Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1924, Page 38

- S G e T T T S asetassnsatea S e Mistress Wilding By Rafael Sabatini i Author of “Scarsmouche,” “Captain Blood,” ete. Copyright, 1924, by Houghton Miffia Company E €Continued from Yasterday ———nued from $hat. said, he took his leave and ‘went, but he left behind him a shrew '; & of fear in Richand's mind, and of:the growth that n--\-nz from its Righard almost unconsch usly P ted somecthing in ths a ' folowed into the heart of Ruth. a vesult, to make sure t@ad 1o h‘I"L‘lI slguld Come to her brother, the las ofwhis name and rac she X to=receive Sir Rowland—r splte of Diana’s outspoken s\ splle of Richard's protes’® theugh afraid, vet he would not it Bo—in spite even of her own J¢Al regugnance of the man. ays passed and Brew tn weeks Brfdgwater was settling down to peace again—to peace and mourning: the. royalist scourge had spread to Taunton, and Blake lingered on at Lupton House, an unwelcome but an undeniable guest. His presence was as detestable to Richard now as it was to Ruth, for Richard had to submit to the mockery with which the town rake lashed his godly bearing and More than once in Eusts o valor the boy urged his s permit him to drive the baro 4 1 the house and let him do his wo self, But Ruth, afraid for Richard. him_wait_until the settled. she answered bit- Since we agree to end it t is all I ask, “Yes, but—alas!—in a different way. Listen now." “I will not listen. Let me go.” “I were vour enemy did I do so, ou would know hereafter a and repentance for which notb- short of death could offer yom Richard is under suspicionZ’ Yo vou hark back to that orn of her voice was deadl it been herself he desi tone had quenched or else transformed But Blake was pla for shelter fro has_ becon agreed so far, lat us )n in him into hatred. a fortune, prison. he con- Richard w one of the s who paved the way coming. 1 think that with his_be- at night a 2 e A s causing the death Bl e twenty gallant fellows of King Jages, will be enough o hang him.” Her han® clutched “What i3 pu_seek ] moan. clutched at her heart. e cried. Tt What is't vou he. “I love you, and stepped close up she cried aloud. “Had 1 When the r At hand to kill you for thaz voice from th *tood bore to her ears the startling words that told her her prayer was eratulated himsel upon that eircum - e Angithens o stance. Wilding dead, a little ime * 8 wmust now suffice to:blunt ml- sharp | tood frosen, Not juore of a cdge of his widow's grief. lLet him Ho A = e ok walt that tme. and_the of looking behing her, they E8e 3 chould be easy, the battle his. With [dared not loak BER T (IR P e ais ot 50 miich as troublej A voice:from the dead. a voige she ottty ceakon S had heard for the last time in the e e — Thus he determined, and thus no @oubt he would have acted but for 30 unforeseen contingency. A miser- able, paltry creditor had smoked him out in his Somerset retreat and got a letter to him full of dark hints of a s The fellow’s e was Rowland kne him for fi us where a defaulting creditor concerned Ome only course remained him—to force matters with Wilding's widow For days he refrained, fearing that precipitancy might lose him all. 1t was his wish to do the thing v toe much coercion: some, h coxcomb_enough to thir though he was—might with. At last one Sunday evening he de- clded to be done with dallying and | to bring Ruth between the hammer and the anvil of his will. It was the last Sunday in Ju exactly three | weeks after Sedgemoor. and i | coincidence of his having chos: ch | a day and hour you shall app ate anon. They were on the lawn taking the cool of the evening after an oppres- sively hot day. By the stone seat now occupied by Lady Horton and Diana, Richard lay on the sward at their feet in talk with them, and their diar patient heart of talk was of Sir Rowland. gall in her soul to see the baron by way of gaining vet his ends—chid Richard in strong terms for 1| weakness in submitting to Blake constant presence at Lupton Ho And Richard meekly took her chi ing and promised that if Ruth would but sanction it things should be changed upon the morrow. Sir Rowland, all unconscious-—reck- less, indeed—of this, sauntered with Ruth some little distance from them, having contrived adroitly to draw her aside. He broke a spell of silence with a doiorous sig “Ruth,” said he pensively, “I mind me of the last evening on which you and I walked here alone.” She flashed him a glance of fear and aversion and stood still. Under his brow he watched the quick heave of her bosom, the sudden flow and abiding ebb of blood in her face— grown row so thin and wistful—and he realized that before him lay no easy task. He set his teeth for bat- tle. “Will you never have a kindness for me, Ruth?’ he sighed. She turned about, her intent to join the others, a dull anger in her soul He sat a hand upon her arm. “Wait!"” said he, and the tone in which he uttered that one word Kept her beside him. His manner changed a little “ am tired of this” said he. THE cottage that was Fy.versham's lodg- ing at Weston Zoyland. Her wild eyes fell upon Sir Rq wland's face. It showed livid; the nefher lip sucked in and caught 'in the strong teoth, as if to prevent an outiery: the eyes wild with fright. What did it mean? By an effort she wrenahed herselt round at Jast, and a scremn broke from her to rouse her aunt, her cousin and her brotier and bring. them hastening toward her across thie sweep of lawn. Before her, an {he edge of the shrubbery, a gray figure stood erect and groceful, and the fuce, with its thin lips faintly smiling, its dark eyes gleaming, was the Vrilding. And as sh ed forward, and she he: his foot ur.on the tuef, the clink of his purs, the swish of his scabbard Eainst the shrubs, and reason told her that this was She hcld him “Anthony! Anthons staggered forward, and he wis no more than ed her brow. “Sweet” he said that 1 frightened you came by the orchasd gate, and m3 coming was so timely that T could not hold in my answer to your cry.” Her eyelids fluttered, she drew a ‘long sighing breath und nestled closer to him. “Anthony!" she murmured ngain, and reached up a hand to istroke his face, to feel that it was ‘truly living flesh. And_Sir Rowland, too, by now that here was no ghost, re- covered his lost courage. He put a hand to his sword, then withdrew it, leaving the weapon sheathed. Here wa hangman's job, not a sword- man’s, he opined—and wisely, for_he lad had earlier experience of Mr. Wilding's play of steel. He advanced a step. “O fool!” he snarled. “The hangman waits for you.” “And a creditor for wou. Sir Row- ame the voice of Mr. Trench- realizing, land, v, who now pushed forward through | | these s: his fri approach “Twas 1 sent him from town. s lodged at the Bull, and bellows like one when he speaks of what you owe him. There are three messengers with him, and they tell of a debtor's gaol for you, sweetheart.” A spasm of fury crossed the face “They may have me, and when I've told my tale,” “Let me but tell of Anthony welcome, aid h —_— a kid glows warm for Kellogg’s— and these crisp, golden flakes repay in health. Easytodigest—nourishing—deli- cious with milk or cream or fruit. el R NN EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, 'WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 Wilding’s_lurking here, and not only Anthony Wilding, but all the rest of you, are doomed for harboring him. You know the law. think.” he mocked them, for Lady Horton, Diana and Richard,' who had come up, stood now a pace’ or so away in deepest wonder. ~ “You shall know it better before the night is out, and better still before next Sunday's come.” “Tush!" said Trenchard, and quoted, ‘There's none but Anthony may con- quer_Anthony.’ ** “'Tis clear,” said Wilding, take me for a rebel. An odd mi: take! For it chances, Sir Rowland, that you behold in me an accredited servant of the secretary of stat Blake stared, then fell & prey to fronic laughter. He would have spoken, but Mr. Wilding plucked a paper from his pocket and handed it to, Trenchard, . “Show it him," said he, and Blake's [ The indictment, which = face grew white again ay he read the |puty United States Attorney Podd lines above Sunderland’s signature |said was similar to one returned and observed the seals of office. He [April 27, charges that the trio ac- iooked from the paper to the hated |cepted $85.000 from face of Mr. Wilding. o 1 of vere a spy?" he said. his tone | payments between making a question of the odious|and December, statement. “A dirty spy?" charged that Means, Jarnecke and “Your incredulity is flattering, a‘ ' Felder conspired to obtain from fed- least,” said Wilding pleasantly as h | eral prosecutors certain documentary repocketed the parchment, “and it |evidence which was to be used in the leads you in the right difection. I |prosecution of the Glass Casket-Cra- neither was nor am a spy.” ger System fraud case. “That paper proves it!” cried Blake | Seventeen officials of the two com- contemptuously. Having been a spy | panies were sentenced to prison after mself, he was a good judgo of the |conviction on charges of using the vileness of the office. mails to defraud in a fake stock ‘See to my wife, Nick,” said Wild- [ promotion scheme. ing sharply, and made as if to tran: — fer her to the care of his triend. S 5t — e ppopot; |- (Continusd in Tomorrow's Star. wuated (o e s oaa woa e MEANS INDICTED AGAIN. Jarnecke and Felder Included in Proceedings. NEW YORK, May 14.—A supersed- ing indictment was returned by the federal grand jury Monday against Gaston B. Meaus, former special agent of the Department of Justice; Elmer W. Jarnecke, his secretary, , and Thomas B. 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