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1Oer ght 1018 ty tweed 1, Chale) ree eptne Of APT ER AVID wea about to ass (6 faherman for his impres ions as to Locksley's man- ner toward Hawley subse- Die perusal of the missing when he was Interrupted unusual sound of wheels out- @ottage, Rarely, indeed, did other than a car dare the track which led to Haum Calgary and Treehnieh. ‘RO country cart, for two trotting acroas the tay h the houses stobd, when @ balt was made, the lis tenere heard the ollak of a brake. Neither of the = moved, but Mra, Macdonald went to the door, She had pened it before a tall man etand- ing on the threshold was given time to knock. He had Jul aliguted from mail-phaeton which she recognised Lelonging to a hotel pr rietor at ‘Tobermorey, but the newcomer was a complete stranger, When he apoke his voice was pleasant and subdued, but singularly clear. “This is Donald Macdonald's cot- tage, | am told,” be said. 3, sir,” said the awed Meg, “You have Sir David Lindsay stay~ ing here. Wil you kindly say that Mr, Willam K. Elwya would Itke to see him?" David knew instantly that the man with the low-toned, penetrating voice was an American, and he fancied, too, from the form and manner of the vis- itor’s speech, an American who was accustomed to having his own no matter what obstacles he might ae Hy counter, “Come in, Mr. Elwyn!" he ered ebeerfully, “1 am having supper, and 1 have no other apartment in which to receive you.” ‘ There entered the cottage a tall, somewhat attenuated man of middle age. Hie abundant hair was white, but his figure was erect as a lance, and the gray eyes which ewept the room and its occupants in quick sur- vey were keen and shrewd. Contra’ to the habit of most men, he dit no! amile as he explained his errand. “I had the rare good fortune to barf your , the Honorable Mrs. Beringer, in| Edinburgh.” he said. "She told me 1 would find you at Treshnish, Perhaps when you have eaded your meal, you will favor me with a few minut ov out-of-doors.” Before David could reply, Macdon- ald Broke in, = “Ye said yer na Elwyn?” he exclaim: i Rnd that ta the fact, my friend, was the good-humored but unsmiling reply. TErae New York? “Tes.” : a “Frac the Plaza Hotel, New York “Yes.” The fisherman took from the Dreast-pocket of his coat. “Here's a bit letter for ye, Mr. BI- wyn,” he said, “A man named Haw. Jey asked me tac post it, Pry thinkta noo Mil be vin’ the stamp.” ‘put Mr. William K, Elwyn, of the Plaza Hotel, New York. sreganied the letter which had reached Me ed: Iresseo vader circumstances vient reasonably be described as miraculous, His glance had rested on the array of photographs spread over the table, and the hand which he was in the act an envelope revelve Hawley’s wnissive Nelped in- atead to steady his te eluted ering limbs by hack of David's char, at said softly, ty years! . . . SU, T + So, again, kg the snk G CHAPTER XVI. AVID failed completely extract any meaning from the newromer’e disjointed utterances, Whom had this man been seeking during years? Surely not Mirabet? twenty Twenty years ago she was 4 dimpled Yet infant in her he had thanked mere sight of her in a photograph, and his broken wonts tinplied, if they That lus tong searct ment! Elwyn smiled, anything, emaud an that Then Mr first time. “Pray. excuse 1 es not pre pared for thie" and, Resting an elbow on the tasie to mapport his head, he again eadimiies that same photograph. of Mirabel with an in- tensity and wistfulness which went far beyond the bounds of mere in \ the for me this young ady’g name, Sir David he went on, "i trabel Locksiey,” said David, de- eiding at once that, if a crisis were imminent, no svod Purpose could be at. “WH you no by withholding = Mirabel’s * Were ihese photographa (ehen recently?” By LOUIS TRACY A Story of Romance and tral Figure a Girl Who Fled to « Storm-Swept Island Where She Lives Alone. . private (alk, here } was Mr, William edd, of extending to Be , the Cen- eso." he le wow on Lange, together with Mr Leeksley ny ge oe Hawley and You,” sald David “le Lunga t @ of reaching ie practiontly impos It Would entail cross Wnfested sea in the dark Nothing short of « mattor of life or death would Justify the attempt.” Not if one had waited twenty years for that one thing? | “You speak In end enterprt » to interfere with it very ‘y In the morning, oF any! ) If necersary, fur & eecond of twenty years” Aguin the faintest simmer ef a mane emile brightened the vider t eal. “Your ou were bh . in his Way, WAS as master ful And self-contained ax th can, He bade Mra, Macdonald Mr. Blwya's needs, ond himee! At out to arrange for a room which | he knew was vacant in McDougall’s house, He was followed by Donald. “Wha’ the doevil is he?” inquired the fisherman, when the door had eed on thy Ne man whom Locksley has been Ng ever since his daughter was born,” @aid David, half unconsciously ‘uttering his thoughts aloud, David racked his brain vainly for a Nausible theory which would account for Elwyn's visit to Mull. To calm himself, and order hig jumbled thoughts, he went outside and halted @ while by the ‘The night was fine, and the moon, | just riding above the hills, threw a| faint radiance over the sea. He won- dered what Locksley was thinking of at that moment. Was he afmiid lest some blaze of lightning should sear | his gray life? Was Jove fash hia thunderbolts even then, bumble cottage on Haum Point? He! could not guess--the irruption of thts elderly Amenoun into the maze and muddle seers in Lunga was the most pusggling feature of a problem that bristled with difficulties. When he returned to his own abode, Mr. Elwyn was finisting a simple meal. He had eaten litte and drank oply water. Hawley's letter still lay where he bad placed it, and the en- Velope remained closed. Mr. Elwyn seemed to become aware that David was waiting patiently for an explanation of his presence, “T gather that the room in the other cottage is at our servica” he! said, “Suppose we go there? You will not have any qualms about com- Ing out into the night air at a@ late hour, at David with eyes in which the flame of revenge till burned brightly. “That is why I came to you,” he said, “One of those chances which seem like the direct intervention of Providence led me to meet your sis- nh. Her eyes Milled xen I showed her that for she had met your but I KOesses, He stood up, and David helped him to don the heavy overcoat which he dad discanted while the table It was a@ small matter, yet noticeable, that the coat should be lined with the Nnest quality of Persian lamb, such as ts seldom seen except in the head- dress of Cossack officers: but not a scrap of the precious material ap- pegred, on. collar or cuffs. jast moment, apparently as an afterthought, Mr. Elwyn picked up Hawiley’s letter, “Would you mind bringing those have to guard against hotograph, Mirabel, and was convinced instantly by the girl's likeness lo her mother, is @ good woman, Sir David. She t me all that you made known to her, and much that her womanly intuitton guessed, and she implor me to come here and be guided by you, for my quarrel with ‘orbes must be kept apart from my Your sister photographs? they will be ilumina- search for a daughter.” tive,” he sald, and David obeyed tn David glanced at his watch, Nearly silence, half-past & It was possible that th» They spoke of the horses, the roads telegraph office at Calgary, though and the w closed, might still call up some move important centre, and thus get a mei sage through to Edinburgh. Rising hastily, he explained his purpose, Me- Dougall Was a willing messenger, and, in the result, Mra. Beringer received a telegram about 10 o'clock that night, walked a few puse, but the quickly to the point ated by the fire and Was closed. “May Thave that which the young picture, the one in jady you eall Mi Locksley is standing by the boat—" |" TOI" sence here invaluable, Come 0 begu Odan to-morrow. Will wire you further particulars there, cure. stat He looked at it for a full minute, but jon master, Dis face Was now inscrutable, L nately he A pocketbook, pros duced a sin. ‘kage wrapped in On re-entering the room Lindsay silk, and Davig ne es dwelt found Mr, Elwyn sitting as he had ona f left } and gazing sorrowfully into almost the fi “Your sist@ told me that my wife died fourteel} years ago, Sir David, Is her death fact beyond dispute, do you think,” “Mirabel herself told me that, and her-—Mr, Locksley would have no rea- son for misleading her to the date. Indeed, she remembers her mother quite well, ‘They were living in a ‘he one pictmre was taken twen- ty-five years ago, the other within the past few days—remembering that fact, tell me what relation these two 2” he suid, secluded valley near Monte Carlo at & the time,’ appear to be only one “Thia man, Porbes—you have met your question.” him. In your judgment, would he nd tone, “Those have treated her well?” Uwe are mother and ugtiter.”* ~T # “T have every reason to think that That lady was my wife,” sutd Bl- the unhappy lady's early death served Wyn, Testing Both elbows on his knees to darken and embitter his whole and shading bis face with bis hands. ‘said David, candidly. Even then David did not under- nd my daughter?” stand the full purport of that as- “Mr. Elwyn, she is the most highly ing statement Rut he was educated woman I have ever met. No matter what his faults, no one can withhold from Locksley the credit of having moulded and perfected in Mirabel a character which ts all too rare in thea 3" Yet he forced her to contract s riage with this Hawley,” the David “Twenty-two, thinkingly Rut in be said, almost un- & second came the memory m of This man’s CUuriOUS reiteration of a That ts the astounding flaw in epoeh in hia hfe, Twenty Locksiey'’s nature,” said David, with Mirabel Was twenty-two! sad gravity, inartieu bewilde mposstble. Wed figure, bent air You know a vall Mirabel Lovks al name is Miriam [sabel yn. She and ber mother were stolen from me twenty years ago, and the man who robbed me of all 1 held dear on earth was AMexander John Forbes, a professor of philology at Harvant » He may pass under any alias he chooses, but, when I meet Alexander John i 1 shall know him.” ce you have told me so muoh, HPlwya, had you not better tell mo Remember, I have her ym you claim as your daughter, is dearer to me than aught else on ea And, when you have taken me into your confi? .o, | have much to reveal to yo). As it happens, I can bridge no small part even of that ap tu e ya ‘A queer groan broke from his com- panion, who flung out his hands in a sudden and passionate protest against fate. “L know! T understand!" he walled, in a thin, qvavering voice wholly un- lke Mis ordinary well-controlled ut. terance. “Ile loved her. He could not bear to part wth her. She was ber mother reincarnated, and, Heaven help me, my brutality and neglect drove my wife Into his arms. But he ahould not have stolen my little girl; no, he should not. IT him, even though he has life to the reart of my daughter, Don't you eee, man? Is not that tn- fernal letter lying on the table the most damning testimony? Hawley at the time my wife fled, . mere lackey at Harvard, a scullion, a cleaner boots—blundered upon Forbes's rétreat in London—in all Ukelthood Feangnined the gtrl from her the tether. Oh, the whetcned history | the wi istory ead and looked ts plain enough! A little pretensa a Tho girl y Advise me before you leave Edinburgh. DAVIE cal Don 'y Ler oe Hie Bo tr FALL ) ME LL FRILL — HIMSELE Sume | Sony van Te See Gin FALL. 1 Be (BACK LATER @teplay of bluff, an affectation of sym- pathy, and Forbes was at the fellow's feercy. Yet, all the time Hawley was laying his plans to sell him without scruple, First, he must secure the girl in marriage, and then restore her to her millionaire father. A sordid, pitiful intrigue, is it not? And I share init! Against my better judement, t entered into negotiations with this vile hound.” “Locksley knows of it. He’ has known since yesterday;" and David, after appealing to the other to calm Ntmeelf and listen, read aloud Mir: bel’e letter and related Macdonal: discovery, Elwyn's frenzied mood exhausted itself. When David had finished he pointed contemptuously to the un- opened letter. ow,” he said, “let us hear what Hawley has to say. He will He, of course, but we may extrect some knowledge from the manner of his lying.” David broke opan the envelope, The letter was dated that day, Dut It bore an address tn Londo ge ete im some pationce they Rs ee hee gueett imoe eterrthing and you. ill understam! then #! 1 bare ing to Mi ry Nites you ee: lier 5 ory oS fase 8 Rite ewe “A very complete rogue!" mur- mured Elwyn bitterly. eo ‘ex- traordinary and unexpected develop- ment’ ts the fact that my daughter ts nie wif When did the marriage take place?" “On Oct, 6." “He firat wrote to me on that iden- tteal day.” They talked long, in eager and eritical investigation of every known fact and tioa! theory, until some one kn at the door, and Mo- Dougall entered, explaining that he was bringing a fresh supply of turf for the fire, lt was nearly 1 o'clock. ‘Then David roso with a oheerful laugh. “Lat us sleep on our troubles, Mr. Eb "he said. “Breakfast at ‘Wii that suit you?” brightened under the rays of David's optimism, “Good-night, Sir David,” he said, extending his hand David admired and appreciated the Honorable Mrs. Philip Beringer very thoroughly, bu: he walked down the allent roa: 6 could not help asking himself what Mirabel's father would think of Mirabel. Would ho appreciate her at her truth worth? He was called back from commun- ing with moon and stars by the joy- ous whine of a dog, and be was un- mistakal riled at fAndin, black Scotch terrier dancing about him in the roadway with every mani- festation of delight. “Good Lord!" be eal@ aloud, “you can't be Carlo!" “Ob, yes, he can, because he ta,” eaid @ sweetdhough rather breathless voice, David, after pulling all the way from Lunga, and I was wondering" —— But the wonderment ceased whon Mirabel herse!f was in David's arms, and he hb to make ‘ that he had not stepped forth from the sleopy hamlet into some unknown realm of dreame and visions, whost, u “I have just climbed the hill, * %%. fontplos +a, (KNEW HE Would FALL FROM THAT Poe _§ By Maurice Ketten Don't Cer a amnesia fo (IT LHe 'UL / JOwn BREAK Hig >| ‘You ARE NECK Sure GONG KILL Yourseur HE DION'T FALL FROM “HE Pole HE BRoke HIS LEG FALLING FROM A CHAIR | TRYING To HANG A PICTURE NUXT WEEK'S aaa Oy propose here ' © thought of that,” Da Aware Of w vast relief at Ld " -r decision §=“You an old Hostonta at in Koalan report tn the newsp: 1 to make the aequaln hter of @ lady you knew “ bul it may carry ue Your sister will help, too Are you bringing her here? “1 think #0 Wowldn't that be wine “You oan arrange matters emeotiy as you lite, provided always that 1 am not cut off again from the girl | have lost for twenty re.” Hiwyn wae loyal to h Hefore it was i Hawk rounded Haum Point and beaded for the beach. Any dlaquicting apsculationa ae to the cause of this unexpected appart. tion Were speedily atlenoed by the appearance of Mra. Heringer sta ine up tn the bows and fluttering handkerchief, while balancing herself with @ band on @ satlor'a should | t vid, i” LJ think. round-about way mn Tresidder told Hawk waa in Oban, So here hours ahead of time.” glance at the trio welcoming arrival warned the tactful Doris how matters stood; she did not @ say that Locksley and Hawley sone to @ hotel, and evidently meant Oban overnight same evening the calm Oban was disturbed by rum of tragedy, Two men, seated at dinner in one of the hotels on the seafront, died with a dramatic suddenness which could only be the outcome of some peculiarly deadly poison, No one knew how the drug had been ad. ministered, or what tte nature; but the men were dead, and the poliee were inquiring into the facts of an extraordinary occurrence, because trangers had arrtved tn the town by sea, and had made all nta to leave for London first train on the following CHAPTER XVII. 1B four were seated at breakfast when a knock at the door summoned Mra, MacDonald, “There's @ young man frae Calgary tae see ye, Sir David,” she announced, CHAPTER XVII. ITH the cootng, contented laugh of @ woman caught up suddenly in her lover'e arms, Mirabel wriggted her- self free, for they were standing in the middle of the white road, and she knew not who might be peering through the window In which she had seen a light, “I have missed you, David—oh, #0 sho sighed, “But why were 'e YOu at McDougall’s cottage eo late? Is any one tll?" “No. A visitor turned to-day, and he and I talked till we lost count of time. You will learn ¢ll about him the ning, He ts a very nice old ap, Elwyn by name. Iam eure you will like him.” “My father sent me, and I am here, sho said. “After Macdonald left the island to-day Hawley became posi- tively abusive, He threatened to signal in some way to @ passing smack, and finally dad pacitied him by prom- ising to start for the mainland to-mor- row—which is to-day now, I suppope, for it must be long after midnight. or Hawley was tired, rather worn out by excitement, I fancy, and went to bis room early. At 10 o'clock I was about to close a book T was reading when iny father bechoned me into the poreh. His mauner was rather mysterious, but T was absolutely thrilled with sur- prise when he whispered, ‘You have a boat hidden somewhere on the island? ‘Yes,’ | said, and Iam sure I changed color quicker than any chameleon, for I thought no one knew of my skiff except v and Donald, and few fishermen sworn to secrecy, ‘Can you reach Tresbnish tn safety to-night? he wonton, Then my heart leaped. ‘Yes,’ I said again. ‘Is your friend Lindsay there” he asked. “I think so,’ | sald, ‘Go to him,’ he said. ‘Give him this letter, Teli Donald to snd the Hawk here to- morrow to take Hawley and me to Oban, but none of the crew must know that you are on shore. Take the dog with you, and go now, silently.” David, he seemed so for- n and desolate that I natused, Yes, though he might be opening the door to freedom and to you, J could not bring myself to leave him. But he assured me that he was acting for the best, and that his letter to you would make everything clear, Fin. ally he said that unless I obeyed him 9 scheme he has in mind for dla- solving the marriage without any great fuss or difficulty would t wrecked; so I kissed him ‘Good-by, 4 took Carlo in my arma lest he and | ‘Here 1 . and kissed dad again, I began by sa: Here ts your let Inside the cottage David struck @ match, lehted @ lamp and read the et hich was to “make everything 7: Prom what litle T tation in intrusting my preferab! eeant inteterminate sta mony event, I ge tafe tn your" han ahapen: re that my dear one is dnd Liat you wil) proride ry Ty that time T howe to have ing difficulties chat there will be mm thrult not regard @e ee your “ARTHUI' GEORGE LOCK SLEY,” * pho said when he had fin is {19 clear enough now that dad rea! means to save me from Hawley. Wut | wonder what bia plan ts? Lehall be in ver of impatie: unuil T hear from bim ageing Do think Mrs, Beringer will receive me?” and Lindsay went out, the cottage’s Donald and he were up betunes. living-room being crowded, ‘The one sped away to Tobermorey on = ‘The “young man” evidently pos- @ bicycle; the other did not scruple to d a high degree of Intelligence, arouse Mr. Elwyn from a sound if . on somewhat belated sleep, for the I've brocht 9 message which ye'é merican had lain awake for many best read Without any tther pairsen A bi d Without b bein’ the wiser, Sir David, he sald, hours, When David was quite when assured that he could not be 1 overheard by those in tho cottage, new friend was in fu his faculties, he aske And this is what David read: “Can you stand @ shock, especially sure that his possession of nilingly: 9 Q if Mt 19 @ pleasant one? Q oN “Call it tonic, and go right CH ag ii ahead,” was tl “emu ing, aad well ewat reply. our daughter is here-at Haum Point. She from the island last night, and you will meet hor at breakfast.” “Ile she alone?” he said at last, and hia voice had become curiously in- distinct. : “Yes, The others are leaving Lunga for Oban to-day. Lockaley knows, or guesses, that you are close at hand, Heo has sent your daughter back to you, Mr. Elwyn.” “To me?” “That ia ‘TRESIDD ER," “Will you tell Mr, Elwyn that he is wanted McDougall’s?* said David, Elwyn © and the gray head of jence pronounced instantly ta of silence as to his owp rela. Uonship with Mirabel. He suggested Wal they should stroll along the cliff, in case either of the unsuspecting women sought them within the next few mi os, it Was be, too, who sent r back to Calgary the rel what his action really Ficher by a amounts to. I cannot explain mat- = “Now, David, tere fully now, because Mi A will Were all away from the group of cot oon be atir and she would be tages, “l see quite clearly that the jt pussied if she knew that you and I straight road of self-sacrifice ts thy were holdin, from which only possible one for me, and thal she was excluded.” which affects ime affects Mirabel. “Who te exclude her, Sir Locksley’s death will be a blow, but David?" : (f @ natural and unavoidable grief ts “Edo, This man is trying now to intensitied by discovery of a life-long act fairly, He must be given & deception she will regard that chance, He has promised certain as by far (he worse of the two, and things, and I intend that he shall it will react om me, even on you. have an opportunity to carry them Moreover, the affair will create sen- through.” sation cough as it stands, without “Does that imply that I shall be being magnified tenfold by the intro- required to meet my daughter as @ duction of my nume with Its associa total stranger?” ., thon of long-forgotten dr will “There i# no help for it, Mr. Locksley have left any doctments? wyn. You have found her at lust. Is theme any chance of bis true iden- You will never be parted from her again, But the building up of new relations must be gradual. | know her character and temperament weil. The worat thing you could possibly do would ba to disrupt her affection ity betng found out? David threw wide bis hands with the gesture of one who is conscious only of darkness and negation, “Hawley will bave my letters in his t possession,” mused the Americ for Locksley by any display of Vio- published, they would give a clue to lence or anger against him. He 16 the pross, if not in England, most the man ehe recognizes as her father, in New York, That must and the attachment between them is 4. Now, David. bore lo tvise. Let the Hawk be deep and real.” The slight, erect Hpeight in the t y ure aitting bolt 4 bent forward a taton © will Your sister must break the news to more gently than you, reg of you will go to Ol to. lay, where ou are askin, to forego my Vengeance on thi ? man, Sir David came the cold-drawn words after & of matters long pause. e burke an inquiry in this country, 1 “It amounts to that. taky it, but L faney tt can be guided “And tf L refuse?" and controtied. When you have gone “You will wreck your own happl- jot Macdonald take ma to Lunga. ness, and, perhaps, Mirabol's as well: Pong be any adicial *aesentt tk Locksley is brokenhearted and de80- wade there T shall have removed late to-day, You are on the threshold Z t information likely to of a new era in your life, Greatly a9 /,. ror ret Does you may have suffered, this ts not the hour when you should think ouly of crushing your enemy.” A dry laugh came from the india- tinot form, “David, my boy, T ke the way you talk. You don't imagine that I would be such @ thundering fool as to walic up to @ young lady of twenty-two, who has never heard of me, and whom I have not seen since she wi an infant, and tell ber t daughte: No, air, It goes inst the grain to let Forbes e but-—I sought guldance on my knees last night, and I feel now that my quarrel with him doesn't amounc to a row of beans where my future relations with Mirabel are concerne And, somehow, I like that new name of hers Guess hor dear myther evolved it out of the firs: an¥ just, syllables of her real names—dlir.am Isabel—that didn't occur to you, I euppeee? Well, tt couldn't, anyhow. What Ume is it? And whea scheme en k me fto you? H ws, | have no desire to and peer into Lockaley's private orda, but I see no help for tt—do ye Thus, planning and contriving, they dockied on a general policy which promised the least amount of seandal and publicity, and Lindsay was thank ing the older man for his splendid magnanimity when Elwyn uttered a sharp exclamation © two had turned, and, from the top of the cliff, they could plainly see Mirgbel and Mrs. Beringer standing outside Dougall’s house, Both women were examining something Intendy, ‘Their heads were bent, and they seemed to be doop tn talk “Now, who could have forseen this?” ' Riwyn, obviously perturbed and excited “You rementber I brought those photogre hs to your place y tor “When Mirabel had gone out 1 May |} gathered them carefully and took them y COMPLETE NOVEL THE TREASURE VAULT By ARTHUR B. REEVE Another “Craig Kennedy” story. This time Kennedy, by scientific methade, brings to book «@ clever criminal whose ability to master “burglar- proof’’ eaults creates a ba fling mystery. BEGINS IN NEXT MONDAY'® EVENING WORLD n be said, whem they | y agreeable, beck to my room Jum now they are hg) to me, david Te gase my Mil at my lowt wife and ei Don't you understand? The Ploturee were not separated. were all on irabel bas ees ne ee ie ser my, re ringer M ‘McDougall her the bot” mother's pioture in her hand, “I neat hardly ask whose phote- nie in? Sirs ya ie her, candi, way, “You will be ined to hear that T have never fore seen any Meture of my mother, but I canno! tell you how deliahted | am te have fount one May | have thie copied ure to sen ton that aravely. ‘Hut, le it rude of me to ask why ich & photograph is in your posses ion? Here name on the back, ‘Miriam, and a place, ‘Tar Harbor” with a date, You mua have known my mother before her Marriage? “Yea, for some years,” said Elwyn He moved to the aide of the road and ¢ looked out over (he @ea; thi wtrain had become almost ehy glance at David. 1 you were wrong. Poor Mr, Blwy! have hurt his feelings!” She ran after him and put a hand impulsively on his shoulder, ‘Do forgive me!" she sald, softly “In my joy at finding & token of my dear mother I forgot thac she mi; have been equally dear to others, Bor = 1 am glad that I resemble her ay greatly, and I shall be proud and hon ored if my warn friendship can_« some little y toward keeping he ¢ memory green in your heart.” “Yea, my dear girl, tt will accom plist that, and more,” sald Elwyn Elwyn stated that he could not ac company the party to Oban; for Mr= Beringer was adamant in refusing to draw a pall of mourning and tears over the blue sky of @ long day at sea They passed Luna at noon, and the island looked. grim and forbidding enough when seen from @ distance. David found t the only practi. cable method of closing down t inquiry was take the authorities completely into his confidence. It» had to be established to their satis. faction that the deaths of the two men could not possibly have been caused by @ third party, Then there remained a careful sifting of evidences as to the exact way in which Locks-~ ley had brought about the doubles tragedy, and here the man's own testimony was available. The letter brought from the island by Mirabel led the officials charge! with the investigation to request tha Lindsay's correspondence should be forwarded from London, Hence, the proourator-fiscal was enabled’ to read the story of the ertme at first hand, because Locks- loy's statements were explicit. Evi- dently foreseeing that his letter might be produced in court, he di- Yiled it into two well-defined . por- tions. The second of these, dealing directly with the tragedy, was pub- ished, It read: Maving made ria watt ote cwusieel T whe See : ~- eS grate, ARH eoewn “Se Wany bet te vlew e hob iy ‘wite— oe Se eC ee oe Mi te affect Om antanenus 1a ume the Louble Thre Ao einai of" plead that other and more personal of the document which was roased, Locksley gave detatis of rier lite, They were painfu, probably quite trues, as Uey neither Elwyn nor himself, but Mirabel never heard them and no good purpose could be served now” by their resurrection, ‘The unhappy man asked Elwyn to allow the gitl to inhent his (Locksley's) estate, if only to maintain the house on Lunga in perpetuity, and tt was found that her accurately as. Elwyn, taal In part su and spared Miriam known as testator's adopted daughter, “In & er ac comnpanying the will, and indorsed ‘To be delivered to my daughter after my deat! ret her parentage, but lightly over the passionate ment between her m Seif which had ended Kiwyn was waiting on the platform at Euston when the two ladies reached London, Lindsay having re- « mained at Oban until the procurater- + facal had closed his inquiry, : He came forward to meet them, and his manner was that of a friend Whose @ole design Was to offer those minor entions which make lif But he received the most Pleasant surprise of Ais life, tor Mir abel caught his outstre 4 he revealed the ge at your nam a bel Elwyn,” your daughter?’ en be thanked!” Will never ask me to think than of thy man who has given bis life to secure my < child, I promise that, \. from my heart, 1 had forgiven him before he died, for When David came to Clary; they all went to Malta for the win. ter, and there is no. brighter RA delightful place in the Mediter: if one member of your party le wite of a naval officer of high gamk, . ‘The End, i ai ese |