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—— — PR ee RUsTWG, Friday. Atcase ¢ Y9T8 * ay. The Story of a Nameless Hero’s Sacrifice and of ‘@ Love That Would Not Be Sacrificed tines si GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN © (2 ©mgie Roel ren yer) @ By Frank L. Packard 02006 OOITSE $99IHORITTOOINVTIOOOIOOTSOSOSHDHVINIOOVOIITOD ONNTIERGIIEDS locke hooked It from th coast Kuard—"'pears he’ % «( Frank A. Mungey Oo.) and belted trousers which the coast- Ae cctorrahi 18, Oy Gente Bon cay guard men had furnished him. ‘The SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. joose flannel shirt, low at the neck "of ths tow, the days and weeks had passed that I should see you—but, oh, I am of chief as in @ dream. He had gone from o glad 1 did. TE have wanted Magistrate an’ head of fire di place to pla working, le her “and no a Ave Co “Open ie arge’s voice ve - With its turn-down collar, hid noth- partment an’ T dunno but aon cther @ Httle ther at : viteer” onteretee iy viel “wit nnever Mee yen ree strained, ee ahanerche pu oi, bate + ing of the splendid breadth of shoule things. Anyway, hé had the keys an’ then on again, Never but a few uay® again, desperately wainat the door. y ry Vere ,, Ger that seemed so proudly gi to I borrowed it outer hi lothes on th at most in the same place—net so His fingers brushed back the hate the door— let me in.” i q@ Siction rage, persiiadon Vargo to poise the well-set, shapely head. Way out. Might as well move @ong, much from fear of capture, he felt from her forehead and mnoothed it “Here now, “of that! iw = for ve it Careeom, The weeks in the woods had bronzed hadn't we?" strangely free and safe from that, but tenderly a iEaliti ard roughly. “Keep your ba } ° ‘. feaises ‘and tanned his face, the dark hi “Just a ginute’—Janet took tha became of the restlessness of spirit to God," he maid in a of t you in, eh? ’ to Lx fee had lost its hideous shortness money from her cloak and hetd it to- that he could not quell, . vil are you?” | *? nage Was beginning to wave a little now— ward him. “Here's a little mor stronger, more tnaisten ed suddenly a little interest in lerton the beauty of clean-lived young man- that 1 want you to make Varge take stantly with Bl she sald, further forward, and, thrusting meets Janet im, hood in all its rugged power was ust to hear tightly nt ” opent trans ‘Sprasn dominant in every feature. face, her # to feel her gant never Tet JOU gO the ApS of the anereit ponent suey ‘nets » Zils eyes were on the surf—hers ot my hands full,” aald the akip- presence near him—because he loved rit would) be er.” he must Mterally hold himself, ¢ {ea them, had lifted and were studying him. She an’ re an’ tools an’ her. drew her to him, drew her head to something, something tangibie thal range, to bt had tried to picture him without the need once we got in. Well, he had come! He had left tO his shoulder again, holding her responded to hiv sense of touch ber, afer prison stripes—how little, how crude, 1 Jest sip it into my pocket a0 the train at a station ten miles from Uhily, thinking to sooth’ her. and soul were tn turmoll—the bridge, = oa tiger tt Rerreas Walaenn litte highs, wate Janet puls Hebron, and since afternoon he had ware ST still for an instant; the bridge, she was walting for him#itp — she spoke again, hurriedly now, ting the money into the alde pocket peste’ ihe “ent of the diate ce, and et ee ene para iden cyen calling to hin from there—hie fine though brought suddenly to a reailza- of his coat, “Let me help you'carry ROW? | 16 after all, the pitiful ehance But thste wan Brave contre cad Sched tee nee: ood “aust apaenal CHAPTER XVIII. tion of the present, Something Le ae A gars a TS or ant {rom the gall tipe to keep thet voeaeaed (Contioned,) “Oh, e sald, “there is eo much ow acid he, "Taint but @ stop steal a glimpre of her through the "ldo pot think you understaad,” f:..n dragging them from thelr 5 ‘My Name I Pete fay—and there Is so little tim we'll be there in a jitty."" window of the altting-room perhaps, ®h¢ said steadily. “You must go soon ho cried out hoi " J “Time?” he echoed mechanicaliy— “Come, then,” sald Janet quickly. {Ghent her lnuphy Nee oer Reem now—but not alone. ' m Varge. 1am Sevens LOWLY it grew light and looked at It was hardly a hundred yards i) him through the nightethat wan . He looked at her. startled, reading y i e ly the eastern gray spread dene oore. ¢ Bribe’ ehieae arene, ae one gy has eed all—just that--and then to wo away bag eh searching 7, face. church, and the last one on the roa mS or, to. “Janet!” he er ti ean—you K. and crept ‘higher. Still pith her hana path within the villuge proper. It toox R&aIM. Tt was so little to ask for, to i Varge's eyes held shore- here. Some one is liable to come down ward. A dark speck showed at any time.’ » that hope for, the striving for desp ately hard that surely, murely that h, much would be his. resolutely Maes you ai them scarcely a minute to reach it, ssing along the side of the P She started forward as she spoke, wall, Jonah Sully laid the things he om the foaming crest of & wave—and a’ verge followed her. Bhe sat Was carrying upon the ground before The Might wae calm and quiet. . With 1a strange, | slow movement disappeared. It showed again—nearer Gown upon the sand, her back against reached into his pocker ACcfom™ the flelds in front of him the ' of your funny joker —nearer. a boulder. He took his place before id Ereat walla of the penitentiary stood 9 “You do not know what you are jet you in in a way you w A hoarse cheer went up from a her, full length upon thi out in the black irregular lines in the Saying.” he said numbly. who am D'ye hear, beat it or — convicted of a crime of which L cannot even tell you I am innocent; 1, ‘ho"-—— giiard echoed back t tinguish in a dark blur the warden’s hee heart told me that long Ags) We) hoe eae Py tr . lawn, the avenue of maples that she interrupted him. “ft hay eo high, vaul dome trent a ine ned Janet ehe wae fringed the driveway. He wondered, of it since that morning in the garden beyond. Faction "erewing "usen = “But 4 little curiously, a little wistfully, here, since that afternoon om the 6 must beat hie way Smguen, err . hat the house looked Hke now—the beach—you could not tell me then, his way iIn—-now—aaother There was a faint metallic click, font, of course, would be the same And I do not ank It now- Lt shall never he would turn and ' white moonlight; twinkling lights 5 from the houses dotted the village I dunno but that’s just as well, ‘cause from mebbe we'll have to make some noise Toad: fuat before him he could din- facing the rolling aur dozen throats. Grotesque figures in oll- hi skins with cork belts tied around thelr Sifts ‘Bat seemed to s bodies were bobbing up and down, now © “Tima? " above, now below him, as the lifeboat yer” gre, ould, Sain: rose and fell. away from at once—to-night. I ie Sine i Lied fb fhe We bao Na ‘4 have ee ‘warn you e: Y pol imself on thi ut I thought the rest you need their shout dropped into the boat. atter last night was worth the ris ° fT “Any more?’—they had passed him ittle delay, Iam expecting the rubbing of metal against metal. for there the firo had hardly touched #Ak It. If it Is a sacrifice that Ime With all bin along to the atern oo Gnd it witce father, I camo down here, you know, and then tho croak of the door wwing- ‘ti but the rear—had it been rebuilt Melted i oekle your is ao that yon mi “Mo poe fe ian | That nowied the question in his ear. Sfter the fire to spend a few weeks Ing, open. set exclaimed I thgngedy—not that it could auaten, can never speait, at least Tt shall ‘not like knobs ef ateel ; Ww my aunt, and he prom! to “There you * exclaim Capt, te re 4 i ain eV Aree shook his head, take a little hollday himselt while f Jonah Bully triumphantly, ” oly Se Gil Sotenelt wo Inticpataly DAIS TENE Goa tag giyeaue * ee aie eee ae if wi ere.” * Janet stepped quickly forward. of her—and - * eee nia tae Uotokee cae aavnat bashes not come yet?” Varge myaree!” she called In @ low voice, He reached the roadside, looked up Mir inn tu Stet wee mete coahoeta a ere juletly. an jown it, lstened— nm nly to him. “No; not yet—not that I know of,” ia that I do not even know who I am— black against C : : — t ¥ down fuil length upon the grass. Fe eee ee Or the wiew she answered. “He wald he was com- bes A runched on the gravel across {At T have no name but. Varge—that again, and once gone?” ing to-day or to-morro' “Mary K. Jones of Gloucester,” ot know just when hi Varge answered him. “This is Capt. but he did amin vo STORM rosso SEA: Ican never hope to find another?” — shout of alarm, could get step terrified now, the way ,and a man turned into the = «. " though an ley hand were started briskly off in the direction of phe lifted her head. ‘A prouder name Sully. ters. Four of aid Varge, “what “You do not know what you are peered through the darkness at a fig- at it—haa they come too the village away from the peniten- cae ante winked crethonrd a (ime do they arrivel ‘The evening saying,’ be anid desperate ure that was hurrying after him. late—-wau he already on his way back jnry, Varge waited until the warden m wood then the chalo- leek, Uittle after midnight, train’—— '— But for this once,” she went “Be you callin’ me?" he inquired; to Hebron? She turned frantically to was out of sight and hearing, then he be ny) AS, ered Jengting SP atttvet, Loney Bully and CAL, interrupted quickly eeu eae ke ae tele caer the euRRE thea, tn recognition: “On, it's you/ 2 shadows. of the mnbles Ani keeping Droxenly. terrific crea feainat the wall ¥ y: “You have to me off. It—| as one Oo! @ things -! . red al wa of maples fen and ‘women crowded about’the drive nearly seven miles to the nears Tveame for. {honor you fur whatet miss, be it? Evenin’ to you—evenin'!” ““On nig knees Jonah Sully ented Shadows of the maples and. keeping “ig iy tove greater than youre that hurling ‘the crew, the boat and Var; the men ¢8t station, and I do not know just believe you have taken upon yourself Janet answered him in little gasps, the lantern, stood up, flashed it ben the found of his ateps, passed cautiously Ti#ked more than Nfe to-night that the other side to the cheering, the women anxious faced, When they arrive. —I think It was one of the finest acta out of breath from her run. fround, and, jaw dropped. stared from tree to tree, making his way fr a few minutes you might be neur resistance suddenly gone, pitched "she asked, little sob, ward, recovered bimeal?, Quietly, Vargo drew a littie to one | Vatee allowed a handful of sand to # man han ever done—but itis terrl- "m1 want your help" Janet leaned iO, Janet's white face.” Then. he foward the house, SYee £ love you to. 1 do nat keow: peced iniethe Reinet ome cide, watching. them, place the life. trickle through his fingers before he Die. It is for all your life, It you are rorwara and caught his arm, patted weakly at the top of his head. jy) x8 tn a cry—not a startied ery, HOw great my love Is, 1 only know Shoute ana ‘vere to him, a woman's voice—and tad, “I have not thanked you for what fugitive. See, Iam pleading with you “Help?” said Capt, Jonah Sully oes Paes — ‘aseoatinnt but soft, broken, Ike a sudden sob. iecaket ee f inert’ a eae ines “Ss wild fire leaped through his veins. you have done,” he said finally, in if I were fighting for my bewilderedly. fever ace anythi Ing like that in all full of wonder, full of pathos, the terrible fetare akae nee eure, YoU should not stand a low voice. “You had only to speak piness— for the last time. 14 “To get Varge out of there,” she my born "Tain't it Baked cry robed in no studied dress tninking of alone.” Bh Things at onee “and something hone *,Word and II supposo there is a bly. ‘He raised his eyes to the #aid in a low, strained tone. without dynamite.” Capt, Jonah [he cry of 8 nou nd robbed Closer to him, and now toe nee SN salty ca He a eee. aye cliff agnin—the figure far above them “‘Landsakes!” ejaculated the little Sully's voice trailed off into an awe. chained him to the spot a crept around bis neck an: sa ThtY, were staring into each other's corrected, with a queer little catcn Wat still silhouetted againgt the aky- skipper, atepping hastily back. “Be Struck Whlaper. “Jee-rooshey! “Varge!" Pune eth perstage aoee L/, Nete COsbAd Wi Orient Boed Is her yolon: Ine es: for the last time,” she said YOU mad? Why—why, it's agin the — A tense, rigid ttle figure, motion- _ Something white showed behind the anchor tanere aot —to b cam ¢ whiteness Yes,” he said gravely, “And now ‘es: fo ape 8 is al law!" Janet stood stari@g silently dark network of the Virginia creeper tely. "% death. you bave taken the additional risk of After him. “I must go in a mo i aa ‘i ‘email that trailed over the end of the vo. Dassionstely, “Tomy Neither spoke. Then Varge looked coming to warn me. I had no right to-night you must leave ‘He saved your lif cement-floored. Ac randa, a chair scraped and toppled no other way... You al Y-e-s, that's so." way. to force a furt! a mS ‘es, ver—and she was coming toward ©oUld not live alone thi thés I have told them my mame was yout should: have sone a on upon said Varge—the figure “The cell ia in the rear part of the Cad: the one opposite the entrance, o Hy niend Werada atapa, years, they would be too terrible, too sad his jew Peters," he said simply and waited. she put out her hand awiftly, ime OR,¢he shy.ine was moving back HOW, townhall, in the basement,” Janet ox: with a heavy door, {ronemnested belt, ils hand rose slowly to na hat and cTuel—but together we will make an- Joking at a Her hand touched his arm. The pulsively, to rest upon his sleeve. sapoquring from view. plained, “and it has a separate door barred the reat of the he stood bareheaded ne ehe came, otver. future blue eyes looked full into his. “You must not speak lke t ; Teh you will speak'——— She ut the side, I passed there two or now in utter ruin, Softly, wondrously the moonlight Where- “Your name is Peters,” said Janet sho said, her lips quivoring. “I Yar very floge to him, her breath three times last week and I noticed gagging out at an angle, held only by played upon her, seeming to hold her !* ™y happiness too-we will i hurts me, It is as though you—oh, Wa" his cheek, her | lips were that it was fastened with a heavy a half-broken hinge at the bottom. in its embrace, lingering on the little M@ppinoss together. I—I think that A hearty smack fell across his back. I do not know quite how to say it- trembling, her eyes, tear-dimmed, padlock. It ought not to take a man The centre and upper hinges had white-ahod feet creeping so rovor- | Should die if you left mo here, “Come along with us, matey,” cried though you admitted to yourself the Were raised te his, very long to file away the staples and : Find happiness! Make anoth 3 C been torn from the walls and the ently around the graceful form, flood- ‘4 rushes to the the captain of the crew, "we'll saibi Bpevic! Yes! Why not—and get the outside door open. I do not 4 future for themselves! It was like have you tucked up ine fifty snug as have done anything see wen ee granp at nig chance for happiness! Know what kind of @ cell it is, but T Pereeer nie, done. wen Coreed outward aT eee encce’ & alimpae of Heaven! Happiness— frantically glowing it, @ bug in a rug.” #0 very glad, so very thankful that 2° #tand @ free man, his future be- do not imagine it is very modern or plaster, strewing the floor, adding to glorying tn its right to caroas. ah, yes, there would be happinese— the bolts, nervousty, ent I could go even tho little thing. Oh, f0r¢ him, to work for her, to win formidable; and, anyway, once in- the effect of rule and wreckage, com: one i and his life had been clean—if there ing the great steel CHAPTER XIX. Varge, you speak of thanks and I. ef. !n the days to come! He had side, Varge will help us. Besides the pleted the scene, She stood before him now, so small, was a stain upon his name there was So presage . what can I say to you?—my life, Dr, priy to Speak and let the coward soull file, ‘we'll need a good strong bar and P'Srheret ‘muttered the skipper ® Golicate in her beauty, tke some nono upon his soul—and it was God CHAPTER XXII. On the Brink. Kreelmar told me what you did—how °°. febactial pier Mork wae er 8 Lae helplessly, pointing to the single DUre: m angel, and ®- given, this pure love of theirs, as she 8 ‘em—up to the coast-guard rance as of some rare perfume was had sald—and there was other Breaking Into leon. T HERB was no mystery in brava you were and"— should have forgotten! It came to ptation” sald Jonah Sully cheerfully, Witdow Just above his head, whose Khout her. ‘The long lashow fell muds nn’ bad Pri 6 “ siti Ae bars had been bent apart lke pleces ; - way-the barriers were down, torn Janet Rand's presence in , “And did he tell you that he had him now, bringing peace, streng:h- + eave . IN get ' “ * > denly, hiding the great blue eyes, and i [egg ie Auhlng village. '0,D¢ Kept by force from going for you ening him, calling him—the gentle, Til mest one Sincat midnight: oe wires iwan dome ied Went! nor head vee lowered bowed a little. Siang tome Re antalya himself?" Varge interposed, smiling patient face of Mra. Merton, the sil- Midnight came at iast—how many dynamite cause: hea: hr beet “You have come, Varge'—the words and they were each other's for sil She often went there in at her and shaking his head. “You very hair so smoothly parted beneath times had she consulted her watch finest t re dy Cal a blown came very slowly in an unsteady of life. summer to visit her aunt, See, after all, it was only that I was the old-lace cap, and the eyes of by the ald of a match! How terribly, tateatiy. bi ss chee mul pulled voice—“here where—where your dan- Listen, Varee"her arma still Dr. Kreelmar, he entemsd who lived there, Soon after Varge's “ little the stronger.” trust looked into his again now a8 how anxiously the time had dragged purnestiy, at his akerm “Well, gor in very terrible, and you have 1, .y%en. Yarge’ her armas the sitting room of his home, 1 No." she said slowly. “No; he did they had looked through all his boy- by! ‘She put on her cloak, moved ! taken this frightful risk because, be- Coe are Bes Hut her face “Guese Janet must have tor escape she had started on her annua! i me that—dear old Dr, Kreel- hood—and the dear lips smiled at toward the door—and stopped. Money ' was raised to his, “The time is going gone for a. ; ause—will you tell me why?” walk,” aald he. “Get trip to the coast. Then, looking straight at him. He turned his head from Janet —Varge would need plenty! He would : and it Is preclous—every minute In 80 5 3 amatch, Ere An hour after her encounter with Varge: “But should that make me —and abook it siently: a. aust alsniot take it from her, but he would Neb XXI. Pe Hens, Jone Lice tne eines belt. Precious to us now—we ust not lose any ess—the less ter to er voice broke. as a t surely refuse it loan from J . Jos , mar produced Varge on the beach she had come yoy iia ways be—like this?” Cape: Bully, Bie want wo bor areas The Greatest Thing. little lower. over the creek? You muat go there ., Di: Kreeli the to the coast guard station with @ “I have taken unfair advantage of It was a long time before he apokey found her purse, took out the bill ‘T was unconquerable. The ,-YoU-—you are making it very hard py the fields. 1 have a few things I Hmhted tt and handed tt to the a a } t a ; . "You will den: int, elderly little lady, her aunt, it.” he sald, evading her question. “Always,” he said. It was that were in it and placed them in for me," she whispered. must get together, but It will take den. at i hel fellies and various “i had no tight to force to-day upon single word, low spoken, but It WAS the pocket of her cloak. Then she very greatness, the bigness, not answer and—and I know. IT you longer going that way than it “Give you a bishop and 6 pawa Go outansibly vo bring you. Yes; I should have gone his doom, ‘his sentence, self-pro- Crossed to the door, opened it. and of the man nourished it and knew on the beach that day—did you wii) take me by the road, 1 will meet delicacies for tho invalided Jonab rien “hut “I'he hesitated—"I nounced. stood on the threshold listening. fostered it until, beating think I did not know? It Is a0 10M you there, and a little further on SHE" volunteered th Sully, and professing, at least, great couldn't, 1"— She drew back from him, a smilo Aji was silence, only her heart w down his defenses, routing 2% Ad—and I have prayed Your there ix wome one [can trust who will Handedly, but chuckling surprise to find the skipper of the He rose to his feet, walked ab- Struggling bravely for supremacy OM beating wildly; It seemed almost as prayer, the prayer you asked for m@, givy un a horse and buggy, and we “imaelt as that God wor him, it dominated and owned him a quard a. ant Ben too tas the quivering lip though she could hear it. She pressed ince th euare 2 ve to Claxto 4 braid ¢ you costly to f¥ou will go—sou must go to-nteht, her hand to her side and held there A strange paradox? No—rather the keep you—and I prayed that He gi" quee,tyquaxton and get a traln, (91) het, »nce—before father come: & moment; then, closing the bedroom inevitable. would bring you back, but not Mk® 7 would let you go alone! That I"—— _, You'll do what?’ snapped the tres. t once," he sald. door noiselessly, she gathered wi A foreshadowing of It had come to thl#—In peril for—for me," Sho wan crushed In his arms, his pve little doctor, “e"eot Mary K. Jones sitting on the door ruptly a few yards away and : facing the sea. io wind was grate- steps diecoursing volubly to @ BrOUP fF) “Wnipping his fevered brow: there of fishermen upon the incidents of seemed somezhing akin in the she whispered—and held skirts of her cloak and dress, f “Janet!"—all of Ife and death nis keen chess player and quite, the storm, and showing little evidence tossed S98 to et anpest raging in ve her hand. down the stairs, made her way to Verge on that night of wild turmoll gamed in the word; rapt wonder, a lips to hers, to her hair. to her eyes more than, the equal of the Wanéem. of the precar! one hefore, except fOr moment silently; then he turned, _ For a moment ho held it in hin own; the front door and out into the street, when he had faced death, had mo- wild questioning that would not let Pathe What aein in bay) rural | “Bishop and pawn,” repeated pete dage that swathed the crown went buck and stood betore her. whe then he bent his head and touched it Toya ontenwely dark “a hurried mentarily expected it, on the etorm- him yet helleve, was In his eyes, Bis WV iiirana jaye de nda tte melady werden: composealy, replacing 3 f i glance about her showed her thay 4 + r of his head and precluded the use Troe Stl aated on be paa latt her wee Maa and keep you and bring @ light was burning in the village, swept schoone: deck—but only a Sees hesitatingly, he put out his W#* carried in high, exultant notes, emphasized dell et . ca saat beach at the am a convicted murderer’—the you happiness,” he said, “through all only the boom of the surf seemed to foreabachwing—he had not realized ands and touched her-—her arma, her lke crashing atralns of at in mus board and the men-—you know where half a mile words came from him with cold, de- your life.’ i All the night. t all then, shoulders—and gently lifted her face . ca oe hey are--on top of the kcase, foot of tho Pine cif,” Junet had liberate steadiness, and it was aa “Tio watched her go-watched long Pee ent aulekly, down the street. It had been more than that ainco and looked Into the swimming eyes Immortal, a god. and power and be back in a moment—eft my found occasion to whisper to Varge though he drew a line upon the sand after the last flutter of her cloak was at Mer feet between them, Jost to view around a little headiand See ow he was waiting for her, Which there was no passing—"I } m majesty and might and heaven and upstairs’ cand th dezvous, and she stopped before the that evening on the beach when, for that for # hreathless moment Were earth wore his ES omy chureh, an instant, the mad thought hid coma Taine’ to hia and then he swept her m. With @ snort, the doctor crossed * ve yO- You!" he whispered flercely, “Yen, t under sentence for life of projecting rock far down the “iere 1 be," announced Jonah to-him that she, in all her glorious, hee oie tim, igs bes yes—yeat to the bookcase, jerked the board She came presently, but he did not beach, Sully, stepping out from the porch. . { b / hite t Bhe freed herself, half-laughing, the box of chessmen from the top, a@d, hear her until she was close behind oaped convi Slowly then Varge walked to tho “ain't no one seen you up to the fresh young innocence and beauty, head of hair, the pure white brow. HAIR OEY the had eck ante ae welurned to the tanta’ ie hhigi—he had been looking the other A little cry came trom hy foot of the pathway leading to the house, have they?" in all her tender purity and aweet- | “T lov y love aot him through a blinding mist; then > way, his eyes fastened intently on pa. fwelned he lnsped cliff above, and slowly began to “ung “said Janet, ‘“No-it's all ness, cared for him—a nameless man, sone again from his lips—worda he breathlessly, pantingly, sho pushed the path by which he himself hag de- suddenly together. She seomed to TQubt Mt oe oe tne ciite the MEHL.” an escaped convict, a branded folon. jad never thought to say-came vole. him away b ucended. and the slight sound of het shiver a little fn ewerved sharply tothe left, g An’ t got it" declared Jonah yes; he had put {t from him—then, ing-a'sone of wondrous inclody in hia "Uo, then!" ahe sioaded. “Oh, go stepe in the sand had been drowned " why—oh, why did you say that!" Pan eweryed aharply to the Med Sully gleefully. ¥en; 1 reckon my Yeni be Rad Pub ts from, * paul all else wan blotted from him-- at once—quick! [will be there before y as by the noise of the surf. ata eee " Varge made the turn—and stopped» turned. Hooked it, by erick, Not easily—for then in all its mean- ene wa tee ee tops returning, cka, Two men leaped {ch see) She held out both her hands in Hecause,” he answered monoton- 2084 in, his, trac ing, tn all tts depth, as it had come to , \* bel t cks that had hid- ©. : aging re nene 10 SAG Ht ot rion forget 1t—and I must not forg fipn, them—and blocked the path ve, tern?”-—Janet nodded her head. ne ‘ and only that glad paeon of supernal Joy rang out entrancing him. "Varge—dear Varge,” ahe answered = She turned from him and van to- cle na him tremulously—and like a@ tired ward the house. For a moment the Paw @ reached over, very grimly Nr “Moret : i cket. He was profoundly You are an innocent man!” she ‘| 6 had been aeated .More'n | chuckled — Capt. bis own love. child lay passively in hin arms, little white figure paused on the ver- BE T came by the peach.” she sald. cried, inva strained voice. “You deny and cama forward: taue other men, Sully. tho key for the pad- Bince then, that wan two months ago "its 'Nud' her close to. lilin in ® anda sepa, and looked ack At hime Siting, Shek te wBs Bees T thought it would be ht q itybut I know.” men of the coast-guard, their eap- nilence that had no need of words, and then she was gone. when the Warden spoke oe Mt He ight her hand js—an “You are very good,” he sald softly, tain among them, appeared as if by her head upon his breast, tie face —qvhe song In hia soul rose Into high- Goorw. ¥, then ‘De fould. SHY BARS hare ane but he did not look at her. High up magic from behind other rocks and - burted 1a the golden heir again ana er, wilder, almost barbaric chorda— joo) r al h above him on the cliff a figure stood clustered about him. Seven to one! A Y G ° A f V then her hand stole into his and @h@ the primal, elemental song that may os Mttle dark-clouked figure ahe was, suddenly silhouetted against the sky- grim amile in which was. blended © Are You oing Away for acation? led him towards the willow. slumber sometimes but never Abe. weariness in, the ockerae epee Mane the hood drawn over her head, a line. He dropped his eyes after an strange apathy settied on Varge's potcieten, cas IB “Edo not think we could be #ean Quickly he passed across the lawn, caught the little doctor's ear I wind blowing truant hairs of gold instant’s glance that she might not lips as he faced the warden, from the road.” whe maid, @ little down the driveway, over the road and He raised his eyes from the chess, across her face. So small, #o dainty, notice that anything had attracted — “Tam sorry for this, Varge,” Warden When you go out of town for vacation you may find it is a . . 4 laughter, little bo mingling thetr gained the flelds. Rathed in the board — and the t so trim, so fresh and pure and beau- his attention. Rand said gravel T rather it | difficult and costly to provide yourself with the right sort of reading} notes in her voice, “but it will white, clear moonlight, falry carpot= jumped to hin feet, sending the ¥ ons so tiful—oh! fo sweep her into his arms She stepped to him quickly and had been any other m: than I to tt safer here. ed they seemed, giving a new light- of cheasmen flying in all direct! ce and hold her there, to have her arms raised her face to his. “Is there trap you, As it 4s, I have force enough | Matter. ; He faced her, pale, haggard, hil¥ ness, a new spring to his steps, ay “Kh? What! What!” he epluttered aa | qreap, round Ba neok, her bead 19 nothing nothing in ail thes world,” here to make resistance, even from Why send to the city for novels at $1.25 or $1.50 each or buy even full of the misery that was upon though they, too, heard the song and out. "Good Lord, Rand, an ‘a thes 7 4 she ed in passion: you, but an act of folly.” them at a fancy price in some country store? im would speed him on his way matter?" through all of life! ness, ‘no promise of ey Piles y . “Janet! Janet!"—arief, self-con- — Then came. reaction and sanity, The Ward The blood swept in waving tides to the future, no siegle thine that. the You can supply yourself with the best, most delightful summer | aemnation, hopelenanens, all were in Horrinte munity, And his path lay, doorway. his. face wet and erhttee ne her cheeks; her eyes, lowered, sought future might hold In store for you, CHAPTER XX. reading for six cenis a week. his voice; and wrung from him in a clear, before him, He must save her sheet of notepaper in his hand. the ground, and she gently dis 1d no dream that might come true, that Pas A ~< hoarse cry came the words that had from herself. At a run he set out Kreelmar—Janet's go PES este tack from her Moree ee ek eee Fan of th The Allie By subscribing to re Evening Wari for the rest of the summer] fashed upon him. when he. had for the prison gasped Kreelmar. “Gonel. - le stood a little bac! m her ray to the js face full o: 1 ill s | a yveek. N ate J out from the elm upon the In a few minutes he had reacned one where? What do then. A glint of the setting aun, agony he could not hide, he broke In ¢¢ APTAIN ree a sete comple vad i: <i tan ot foe os wi #1) fawn and she had seen bim: “Sanet— hin goals, He ncised the pate bell a Gone where? wih through a break in the flying cloudy, hoarsely upon her words. Ont a ttle from the | Country dealer has not been able to sell, but the finest up-to-date fiction} what have I done!" wrenched at it violently don't’ know,” came from across the range o ‘Miss Rand, be merciful!" village on the cliff roaa | by the foremost living authors, Her hands felt up and rested upon And now « hurried step Mae VOUS Sno mesma” to & om marcifal,” abe said tensely, leading to the coast- Bear this in mind, not only for yourself but for any of your friends | 's,fa« A ed out, throwing into relief against the “Be merciful to yourself. 1 shall < sbackground of the cliffs the great never try to make you speak again, guard station Capt. Jonah atrong figure, clothed in the dark shirt but for this once’—— Bully halted, turned around, and “IT know," she aatd softly, “But we the rattle of a could not undo that now if we would. still held by Kreelmar—read it." T know—so well, You never meant was opened a cautious Inch or so. 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