The Star=Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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KLIASTRATtOm 3Y
PAY WALTER'S
opmmm t nor or ooeot-nmuu m
SYNOPSIS
Min Patricia Holbrook and Ml Helen
Holbrook her niece were entrusted to
the care of Iauranoe Donovan a writer
summering near Port Annandale Miss
Patricia confided to Donovan that she
(eared her brother Henry who ruined by
a bank (allure had constantly threatened
her (or money (rom his (ather's will o (
which Miss Patricia was guardian They
came to Port Annandale to escape Henry
Donovan sympathised with the two
women He learned ot Mias Helen's an-
noying suitor Donovan discovered and
captured an Intruder who proved to be
Reginald Gillespie suitor (or the hand o(
Miss Helen Holbrook GllleBple disap-
peared the (ollowlng morning A rough
sailor appeared and was ordered away
Donovan saw Miss Holbrook and her (a-
ther meet on friendly terms Donovan
(ought an Italian assassin He ‘met the
man ha supposed was Holbrook but who
said hs was Hartridge a canoe-maker
After a short discussion Donovan left
surlily Gillespie was discovered bv Don-
ovan presenting a country church with
11000 Gillespie admitted he knew ot Hol-
brook's presence Miss Pat acknowledged
to Donovan that Miss Helen had been
missing (or a (ow hours While riding
In a launch the Italian sailor attempted
to molest the trio but (ailed Miss Pat
announced her Intention o( fighting Henry
Holbrook and not seeking another hiding
place Donovan met Helen In garden at
night Dupllcltv of Helen was confessed
by the young lady She admitted conniving
with her father despite her aunt's
precautions In a night meeting with Don-
ovan CHAPTER IX— Continued
"Do you mean to tell me that you
i have not talked with your father— that
you have not seen him here?” I be-
sought "Yes I have seen him— once and
It was by accident It was quite by ac-
cident" "Yes I know of that—"
“Then you have been spying upon
me Mr Donovan!” -“Why
did you tell me that outrage-
ously foolish tale about your chess
game when I knew exactly where you
were at the very hour you would have
had me think you were dutifully en-
gaged with your aunt? It seems to
me my dear Miss Holbrook that that
Is not so easy of explanation even to
my poor wits”
“That wrs without purpose really
It 'was! I was restless and weary from
so much confinement you can’t know
how dreary those late years have been
for us— for me — and I wished just
once to be free I went for a long
walk Into the country And If you
saw me If you watched me
I gazed at her blankly The thing
could not have been better done on
the stage but Miss Pat was walking
toward us and I put an end to the
talk
“I came upon him by accident— I
had no Idea he was here” she per-
sisted "You are not growing tired of us”
began Miss Pat with her brave beau-
tiful smile "you are not anxious to be
rid of us?”
"I certainly am not” I replied "I
can’t tell you how glad I am that you
have decided to remain here I am
quite sure that with a little patience
we shall wear out the besiegers Our
position here has you may say the
strength of its weakness I think the
policy of the enemy Is to harass you
by guerrilla methods— to annoy you
and frighten you Into submission"
"Yes I believe you are right” she
said slowly Helen had walked on
and I loitered beside Miss Pat
"I hope you have had no misgivings
Miss Pat since our talk yesterday”
"None whatever" she replied quick-
ly "I am quite persuaded In my own
mind that I should have been better
off If I had made a stand long ago I
don’t believe cowardice ever pays do
you ?’’
She smiled up at me In her quick
bright way and I was more than ever
her slave
"Miss Holbrook you are the bravest
woman In the world! I believe you are
right I think I should be equal to ton
thousand men with your spirit to put
heart Into me"
"Don't bo foolish" she said laugh-
ing "llut to show you that I ant not
really afraid suppose you offer to take
us for a drive this evening I think It
would bo well for mo to appear to-day
Just to show the enemy that we are
not driven to cover by our little ad-
venture in the launch yesterday"
"Certainly! Shall we carry out-
riders and a rear guard?"
"Not a bit of It I think we mny be
able to shame my brother out of his
evil Intontlons by ourdofonselessness"
We waited for Helen to rejoin us
and the drive was planned for live
Promptly on the hour after a dny of
activity on my part In cruising the
lake looking- for signs of the enemy
we set forth In an open trap and
plunged Into country roads that trav-
ersed territory new to nil of us 1 car-
ried IJtma along and when alter a
few miles Helen asked to taka the
reins I changed seats with her and
gave myself up to talk with Miss Pat
The girl's mood was grave and Who
wished td drive 1 fancied ns nu ex-
cuse for alienee The land rolled grad-
ually away Into the south mid west
and we halted In an hour or so fur
from the lake on a wooded t'ltilmuW
that commanded a long sweep in evely
direction and drew Into the rondsldo
IJlma opened a gate that admitted us
to a auperb maple grovo and In a fow
minutes we were having tea from tne
hamper In the cheeriest mood In tiie
world The aun was contriving ndw
marvels In the west and the woitl
that dipped lakeward beneath us gtile
an illushm of thick tapestry to ti
He Stepped Close to
"We could almost Walk to the lake
over the trees” said Miss Pat “It’s a
charming picture”
Then as we all turned tp the lake
seeing It afar across the tree-tops
I through the fragrant twilight I saw
the Stiletto standing out boldly upon
the waters of Annandale with a lan-
guid Impudence that I began -to as-
sociate with Its slim outlines- and
snowy ' canvas Other craft were
abroad and Miss Pat I judged spoke
only of the prettiness of the general
landscape and there waB to be sure
no reason why the sails of tliq Stiletto
should have had any particular signifi-
cance for her Helen was still looking
down upon the lake when Miss Pat
suggested that we should go home
and even after her aunt called to her
the girl still stood one hand resting
upon the' trunk of a great beech her
gaze bent wistfully mournfully to-
ward the lake But on the homeward
drive — she had asked for the reins
again— her mood changed abruptly
and she talked cheerily often turning
her head— a scarlet-banded sailor hat
was I thought remarkably becoming
—to chaff about her skit! with the
reins '
"I haven’t a care or trouble in the
world” declared Miss Pat when I left
them at St Agatha’s "I am sure that
we have known the worst that can
happen to us in Annandale' I refuse
to be a bit frightened after that
drive"
"It was charming" said Helen
"This Is better than the English lake
country because It isn’t so smoothed
out"
"I will grant you all of that" I said
"I will go further and admit— what Is
much for me— that it is almost equal
to Ktllarney"
There seemed to be sincerity In
their good spirits and I was myself
refreshed and relieved as Idrove into
Glonarm but I arranged for the Bame
guard as on the night before Helen
Holbrook’s double-dealing created a
condition of affairs that demanded
rnutlmis handling and I had no inten-
tion of being caught napping
From the window of my room I saw
the Japanese boy patrolling the walks
of St Agatha's A btickbonrd of young-
Biers from Port Annandale passed In
the road leaving a trail of song be-
hind them Then the frog choruses
from the llltlo brook that lay hidden
In the Glennrm wood sounded In my
ears with maddontng iteration and I
sought the open
The previous night 1 had mot Helon
Holbrook by the stone seat on the
ridge and 1 cannot deny that It waa
with the hope ot seeing her again that
I set forth She waa beautiful with a
rnro loveliness at all times yst 1 found
mVself wondering whether on the
strange frontier! ‘of love It was her
daring duplicity that appealed to me
I aet myself stubbornly Into a pillory
rearod of iny own ahame at tho
thought and went out and climbed
upon the Qlenarm wall and stared at
tno dark bulk of St Agntha's as 1 pun-
ished myself for having entertained
any other thought ot Helen Holbrook
than of a weak vain ungrateful girl
capable ot making sad mischief ' for
her benefactor 1
IJlma passed and repnned In the
paved walk that curved among tho
ichool buildings 1 1 heard hie atop and
marked tala pauiei aa ha mat tha gar
Jdnratthafretd""fJv u
Me Threateningly
sldered the matter I concluded that
Helen Holbrook could readily slip out
at the back of the house when the
guards thus met and that she Jmd
thUB found egress on the night before
At this moment 'the two guards met
precisely at the front door and to my
surprise Sister Margaret In the brown
garb ot her sisterhood stepped out
nodded to the watchmen in the light
of the overhanging lamp and walked
slowly round tbe buildings and toward
tbe lake The men promptly resumed
their patrol Tbe sister slipped away
like a shadow through the garden
and I dropped down from the wall in-
side the school park and stole after
her The guards were guilty of no
Impropriety In passing her there was
to be sure no reason why Sister Mar-
garet should not do precisely as she
liked at St Agatha’a However my
curiosity was piqued and I crept quiet-
ly along through the young maples
that fringed the wall She followed a
path that led down to tbe pier and I
hung back to watch still believing
that Sister Margaret had gone forth
merely to enjoy the peace and beauty
of the night I paused in a little thick-
et and heard her light step on the
pier flooring and I drew as near as I
dared in the shadow of the boathouse
She stood beside the upright staff
from which the pier lights swung—
the white lantern between the two red
ones— looking out across the lake The
lights outlined her tall figure distinct-
ly She peered about anxiously sev-
eral times and I heard the Impatient
tap ot her foot on the planks In the
lake sounded the faint gurgle of water
round a paddle and In a moment a
canoe gilded to the pier and a man
stepped out He bent down to seize
the painter and I half turned awny
ashamed of the sheer curiosity that
had drawn me after the sister Nuns
who chaft at their prison bars are not
new either to romance or history
and this surely was no aftulr ot mine
Then thu man stood up and I saw that
It was Gillespie Ho was hatless and
his arms were bared He began to
speak but ahe quloted him with a
word and as with a gesture she flung
back her brown hood I saw that It
waa Helen Holbrook
"I had given you up" she said
He took both her hands and 'held
them bending toward her eagerly She
seemed taller than he In the lantern
light
"I should hnvo come across the
world” he said
"You must believe that I should not
have asked this of you If 1 had not be-
lieved you could do It without Injury
to yourself— that It would Impose no
great burden on you and that you
would not think too 111 of me—"
"I love you I am here became I
love you!" he aald and I thought bet
ter ot him than 1 had He waa a fool
and weak but he was 1 believed an
honest foot and my heart grew hot
with Jeuloua rage aa I aaw them there
together
"If there le more I can dot"
"Not and I should not aek you If
there were ! have gone too far as it
Is" she sighed
"You must take no rlskei you must
take care that Miss Pat knows noth-
ing" "Not I must aee father He must
go away t bellsve he has lost hie
eeniee from brooding on tala trouble!"
"Hut how did he ever get here?
'T"e Is -
"Oh I knew ho would follow uat
But I did not tell him I was coming
here— I hope you' did not believe that
of me I did not tell him any more
than I told you"
He laughed softly
"You did not need to tell me I
could I have found you anywhere In the
world Helen That man Donovan Is
watching you like a hawk but he’s a
pretty good fellow with a Milesian Joy
In a row He’s going to protect Miss
Pat and you If he dies at tho busi-
ness" She shrugged her shoulders and I
saw her disdain of me In her face - A
pretty conspiracy this was and I
seemed to be only the crumpled wrap-
ping of a pack of cards with no part
In the game
Gillespie drew an envelope from his
pocket held It to tho white lantern for
an Instant then gave It to her
"I telegraphed to Chicago for a
draft He will have to leave here to
get it — the hank at Annandale carries
no such sum and It will be a means
of getting rid of him"
"Oh I only hope he will leave— he
must— he must!” she cried
“You must go back” he said "These
matters will all come right In the end
Helen" he added kindly “There is
one thing I do not understand
“The thing that troubles me is that
your father was here before you"
"No — that isn’t possible I can’t be-
lieve It"
"He had engaged the Stiletto before
you came to Annandale and while I
was tracing you across the country he
was already here somewhere He
amuses himself with the yacht”
"Yes I know ho Is more of a men-
ace that way — always In our sight—
always where I must sea him!"
Her face clearly lighted by the lan-
terns was touched with anxiety and
sorrow and I saw her With that pretf
tlest gesture of ‘ woman’s thousand
graces — the nimble touch that makes
sure no errant bit of hair has gone
wandering — lift her hand to her head
fora moment' The' emerald ring
flashed In the lantern light I recall
a thought that occurred to me there—
that the widow’s peak so sharply
marked in her forehead was like' the
finger-prints of some playful god She
turned to go but he caught her hands
"Helen!” he cried softly j
"No! - Please don’t!" 11
i She threw the nun's hood over her
head and walked rapidly up the pier
and stole away through the garden to-
ward St Agatha's Gillespie listened
for her step to die away then he
sighed heavily and bent down to draw
up hie canoe When I touched him
on the shoulder he rose and lifted tbe
paddle menacingly
“Ah so it’a our young and gifted
Irish friend I” he said grinning "No
more sprinting Btunts for me! I de-
cline to run The thought of aspara-
gus and powdered glass saddens me
Look at these hands — these little
hands still wrapped In mystical white
rags I have bled at every pore to
give you entertainment anil now it's
got to be 20 paces with bird-guns”
"What mischief are you lq nqw?" I
demanded angrily "I thought I
warned you Gillespie vI thought I
even appealed to your chivalry" '
"My dear fellow everything has
changed If a nun In distress ap-
peals to me for help I am Johnny-on-the-spot
for Mother Church"
"That was not the sister it was
Miss Holbrook I saw her distinctly
I heard—"
"By Jove this Is gallant of you
Donovan! You are a marvelous fel-
low!” "I have a right to bbJc— I demand to
know what It was you gave the girl"
"Matinee tickets— the American girl
without matinee tickets is a lonely
pleiad bumping through tho void”
"You are a contemptible ass Your
conduct 1b scoundrelly If you want
to see Miss Holbrook why don’t you
go to tho houBo and cull on her like a
gentleman? And as for her—"
"Yes and os for her—?" ' '
He stepped close to me threaten-
ingly "As for her she muy go too fart"
"She la not answerable to you She's
the finest girl In the world and It you
Intimate—"
"I Intimate4 nothing But what I aaw
and heard Interested me a good deal
Glllosplo"
"What you heard by eteatth creep-
ing about here at night prying Into
other people's affairs 1"
"I have pledged myself to cars for
Miss Pat" -
"It’s nobis of you Donovan I" and
ho stepped away from ms grinning
"Miss Pat suggeata nothing to me but
’button button who’s got tho button Y
She’s a bloomin' aristocrat while I’m
tho wealth-cursed child ot democracy'
"You're a charming specimen I" 1
growled
(TO DM CONTINUED') (
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Tommy — Sorry pir ' In future I
won’t go out when I’m drunk
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James J Corbett in the ’ smoking
room of the Mauretania praised the
"style" oi Jim Jeffries
"It’s a neat style’ he said Vneat
quick to tho point It gets there' like
tbe remark of a little girl who said
to the minister In the course of a
quite Interminable call:' - i
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thrashing machine
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