrihew looked at the old Koman. Tears were running down hU cheeks, and his gaz? strove to pierce the dis tance to the fnroff Sabine hills. Italy! Hillard leaned over and touched him on the arm, and he started. "Take care, Giovanni." "Pardon! I am weak this day, but tomorrow 1 shall be strong. Seven years! Have you not longed for it yourself? Has not your heart gone out many times across the seas to those cliffs?" pointing to Sorrento. "Many times, Giovanni. But remem ber and control yourself. Presently the carablnleri will come on board. You will see that all our luggage goes promptly to the Rristol once wo are through the customs." "Trust me. slgnor." They landed at the custom house at 2 In the afternoon and passed without any difficulty. Hillard obtained rooms pleasantly situated looking out upon the apar kllng bay. Giovanni began at once to nnpack the trunks, happy enough to have something to occupy him till aft er dark, when he determined to ven ture forth. The dreaded carablnleri bad paid him not the slightest atten tion. So far he was as safe as though he were In New York. it was yei so cany in me uay iuui the two young men sallied forth In quest of light adventure. Besides, Merrlhew was very eager to find some Roman and Florence newspapers. The American Comic Opera company was somewhere north. They found sta tioned outside the hotel a rosy cheeked cabby who answered to the name of Tomasso, or Tomass, as the Neapoli tans generally drop the finals. Ue carried a bright red lap robe and blan ket, spoke a little English and was very proud of the accomplishment. He was rather disappointed, however, when Hlllard bargained -with him In his own tongue. Tomass shook his Angers nnder Hillard's nose, and Hll lard returned the compliment. Finally Tomans compromised on 1 lira 00 cen teslml (30 cents) per hoar, with 50 centblml (10 cents) as a pourbolre (tip). Crack, crack! Down the hill they went as If a thousand devil* were after them. "By George," gasped Merrlhew. clutching his seat, "the fool will break our Decks!" Tomass grinned and cracked his whip. He did not understand tk? word slowly In his own tongue or In any ether, at least not till be reached the shops. A dozen times on the Via Roma Mernnew yelled that they would lose a wheel. But Tomass knew the game. Merrlhew had never seen such shops. Coral, coral wherever the eye roamed?where did they get It all, and to whom did they sell It? Neck laces, tiaras, rings, brooches, carved and uncarved? were there women enough In f^e world to buy tljkse things? "If I had a wife"? he began. "Well?" "I'd feel devilish sorry for her hus band at this moment" "But Isn't the color great?" said Hll lard. It was good to be In Naples again. "I never saw so many kids," Merrl hew finally observed, "so many dirty ones," he added. "Herod would have had bis work cut out for him here. Now where can we get some newspa pers? I must know where she is." At the bookshop In the piazza they found the liome and Florence papers. Hlllard went through them thorough ly, but nowhere did he see anythl' .< relative to the doings of the Ameri Comic Opera company. "Not a H-e, Dan." "But there must be Bometl* ? n the Florence paper. Thev sb A b-? playing there yet" "Nothing. These pa;* ? "i wo weeks old." Merrihew stared ? ?? sheet. "I should like !t means." "We will writs f' ? j ?--Jb In Rome. If there 1m i?< onbla lis will certainly i"11 writ* tonight Now. b Va On?A'a r xt floor. Ws'll ask if the to ?r naJ tor Kitty KllUgrew." Bat there ft tin or had there been, and t'. is >* ??? not on ths forwarding t "Looks !' . tty were the needl? In ?hi/st :. "Cut -t! Pictures and church/ ? a" ??<%aeu.js were all well enong* i Hwltnw wanted Ktcy KllUr ew jcs al'. the treasures of eart' 1 V '?"3 ;y ed down to the Via *arrV with the full sweep of the p r r* y at their feet Merrt ' ntment "oftcned some i the fashionable hour, .s playing near by In the tale. Americans were er . Occasionally a stray prln " 1 '< pntess flashed by Inert snd ft/altist the cushions and Inva l? .erdrossed. And when men ac ? ir .led them the men (If they were t uo??adsi lolled back, even more llst And lieggars of All sorts and de iptlons besieged the "very great ?;t i.nd rich Americans." They were nearly a week In Naples. Vfcey saw the galleries, the museums an? church s; they saw underground Napi,s; ttey made the wekry and use ful ak'ent < f Vesuvius, atd Jlerrlhew - ii ?? added a hew smell to his coltectt in every hour. l\mi|Kii by tnooiillgiit. | however, was worth a thosand ordi- I nary dreams, and Merrlhew, who had t abundant imagination, but no art with ; which to express it, happily or uuhap- , plly, saw l.yttou's story uufold in all Its romantic splendor. They lingered at Amalfl three days and dreamed away the hours under the white pergola. Merrlhew was loath to leave, but Hillard was for go ing on to Sorrento, for which bis heart was always longing. A spring rain fell as they took the incline, aud it followed them over the mountains aud down Into Sorrento. They tlnally drew up In the courtyard of the Hotel de la Sirena, and the long ride was at an end. The little gar den was white and pink with roses and camellias, and the tubbed manda rins were heavy with fruit. "And this is March," said Merrlhew, his thought traveling back to his owu bleak country, where winter is so long and summer Is so short. Their rooms were on the northeast corner, on the first floor, and from the windows they could look down upon the marina plccola and the tldcless sea, a sheer 150 feet below. Every body welcomed the Slgnor Hillard The hotel vas his and everything and everybody In It. Later, when they were alone, Hillard be^an to explain. "They remember my father. He used to live like a prince In Sorrento. Ev ery time 1 come here I do the best 1 can to keep the luster to his name. Tomorrow 1 shall point out to you the villa In which I was born. A Russian princess owns it now." "A real live princess!" said Merrl hew. "Is she beautiful?" "Once upon a time," returned 1111 1 r, ln>.?I.I..? iaiU| in life iiiiik Giovanni did not return till late that night, and on the morrow Hillard questioned him. "I have been to see a cousin," said Giovanni, "who lives on the way to El Deserta." "Ah! So you have a cousin here?" "Yes, slgnor " How old he looked, poor devil! Hil lard had not taken particular notice of him during the past week's excur sions. Giovanni bad aged ten years since they landed. "And wns this cousin glad to see you? And Is he to be trusted?" "Both, slgnor. He had some news. She?the girl?is a dancer In a Paris cafe." "Would you like me to give you the necessary money to go to I'arls and bring her back to the Sabine hills?" Ulllurd asked softly. "I shall go to Parts, slgnor?afjer." "What is his name?" Hillard hod never till tMs moment asked this ques tloo. "I know It That Is sufficient. *1 ts high, slgnor. very high, yet I shr reach him. If I told you his name "There wonld be the poaalbir* t I my warning hlrn." 'That Is why I hesitate " "Ton are a Catholic, Glova Giovanni signified that he "Does not tlM <Jod of a *t);*dc?, of all Christians, In fact b< a. say that vengeance is b'a t it be will repay?" "But there are so y r. us, ?i gnor, so many of us s am ?>" slight importance, that. 11 ? er '<h iod, with ail his larger . s, . ?.? not the time to remember W r may hap pen to him In t < .ere f r does not concern me, fo c v . 1 certainly be In the purgatr r of 1 rich and I In the purgaton c' h* or. It must be now, now!" "Go you- ' vi way," said Hillard, dlsmlsslnr shall never urge you aga' Glovn , 1 llllard leaned against the ca' i >? "bo sun was bright this morn uk iir the air was clear. He coul ? ? -.nute* distinctly. Below, thf i ?? nen and their wives, their b' i f--e owing In the wet sands, ? er :wlng In the nets, Bwaylng '.i 1 ??. irrtt/tnfulln . ? ? n- "v-ciuiij. \tirf then Merrlhew burst in upon j Mm wllfli> excited and flourished the ' iioM roister. T ook f t this!" he cried breathless Fin t'ung the book on the table and ? with shaking finger. .rd en me forward, and this is ? iat he mw: Tbonmn O'MaJly Jtmn Smith Arthur Worth La Slfmorlna Caprlcclosa Kitty Kllllgrew Am. Comlo Opera Co., N. T. "Kitty has been here!" "Perfectly true. But I wonder"? "Wonder about what?" asked Merrl hew. "Who Ivi Rlgnorlna Caprlcclosa is. Whimsical. Indeed. She must be the mysterious prima donna." Hillard studied the easy flowing hand and ran his finger* through his hair thoughtfully. "What is It?" asked Merrlhew curi ously. "I am wondering where I hare seen that handwriting before." Another fortnight found the pair back In Naples after spending a week on Capri. At the hotel they found a batch of mail. There was a letter which held particular lntereat to Mer rlhew. It was from the consul at Rome, a reply to lilllard's inquiries regarding the American Comic Opera company. "We'll now find out where your charming Kitty Is," Hillard said, breaking the seal. But they didn't On the contrary, the writer hadn't the slightest Idea where the play actors were or had gone. They had opened a two weeks' engagement at the Teatro Qulrino. There hail been a good bouse on the opening night. The remainder of the week did nut show the sale of a hun dred tickets. The American manager had shown neither foresight nor com mon sense, und Shl.i backer withdrew j his suooort. Tti' percentage fr?mand j wl Dy tbe manager* In Florence, Genoa, Milan and Venice was so exorbi tant (although they had agreed to a moderate term In the beginning) that It would have been nothing Bhort of foolhardlness to try to till the book ings. Tbe singing of tbe prima donna. "Look at this/" he crl however, had created a hip ^ara ble Impression among tin t'i .. u. the was unknown. Tlv r|t?.f also advised Mr. HUlard i o Ula money In any like adv< ? "That's hard luck," >1 Merrl hew, who saw his h fo own the horizon. "But It makes p.r a i'y good prophet," was 1 -sjoinder. "The angel's r g ve tut. Too many obstacle/ c?. r a people and a govtrr ? light opera?It can't be dot/ i so the Ameri can Comic any at the pres ent mome' > ; Lug In some little boarding uh* w<tltl ig for money from h< Ilerr w i wed the end of his cane. - til* > ie' ^ant dreams had bur* ? so' u bu olee. Had they not alw f% uvl There would be no ]? I'h V.'ly. no pleasant little *t- jlora, ix> ittle suppers after the ' formtuce. And wbafs a Mlcbel gclo jtTitian when a man's In lore? . fir ce up. Dan. Who knows? Kitty nay be ou the high seas?that Is, If ?i.e has taken my advice and got a v ticket. I'll give you a dinner at 1 1 tollnl tonight, and you may | Hie je magnum of any vintage yoo ike. We'll have Tomasa drive us down ? f1a Caracclolo. It will take some <<? the dluappolntmeot oat of your en stem." They had ridden up and down tha Via Caracclolo twice when they espied a huge automobile, ultramarine bru& It passed with a cloud of dust and a rumble which was thunderous, nillard half rose from his seat "Somebody you know?" asked Merrl hew. "The man at the wheel looked a bit like Sandford." "Sandford? By George, that would be Jolly!" "Perhaps they will come this way again. Tomass, follow that motor." Sure enough, when the car reached the Largo Vlttorla It wheeled and came rumbling back. This time Hll lard had no doubts. He stood up and waved his arms. The automobile barked aud groaned and came to a stand. "Hello, Sandford!" jui h umaru, a? i uve, anu u&D Merrlhew! Nell," turning to one ot the thret- pretty women In the ton neau, "what did 1 tell you? I fell It In my bones that we would run across some one we knew." "Or over them," his wife laughed. When we meet an old friend In a foreign land, one who has accepted our dinners and with whom we hare often dined, what Is left but to fall on his neck and weep? There was, then, over this meeting much ado with hand shaking and compliments, handshak ing and questions, and, as in all cases like this, every one talked at once? how was old New York, how wai the winter in Cairo, and so forth and so on?till a policeman politely told them that this was not a private thoroughfare and that they were blocking the way. So they parted, the two young men having promised to dine with the Sandford party that evening. "What luck. Dan!" Hillard was ex uberant. "Saves you the price of a dinner." "I wasn't thinking of that But I ?hail find out all about her tonight" "Who?" "The lady in the fog, the masquer ading ladv!" To bo Continued. The peculiar properties of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy have been thoroughly tested during epidemics of Influenza, and when It was taken in tljte we have not heard of a single case ot pneumonia. Sold by Hood Bros. Indiana Legally Dry. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1C.?The Supreme Court of Indiana today held constitutional the county option elec tion election law, enacted In 1908, under which sixty-five of the nlue tytwo counties of India.... ? a closed their aloi'tis. . .. ..
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