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e Avengers ana EVERY BOY 1 MAK . The Adventures of a Man Who Berren Keep MONEY WHY Cour oat? >) Cts ve Fought Peril inthe Derk Youn MONEY PEAR TOM YOU BRE So SE. sw 7 Ag ee nae b DON T GAMBLE YOu NEVER GWE Me a Tho \ S84 Canoe nau By Headon Hill LN WAR Stocks } |YouwaaT au Tne honey) ) SANE. KEEP Yue = a aaenieerot tide Your SEF - ~ | Money aut oF Her Wusbend bad newer ~ - ~ y \ Wwau STReer ip thie fawhion before % Speae ont ¢ be hed beeen taken Of onmeed ? — Leste” she orted ence mare, at » ‘ tttng the handie , Sithowt ton to poummaven - ) Papier bray ne Mf Houmier frowned him or = y towlted the obeter - 3 a as an American, you have never | , vee weband’s lowe we of him.” | Sh \ that we to be Mebtly a cy ndeed yea t ave heard ie NN) both trew to! wheal might be ae of Mr. @uayne.” maid Berthe 1 do} OD 1 | | he added not wonder that you heave found out J so muc mot “~ we ved nieht, | | - {TTT —_ heave some food, or you Boo! Hoo ! IT's ny O very WEL \ OID You SAY bivet ot Kui he sig ‘i fier alt the worry | the landing « Own MONEY. 1 CAN Do Buy ALL THe PieFLe PIPFL Now REenenaer any hobo be Ry Bee ary Ae At thie moment there was @ tap at Seaa "the had Bera | MAT OWANT WITH IT You WANT. BuT ( onan 7 te Wie “Seven Coes ll |iacs sink Sinceeinctntsotss Meigen free tas eee ee CuupTen 5 Concern for the moment waa to allay| | YOu aR@ A BRUTE ! Don’? BLANe ME IF on STOCK G will be narriMend. from your pater» "Well, what le M7 ahe saked sharp } ° 48 speedily an pomsibie, the anxiety ee {EF You LOSE iw view, quite us iy iz, epening the fess to aves pradhedediad Sak bar’ bees sts feslinn 3 i — - ‘This ie what I ask,” Leonie contig. PRE Come of Kaw pee you. In Suspense. tenet thee with “Mr | ———— |tintiieate the natures their danger "othe steward. sent te to say that RUE to her decision to tgnore Saunders tn a pucker, would be t mt by supper is served, and would you te good as to let him know what wine you"——- shrill treble, pitebed high Jong as possibie the in. #! the #ieps waiting for her she was . confident, and sure enough there w fention te detain her the faithful sor place you e name, un- against her will, Marion ac- own in thy & é ; ' re thud of the propeller had ompanion Row In one Tia ee Saving Ineavenes penced, waa interrupted cepted a cup of tea when it PS as on 4 Living soul of the re “us, Lat ow fame, and even allowed herself to Usten with some show of amuse. agtectio regard for h ™ent to Mr, Soorrier Voules’s too #in to allow any Gipeertations on the shortcomings eurprise at her belated appearance Of the London hotels from the Am. Steadying the Jwuneh close to tho| erican point of view, For, by com- sees, be reached his hand to help her MON Consent, the conversation was di- “Mr Armytage ta in town aome- verted to general topics, After half Where, looking for yo an hour of this, Marion begun to for. now y 6O that she was in the company of o'clock, but he re jater in two determined emissaries from a the dinghy. Ah, there he ist We've Powerfw society delega’ to take a in nek this time.” & horrid ehuckie from the cabin (it be a9 lonely ae you like, and let the used dress. lappointment be at any hour of tbe Lalle Armytage had used aa. o BY ¥ t any ay or might. 1 will further promise Wing for me, kiddy,” came the jeering < . to offer no resistance. My one etipu- “lis > tation that tam frat ansured that pil iS kaeuas or ie.» A {the alia has been fr rom the =| port of whatever you bave doe to 4nd am right oft: eg St"ceme = her” t ’ Herthe Roumler consulted her « frere: with ; he ed White an a sheet, M x f__—" |Iaxily woqulencs tor Frayne, at into the corridor, ahutting ber at! the mantel truculent but non- stateroom door behind her in a v committal, [twas : ‘ His discipline was desire to atop further revelations that deadly vengeu realized that Marion bad begun to descend the tng veto, ond lt wae met given Imme- Sheil canpension’ bet . their 4 desire to steps, but, guided by Sat 8 Boe ALL RIGHT DEAR 1T 5S YouR FAULT JOHN _ ig ser ould comprennise her | DaaeeEE kil t Then there began to steal ture, she turned and looked up to the * bi iy WHY OID You TELL ME | yo a silence that seemed to Law. the agony in her of and, oe ohne over her again the feeling of fear that parapet of the landing stage. It war IT'S Your LOOK ouT ite to last for years, and then Berthe was aware of the lad’s devotion to ad seized hor before Berthe Kou- bright moonlight, and tt showed her . . TS BuY PIFFLE STock 2 —_——. | raised her head and spoke sharply to herself, she could not fully under- Frayne, “Tell bi whe sald, ‘x- stand bis dintress, till he murmured in | actly where you fixed the machine.” n awe-stricken whisper: Sullenly, and with his ever-present lgel Lukyn, he aid he wae. of vance atrong upon him, ‘That was the toff that behaved #o Frayne obeyed, furn let the bad to Sister Su y for the undoing mier’s story. Why should they want her husband's face, a little strained to keep her in this dirty back room, &*# Was only to be expected, peering first harrowing her with details with down at her. He was wearing « long ‘which ehe and her husband had noth. Coat that she had not sean before. ing to do, and now talking common- He must have felt chilly, the poor Places with the volubility of obatrue- thing, and bought it In the town, «ha ve members of Parlianent? told herself CAN YOu EAT IT ge ie The end of her suspense cane at Mast in the sudden bursting inve the room of tho florce-eyed little man whom she had tirst seen at Weybridge station, and whom Quayne had heid to be the author of the shooting outrage Pinecroft. Usually well-groomed in coat and silk hat, he now wore @ blue serge suit and a cloth cap. “Success!” he cried in his guttural voice. “I got close in the darkness and fixed it to rights. It's sure”— 4, But in obedience to Berthe Rou- Biler’s uplifted hand and angry glance, recting his astonished gaze to Mar- he to an abrupt stop, “Go into the front room,” continued Berthe hurriedly. “And you,” she ad- Here you are, deat 1,” she cried joyously. Janne You are full: your breach of ord CHAPTER XII. Quayne’s News. FTER his wife's departure A on a professed shopping ex- and here am Hop into the pardoned for pedition in the town, Leslie | began by faithfully obey- | int her instructions to make bimselt pleasant to Aunt Jane in the saloon. | Thon the darkness of the early | p f his villainous iwork. Lealte * too inten hin | words to memory, 40 as to reproduce them without @ flaw, to look at Sour. rier Voules during the recital, Mad he done #o he would have observed that the taller of the two men was regarding bis colleague with a keen enjoyment “And when—when? Leslie hardly dared trust himaelf to put the ques- ton on which so much might depend, “When will jt go off?" Herthe cal- lously helped Wim out, “It is timed for hetw: 4 and 5 o'clock to-morrow afternoon—twenty-four hours after It was set. And now, Mr. Lukyn, it re- ——— CHAPTER XVI. Bitten Finger Nails. ARION started as though stung by the boy's disclos- M ure, The scene on her mar- riage night, so recent in time, so distant by the bap- penings since, came flooding back to ‘ her memory with vivid force as she 4 looked down at Badgers half-scared, half-angry face, The girl who had so nearly paid for her intrusion at Eyot Cottage with her fe was, then, the mains for you to fulfil your part of a ) the bargain, You wil take a walk on “Sister Sue” of whom she had x the cliffs to-morrow night beyond #o much, and the poor wandere! eee eres renee — ~ — Littcham, between the hours of one been mistaken in reoanting her Y, ight blotted our all view of| ded to Voules, “stay here and enter- “/D‘er & i fain our guest, to whom watew min. the shore except the street lamps and ve att a Fec- P utes now we shall probably have to the lighted windows along the sea ° and two, Here, you can see it on the ognition of the man who had done ony adieu. front. An hour passed and still the Lesile could only imagine that the Marion back to the Idalia, To Leslie tion when the bedroom door had night-porter who will let me in if all local map.” fh 1 her wrong. th which she followed Fayter launch came not. Leslie began to 8Word which he had been dreading Armytage the situation was eo closed. goes well.” Tt seemed to Tasiie that the calm, All Marion's vision of happiness Wrayne out of the room. pace to and fro, consumed with an Dad fallen, and that his wife had dis- Quayne took a revolver from his hip even tones might also have comprised gcemed to dissolve like a mirago impatience that was rapidly growing oVered his deception in advance of Charged with terror that he had need and laid it on the dressing v. the phrase ‘ay God have mercy under the dual shock of her hus- ‘ © into anxiety, his too long deferred confession. But of all his manhood to keop from “There was a brief crisis halt CHAPTER XIV. on your soul,” for, a# Voules opened band’s present behavior and thin dis- ‘HAPTER XI. He sought her maid, in the hope of that she should adopt the cruel course bursting into tears, Marion must &! hour ago when I nearly had to use Atonement. the door at a sign from Berthe and covery of his past misconduct. A com- The Face in the Moonlight. ber’ ah ees As Se tedne hirer eitneut word of have taken Nigel Lukyn, a homicidal ‘&t little friend,” he said. Then he conducted him to the atreet, he knew bination of dignity and shame kept is must have w great i very essence of her character, Anger, ™&niac, on board the yacht in the be- turned and faced Leslie with: “That § Lesiic Armytage traversed pimaclf sentenced to death os surely her from pressing the boy for de- <4 OW in thunder did she deal of shopping to do, Crispi is a dangerous gang, Mr. Armytage the now silent and de- as If his judge had worn scarlet and tails then; she wanted time to get come to be here, and said. ‘ scorn and open recrimination he lef that he was himself, her husband, I didn't beat about the bush, but sertod streets in the short ermine Instead of a costume bearing used to the new state of tulnge sory what dots it meant His {ll-disguised concern drew a Prepared for; but it was unlike Mar- and had steamed away beyond recall, *!mply informed them that they were 7 bri the hall-mark of Worth, #o swiftly on her in the heyday o: malevolent sinile from the traltress, 108 to strike a man down without Tell me," aaid . 1 known, and that if any barm befell walk that was ta bring “hut he had as good as saved Marion what sho had delieved was her growled Frayne, a8 “Ou the contrary, sir,” she replied Nearing his defense. And oh, how he " Quayne, leading the [dalla or any one aboard her they him to Holroyd Street, he if the yacht could be brought to triumph over the one cloud on her soon aa Berthe joined with evident relist, “was surprised Mad hoped that the defense he would Leslie out of earshot of the in- would make . that Mrs. A: t plead—the defense if his great, all- formant, “was lie so very bad when Ish hemp. That was when I thought oe other and, to his mind, etill «raver cannot understand ft, Billy,” she hey pausn® ont parlor of the logs. hore wi alle faa te Leet Mee conquering love—would prevail, A you Were with him at the asylum?" they would go for me—the pretty iit- Milaration—the first real happiness Diner Sit i) tot, diy. “I think that there must & house, means that the food Whit she wanted in the way of pur, NOPE againat hope, perhaps, but he “It was my sole reason for not tie wildcat who leads them, and her h¢ had known since hin mar- me explanation and jt is your Work I've put in has gone for nuth- chases. Wo , " had clung to it till now, when the doing my wife's bidding,” replied male cutthroats, But it is only au riage. He was on his way to expiate, business to explain things, is It not? re Would you wish me to go y CHAPTER XV. into the town and I 01 on water rippling where the “yacht had Leslie. “At intervals he was as bad dirty little lodging house in a crowded 4¢ could, the deception he had Perhaps you will be able to find one rthe was {n high good humor and “fur Losi, now thoroughiy aermed, 1omed so largely told him that hig @# any one could be ne ee é uaintance with Eng- was conscious of a feeling of ex- harbor in time to save her from that married life. © violent that street, and the risk. was too heavy ‘ 5 “ A if you set your little brains to work. hastily accounted for Marion's pres- affirmed that lo Would’ wo hiauat Wife—ves, she was still that, whatever he had to be kept under close re- for them. ‘They thought better of it, Practised on his wife in inarrying Relapse fcankor kk to you about Rowe noe in the house by the obvious ex: Having: {rat te, Would Ko himself. phe and the world. night’ say—had ftraint. And his greatest antipathy and laughed at mec" her, not under a false name, but in lanation that she. hud. Interospted t intent! punished him with ftght. seemed to be against Miss Fermor, "Laughed?" echoed Lealie feebly. Nigel Luklyn's personality, Galeriats sais ae gow anes See ines and obtained ber eager “tie was turning scrrowfully away 20W my wite. Both in his ravings ‘Yes, laughed,” Quayne. repeated, There waa u dull gleam in the glass ghe told her surly confederate how gmaller ship's boats and had himeelt {the shimmering river's mouth 40d his quieter moods he never tired with savage recollections of one of ganight over the door at Number 47, lon, evidently genuine in her pro- rowed to the steps. The motor launch {© tfaverse the nearly deserted land. of Uttering threats of what he would his few defeats, y had the whip- “ at last from its long waltat steward and Badger waited on her, the landing steps, sped to- she made a pretense of eating, oarry- ward the Idalla, Marion {8% on a scrappy conversation with A 8 the motor Inunch, released “tn the saloon, while the under- Aunt Jane for the sake of appear- fessions, had come to them in the ing-stage when he saw the figure of 40 to ber for, us he believed, having hand, you see. They pointed out—at @o4 Leslie, with an inatinctive guess could not find it tn her gnoes, Delier that they were really hunting Seagtt! Bad meen tothe ti; w man, warmly ‘muffled, advancing Wim put away.” loast, that clever little French wornan that the people of the house would peart to talk trivialities, and the true She was interrupted by the en- Armytage, the “double,” and not Marion, toward him, ‘They met in the full “If he breaks out, as he is pretty did—that your wife having married a wone to bed, forbore to press of Badger, who, in his blue ectric bell into a vibrant sum. History of her afternoon could not be tran | ete the man she confessed to “Trying to comfort himself with the Sire of & gas lamp, and with one ac- Certain to do under the excitement man out of a lunatic asylum, anything uniform and brass buttons, made the ing married in the name of A 4% cord they halted in thelr tracks, of hig successful escape, your wife that happened to the yacht was not He used the cheap iron knock- told before Saunders, She, therefore, picture of a smart yacht’s boy. He Armytage. Frans ce ihe there Dateien ine Site Gu was the involuntary Will at least be surrounded by faith: likely to bo attributed to any. one ¢F very softly, and in accord with gat silent, and only once whispered to Advanced toward them, all traces of nil plex, but gute simple. when sea front and made his way to the exclamation drawn from Lesite. ful adherents to protect her," the de- else. T could not refute the argument Xpectations was rewarded bY i. coated figure at her side: ‘his recent excitement gone. He eame e wor! es 0! his un- mae Front dl Be Sea eeie on craw rromy Ls _ fective continued We have no actual proof against them the appearance of one of the lodgers, ‘B® _ in from the corridor in which was the Ar pae only € clcek: thats War Eien: Riediately: Ho ag eet anwer Im- “Hardly knowing what he was do- on the previous attempia, and cannot The door was almost instantly slid “Such heaps i ririehe nen sleeping accommodation, and mado thing in the aspect of tho streets, as @Nd peered into Leslie's face, ing, but thankful for export guidance, have them arrested, And If we could, half open, and there stood Scorrier Everything will be al vig! atid straight for @ cabinet tn which cigars he turned out of the residential quar- “Mr, Armytage, and when I call you Leslie accompanied the detective to T fear it would be too late, There Voules, blinking solemnly, with the ay goon as she reached the deck of were kept. ter, that struck chill to his heart. The that 1 mean it without reservation, $8¢ Imperial Hotel, where Quayne was a fiendish self-agsurance about Weatiness of a man kep! out of hie 1. vaont, Marion turned toward the “The master rung his bell and sent slop windows wero all dark, with the though you are the man L last saw Div, tyeaiy cngaged a room, An- SOE FROt SRRRNEI EG Whe AculeveRiant Rforenemsnrter Himes Yer Full Of forced age, beneath which wore Capt. Seiten ae at anuen “i tee nf exce! 5 5 ro 4 ol ooked for Leslie, of thelr purpose.” x “5 es ne ae ine ee emUS Raa: econ at Broadstairs,” he auld tne two adjourned to the amoking "You mean danger to the yacht by ,, Suddenly he stiffened as hie eyes Crawford's chart room and private “strong ones, he want” Pulling himself together, he wont “Yes, and the same man who was 0M, Where Quayne ordered whiskey explosive, or some auch contrivance?” Plerced the gloom and he uttered af eatin, ‘To her companion she nodded — “Didn't he give you tte mame of the into the restaurants and tea rooms, with you at Weybridge, and whom Ml clears. So I’ should gather,” replied *artlculute cry of astonishment. | droctionately as she separated from Cigar?” said Aunt Jane, sitting up fortunate lady's mind tn arranging her expedient for rescuing her lover,” Berthe conclu her explanation, “Now, I gather from your injudicious boast just now that you h. carried out the Idalia programme?" “L rather reckon #0," replied Frayne, "You'll be ready enough to give Voules the credit for making the thing, but you'll have to spare some to me : : We haven't time to eat, and T Quay : suddenly very erect, id, des by) M on h o wd nmate + aN Quayne, eyeing Leslie curiously, for a ty ny 9 for fixing it. It was no child's play toula, Hane hod nese ee ee eae teee “venlien Teslinn ees daresay you haven't the inclination,” there was a new Tine 10 his volss Dot mered, Oa) though sroplng for ‘the: dim. he ,..N% ma'am,” the boy replied, eye- to navizate 4 amall boat single-hand~ He aet with civility everywhere, but Heving himself of the admission as he sald. “The clue rian hitherto noticeable. PaiNigel Lukyn,” Leslie filjed in the cata es meme thing to say, to the ing her with swift interest, ea lot of cross currents you no gatiafaction of a load that bad been too heavy to K4¥€ US must be followed to-night y wife hag aeen them to-day?” ie ukyn, hey he Gg Jear,” sho explained. “You ~ “tumph! has puffed enough to- of, and bring her clone to "S4e'ran hack to the landing steps beat He said that Mra. Armytage, on com- Yeu; they admitted sneoringly PiAnk Army. “lean understand your Wanting something (0 @&t & bacco the last few days to know hin a@ soul on board : fir. You thought that I padly us I do. 1 will join you im the favorite brand. I even know Wt my- . oa on the idalia. saloon almost immediately,” welt,” anid Aunt Jane, risin) Voulea's manner changed at once, ““Payping on the chart room Goor, #he Mery gmine Aunt ane, Taine heavily You wish to see us?" he sald suave- way met on the threshold by Capt. piece of furniture. “Here you are to see if Marion had arr: his seareh in the town, but s: cold and hungry, but still uncom ing ashore, inquirea the way to Hol- that they had had an amusing visit Be nine i: = ti ah mintaken, from Mrs, Armytage, but they would tin- fleet touching briefly on what had thing must have happened to say nothing about the purport of ity ‘f . *; ing, could give him no news her, happened aidenhead and South- there which will account for the “And what steps do you propose pin, please. It ie rathor late, Growrerd, who had just been epprised & Pe RO cnt aay Kou from the taller” “The only thing 1 can suggest, sir, ampton. Quayne listened in all wert. fuaen,toPtiure of the Ldalla di- to prevent this unknown peril?” Lea~ and therefore fortunate that you find gf her arrival. “Whatever CAPLOMY gone my these iat oometen te ae a ache na rtrd Robody and it's aguinst the grain to do it, is ousxness, and then cast a roving red. ie inquired in the same tone, lt ae Ber RUUN Meeuia oe ee \ ; 2p Oe een at! cate day jbOMt that Mrs, Armytage may have inet glance round the landing-place. pnBiut you don't know the number in | “quayne answered him with a ques. Rosca tho mean threshoia NO MEY have fe boy's ear she whispered: “Seo df his Eulied, The machine io MRMReA BETO. with an accident. In that event it | Quayne's keen eyes had pounced on MQ street,” sald Lasiie hopelessly, tion; “Am I right in the surmise that into And he hastened to Inform the de- Wee ihe wis tective’ of the events of the afternoon, "T don't under. stimate your skill H less your devotion,” sald Bertha, he was not the man finger-nalls are bitten when you n atree the narrow passage, and was {osha " ay hand Peed ACh ne woaition tar hed Onto rolght be as well to inquire at the a blue-Kuernseved fisherman, leaning 00): OMe puck UP mant™ Quayne the Idalia ts Atted with a wireless conducted to the back room where grid ab SUSUa Se Corea eres them so Ba and come back and tell re ott it alt low the peonattes Various doctors’ houses, as well as in characteristic attitude against one TP ent at aim T for but to find teleraphy apparatus?” Marion had been held virtually @ jim, Marion, though sho believed “4 Twetly us i oe te dee elem On ae he fr the cottage hospital,” sald Saunders, of the on the quay. Leally, ronere face fe han Wand cat seek. gy Tuite, Mant.” aad Laaile, “Tt was prisoner earlier in tho day, ; herself to have drawn the sting of the pistol that ha was nie to been . ca Vv. pire pal With a heavy heart Leslie turne mind and body, ha i" One O ‘ one of old Mr, Fermor's is e = Fayter Frayne, who had n leans ea everthe elt a lol fact. if the stuff Voules used Is 28 away ones more and began a weary failed to percelve any one on that part think already. I brought him down had it installed Just before he dled— tng against the mantelpiece, took an AMericann neerthelos foil 6 lolwOR into confidence, but Badger, aa he to put miles and miles of blue Water shed ‘away, round of calla on the half acore of of the frontage: for that kind of work, nd 1 ain open ay soon as the Invention was suC- between them and the yacht, to wager that in a couple of hours he ge. nov m eel Y e ral men in the place, As their ing for the tide to run, eh. aa icna ., A cessful recovered himself, scowling flercely, ’ i Berit to rey Se ee denves lay at considerable dis- said the detective affably, “I bas located the Yanke “Therein Mes our medium of com- And Herthe Roumier, lolling In & Cane : Gliding Into the room th the/wake of : A aa tances apart, and some of the doctors wonder if you saw a lady go on board ie figonh “ oy Municath o yacht, if we cane chair bestde the fireplace, Rerthe," added Frayne with evident {Anees Pint, and some of the doctors Woments launch about an hour ors & Walter, who looked ashamed of his Munleation with the y 4 187" his princtpal demand- Kas6d, Ht was not LH two hours after |KO? The launch had | been ‘at the Saree yr Cee Cie wisened ol MAD iid Quayne, “ft could run down to Dirdilke glance, in which the KenuiNe Westward at half speed, It would be farded bimself as in Marion's service . te his last vi to the launch that he Sivps the best py o Prnoe - . jone, and though his observations of * ” i life! . the Marconi station at Poldhu in curiosity was kept under by an ot ugh to fix on the next port * ho man we are after 19 Agora tt on, "bate reply. san dius fences meekes tutte tan ut beat house at Broadstairs. Cornwall and get in touch with her, vious effort, Voulen closed the door and it would AUD! Jane had convinced him of that @ arrived at the landing-steps, baf- 5 isible sign of having heard Visible awford that the yacht could reason that he was not at all sure rut to sed tnmediately, tnatructed umunicate,” scanned the late visitor with a quick, fil), to @team along the coast to the tat he meant to obey tt. He re should go, 7 ed or war the: and the yacht sink inside neontrolied step forward, and then was i ‘ jndy's loyalty to her niece he the town—got tired of w hea directly she reached her, 1 took @¥ayne's laconte question. Tho trouble Is that there is no tan- Anil Bat bis baer Muse's Nigel Lukyn, © Talon or (80108 Sele Justified In. wo! us it wore 4 board for her, I reckon. I saw him Med and rendered desperate by a men tilt the reached her, 1 took “ud, Holroyd ‘Biren, was the #iDle danger to warn her Captain | “Ia lt Mra Armytages Nigel Lukyn, in Ireland, | On leaving the ey sane yer bete tarice—once efore T did the trick, FUMIE dUest. |. tady asked mo the way to Holroyl ually concise answer. against, I might send out an Urgent OF N*M aising from changing her Copii she, went inte the saloon end would not fail to netice the dela @ and again on landing afterwarda, in the motorciounek Street when she first come ashore, “Then cut away and go to sleep in oduest to rhturn and yet be too C * : it inquired for. There could be no harm Queer chap he must be, for he was in store for him. ‘The motor launch Huey oedie no exclaimed, his_atolid &MY crib you can find, and report to t save her, supposing her to have Vofiiom i in ony mie found Crispin awaiting ber @t inlthae “the knowledge might come wearing a heavy overcoat the first and the dinghy in which he himsclf oC. ining up ag his glance fell on 0 here at & to-morrow morning,” SOM@ sort of Infernal machine con- || Mrs Atmymaee | bulkyn—the the door of her stateroou ie tinetas th werne ant tants time I saw him, and just now, long bad come ashore were both go Me ete can tell "ee mora Mild Quayne, “Now, Mr Armytage.’ cealed on board, Bhe would probably Teal one.” Leali : “1 shall not require you," she said could aftcr had ‘off, Hy: the moment he was thrilled w that's neither here nor there.” at the thought that Marion must have Berthe entered the back room and turned up, and that, tak! informed Marion in a carefully chosen the walting aailors, she sentence that “the matter she had the dinghy back to the ya Idalia, but oi “Lowa el rf not at present guess, and he blamed to transact. nor dress to-night.” already. He had had every opportuntty The fact that I have met and had a "Now then, hurry up, Leslie, old °f Observing the Anger nails of Mr, “But if you could furnish particu- ™M e wh i ” eden Armytage, or, as he now ° saree ze eeuld turnin aR erg talk with Mr, Quayne! will explain oy.” he called» "tv high tune wo AtmytaEy salted tm be headed for the nearest port, yet Who ought to t why alayed beh the thing might go off before she Qin wii vee mine ren he went on, rising and looking dow ‘asked Quayne sharply, &t Lealle as he spoke, “T am going Z Why, he went. onto the launch take the matter up where that old reached tty along of the lady,” replied the man, Chap has left it. Your wife has evi “1 seed ‘un, for all the long coat he dently been in touch with Mile, he y self, Mr. Nigel Lukyn, during come to explain had been inquired as the launch, leaving hin to folloW worn wearing. ‘The garment didn't Roumler and her confederates—prob- could remove it at once. That !s your "Bathe Roumier turned again. to Tad,same grup. Don's trouble to dress tow days i” s belie. into with satisfactory results.”” Sr etd ag) cover his face, I'm telling ‘ee. ably to endeavor to persuade them meaning?” said Leslie, And again he nim, inexorable in her calm scrutiny. to tell you.” F However, he would now the . “Which means that 1 may return | An Inwtant later, however, he raised "rho same words rose simultaneously that they aro really after the other @poke with a quiot assurance that jegiie, ignorant Whother sho had a “Thera came no answer, Sho tried omission, He tapped at the dreamt fo the yacht and give my husband [ils eyes to where, @ Diaze of electric to the lips of Lesile and of Quayne; — fellow, aw In fact they are. If I can puzzled the detective. Reraonal’ acquaintance "With LURPT, the ance. iC wae Nelle’ on the cther gpom doer and oaamty semulinines Tie the happy assurance that we shall leht, the Ida {a should be lying At © wNige) Lukyn!! discover what Mra, Armytage sald That ts what I mean--provided, of trembled for the success of hiv plan, «id. band stretched forth to take the be again molested,” cried Marion, first had es hardly believe his 2h LS and did there, we may learn more course, that no catastrophe should which depended entirely on his keep. | * shorepeated, “Don't dress, cikars. alt nothing ote? aren ponens “0 HO piace. Where the yacht CHAPTER XIII Sout the dalla future movenante. have befallen ta yacht betore we Ing up the deception. But there was i lam as hungry 49a hunt- ‘the nails were bitten to the quick. \d e y side ¢ ore: + and é 4 . ¥ powerlass 6 do iD « arco e O* no such b do’ ore fo é ; for her to pass out, and motioning nowhere on the Proad bosom of the It wag on toe AtrOhe: OP fede ee Mee one Manson people tor no such breakdown tn etore for hit, and Aunt Jane ls dying for our | On the whole, the Loy decided Quayne replied “Well, Mr. Lukyn,” Berthe said at he we Voules to open the sireet door, “One estuary, bathed now in white moon- Quayne’s Fears. Id ne ration when Quayne returned, his face, usu- 1 not impart the info: th # : 4 : get you those particulars— Jest, “such an extraordinary visit nO answer. “Leslie!” she to Miss Middleton that ntyht, Those omens, Hhouwh, ghe added Aulus, Bea waa than any trace of her. HE two men exchanged ally so impassive, expressive of fail- tn time for you to start for Poldhu by must be traceable to an extraordinary called again, this time in a lower “ iia nt a ves oa ere yee aoe Pens eee nO po Beg dag Lili glances of horror and igo if ae to bd boom," ade or fie first train ue ips morning,” aid motive, Ye i are ware, I Peonuine tone, ft he was pegianing to be + 5 . . . 4 ° . 48 Leslie sprang to meet him. ‘They Lesile at length. “I hope to be back that you stand very near to death at filled with great wonder, ‘The work on a problem which he other's paths again, 1 should so like diately ordered Capt, Crawford to put amasament over informa. yi) be shutting up down here di- in an hour. If not, the Coroner will thie moment—that I am, in fact, de- sound of movement reached her from time to conalder hg to know the name of the clever agent tu sea, tion which left no doubt ye, woo “you in touch with ua? I The thing was incomprehensible, that Nigel Lukyn bad accompanied presume that there is @ allow you to leave this room alive?” her appeal must have been beard, {in all tte % g bably have @ job in Holroyd bating in my mind whether or no to the ether ¢abin, and she knew that before he shared it with allt” Lealle put the hoarse ques: Btreet. t ¥ eRe Belvoauauedy ih