Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1928, Page 40

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) His find was wandering a little now. There was old Sir Martin Hadley, the very ‘correct family solicitor. _Perfect type! Awful stew the dear old beggar had been in-—couldn’t understand a8 chap breaking away from the conven- tions—beastly things, conventions—it wasn't done! Peter blinked his eyes at the bright, glittering object, edged angrily a little v toward it—and desisted because it Peter smiled. She w: there again. It would only be for a | moment-just as it had been that night. ‘There she was in the lobby of the theater that was crowded with women in evening wraps and men in evening clothes, all making their way out to the street, laughing, chatting, jostling. after the play. She would come nearer, and their eves would meet—just for a moment—but that moment would be one of those moments which would stand out in after life, imp sometimes fraught with a great wistful- | ness, and sometimes with reactions that | make of memory & curse. After that e would pass out ito the fogg! | him if he kept it out of the sunlight— that was the main thing. Peter puts it in his pocket The sun grew hotter. ‘The boat drifted on hours. through the Another dawn came . . . the pitiless sun . . Pefer fay in the bottom of the boat— motionless —his face hidden in his out- flung arms, CHAPTER 1V, In Which a Reward Is Offéred. he an; T was said of Humphrey Garth that could command more money, and on shorter notice, than v other man in the Common- wealth of Australia, a grim faced, with thick gray hal fortune mostly in ready At 60 he was ebrowed man ad made his but his in- hag, 00} terests with the years had widened— vast] London, was & man of power. he spent lavishly Big things. far-flung financial enterp Humphrey Garth of Sydney Steel, shipbuilding, —even in He lived lavish He possessed a su- perb home and estate just on the out- irts of Sydney: he maintained a mag- nificent ndon night. and, because the crowd would have surged between them, she | would be lost to him. | ipated the scene, prompted | ange, passionate hunger in his | lived it & thousand times | ht two years ago. ! cre was! There—with | ¥ thing about her, through re came the gleam of ivory | And now he could see the | —the chin daintly uplifted shining under the brilliant <. crowning her head with gold. Now she would look. The mo- ment had come. There Was no reason why she should look. They had never seen each other before. ~They had | neither touched mor brushed against one another. There were even three | or four people between them. But she | uld 10ok. | ¥ Now! Fhere was laughter in her face. responsive to something that her | escort had said, perhaps: laughter in her eyes that were blue—a blue such as he had never seen before, but which in the afterwards, on many a beach and many a ship, he had discovered in that glorious and unpaintable blue of the sunht tropical sea. And then the laugh- ter died out of her fage and died out | of her eyes. Their eyes were meeling, holding one another with strange in- tensity—as though a thousand "years ago mn some forgotten world and some forgotten way they had known each other. And in that long gaze there was @ startled wonder in her eyes, a troubled questioning. a great amazement; and| in his, he knew. unbidden, his soul. A} color came. faintly pink, to tinge her | cheeks—and she was gone—swept as| swiftly and as abruptly out of his li as she had entered it. Nameless— memory—immortalizing & moment. Gone! Peter lifted a haggard face. “Water!” Peter mumbled. That damned bright, shiny thing was still there! Well, he would get it! Wh should it torment him, and pierce his| eves with stabs of pain every time the | sun touched it! He crawled along— | made a foot—lay exhausted—made snother foot—and, grimly deter- mined now, cursing the object, his| weakness and the agony he imposed | upon himself through his efforts, he | finally reached out and grasped it. Peter stared at it. He wasn't angry with it any more. Possession seemed | to have robbed him of his antagonism. | F | It was a key, of course—but it was 2|} ‘very curious looking key—a slender key | «—very delicately and intricately finished #s to its wards and notches. It was perhaps three inches long, and scarcely more than an eighth of an inch in| width, and its thickness seemed to be | Jittle more than that of a piece of paper. ‘And yet for all its siender ns it was not flexible. Peter. tongue around his parched lips. Per-| haps it was because he had no strength | Jeft—perhaps that was why it wasn't| flexible. What did it matter? It was a curi- ous thing anyhow—too curious a thing to throw overboard. It wouldn't bother ¥E A b A X 2. \)"l A) P b ¢ 2 )35 bR N 2 \)4 P 3 week only. AR AR AR AR AR A R A AR AR AR it represents ut the » widely known station in life lic appratsal up and dow ocean-going yacht. He was and like all men of hi: who are subject to pul that appraisal ran freely the scale: and. from being to some who might for asons hold to that opinion, he was, tc asons held equally as valid. v, shrewd and ruthless . whose e surrendered itself to the god of gold. Mr. Humphrey G as in the habit of s ever, mongy- soul, if he ever had one, arth, how- ving with rather grim smile that he didn't give a damn what anybody thought about him. as in medi Father John's Medi i ed regularly Is and institutions from coast ast in the United States as well anada. these institutions may readily be ob- tained from the the original B ne are on file in proof of our statement with the of endorsement from individuals all over the continent. During its 70 years of success in the treatment of colds, throat trou- bles and a< a body builder, John’s Medicine has come recognized in a great many hospitals and charitable institutions as having great value. teed free from alcohol or any na rotic drugs in a seribe it for young children as well as_older people. Father John's Me, grade emulsion of Cod 1 with other i 184 HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS _ ARE USING FATHER JOHN'S MEDICINE 0ld Fashioned Medicine for Colds and Bod Building Has Proved Its Value By 70 Years Success in 184 different The names of all ds of letters nstitutions and Father to be Because it is guaran- form. doctors pre- e i A Mystery Story By FRANK L. PACKARD. Covvright. 1927, by Prank L. Packerd. a daffity tea-service at a golden-haired girl with wide, ll:‘ulhin blue eyes whe sat o] ite to him. Th‘:lm;lrl's laugh, low and mellow rippled out. " Why, father!” she exclaimed. *I had no idea you cared in the least for that sort of thing!™ . “Don’t ald Mr. Garth shortly. “Not “as & general rule. I'm not sure I do at all. I suppose it adds something to the sum total of human knowledge, and Rand seems tremendously serious about it, as though the Bank of England would collapse if he didn't carry on, but I can’t say I could ever work up muct enthi over prowling around after fossils and digging up prehistoric eggs and studying the habits of man-eating head-hunters at first hand.” “And y sald the girl, shyly, “you have seen quite a lot of him of late and helped to make a fuss over him—you've even invited him out. here this after- noon: and we're giving, I believe, o rather formal dinner for him tomorrow night.’ "I‘Huh. sald the multimillionaire. ‘Quite another matter, Marion—quite another matter! The man's famous, of course. Known everywhere—Singapore to London. \ “But you don't like & man well enough to accept the sort of invitatior we are talking about, merely becausc he happens to be famous, do you?” “Do you?” countered her father bluntly. Marion laughed and shook her head “I don’t know him well enough to sav whether I like him or not, if that's what mean,” she retorted. “But hould not like him just be- cause he had contributed some admit- tedly valuable &)lpers to the leading scientific journal It means at least six weeks or two months. ‘'Well, I'm rather keen to go,” sal Mr. Humphi Garth with sudden de- d ds new tissue and known as “the Great- dy Builder.” Doctors have known the value of cod liver oil for a great many yea and have used it freely in their practice. 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They say he's got an amaring place, a regular museum, up there on that island ot his, And then, another thing—the date Just suits me. Two weeks from now 1 Shall be ripe for a little holiday— need it, by Jove! And a week or 10 days at sea will be just what I want In fact, I was thinking of proposing cruise somewhere with no definite ob- Jective in mind.” Marlon got up from her chair, step- ped quickly around the table and laic her hands on her father's shoulders To Marion her father was her all; there were but two of them, and shc had never known her mother. “I'd love to go father, ply. “It will be a wonderful adventurc up amongst those strange wild islan that nobody ever visits—I've alway: wanted to see them. 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She watched him now | Rand apologetically as he shook hand: | home, and I'll be there in time 0 wel. ‘‘Bxactlys Inughed Mr. Humphrey |35 he came forward along the veranda | with Marion and her father. | e s Garth of Sydney boylshly.” “And there | toward them. He was tall, very dark.| “On the contrary.” said Mr. Hum | “"wnltos vund the schooner on from” 1s Herman Rand now, if I'm not mis- | Quick and lithe in his movements: i |phrey Garth pleasantly, “you arrived at ' Auckiand. and come back. here - Ken." Judged, of perhaps 38 or there- | exactly the psychological moment. W | coif and go tp with us on the yashts” From where they were sitting in the z'agout. and by no means bad looking— | had just decided that the opportunit: suggested Mr. Garth. 2 corner of the great house the view ex- | [t 18, she decided, if one didn't pick | of paying you a visit up in that quec =500 : e tended in one_direction out over that (i features to picces. If one did that, | part of the world of yours was far tor | (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) ’ ihcomparable harbor that ix ail Syd | Of Sourse, the libs were a little too long | allurme to lose ‘ et ney's own, and in the far distance the | 31d thin and the Jaw was terribly hard | “Really!” exclaimed Rand heartlly.| Twenty centers for the supply of . ads” Could be faintly discerned: in. | 3nd, the eves were 00 smail and 00| “You coming, then? free medical aid have been opened in . 1and the eye met & magnificent grove of | £lo%¢ together. But then, of course. one | Well, I am delighted! 1 was hoping | the district in India where the maiaria trees, and & cool, winding avenue that | % pick anyone to pleces. Certainly, | you would—but I knew it was rather a'!epidemic has been led up to the house. It was along this avenue that a motor car was now rap- idly_approaching. 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