lov

and

‘W bv

MILDRED

and smiled skeptically. ~

“Do ou oawa often?"

, when she camo riding by on a pretty do was to wait him down

‘lmd sllc knew when the planters

._ ' - S s y ' 1 - CHAPTER 41 Aren't the lannermaul frimdl of' "Not very. My mother detcsts trav-lshipped their products; when the

CALL OF THE LOTUS The Older mah ohuolleil. from business. But I wellt to school at, visitors from the luxurious r0und-the-

. "H°aV°l'13» 11°' They <|0l\’t admit 1 a convent ill Rio, and I'l.c been ln tllc;world Steamers arrived, expecting to

came borne shortly aftertexist-except the old man. who needs States several times. I mean to livclbe greeted by their American consul reached Miss U2. we had;mo in his business. liek a good old there some day. 1 get all niy not-as ln his crisp white uniform and shown she began’ to understand that the two

a moment of terror when she| cooler. with an eyomlik;_har; eagle for from New york or parlgy she glfvne. around his tiny domain, . __

' “ ' li rl is ' that

it and read its first line. I. the bolt 08 l blfll - \ I UW l od down at the sea e gauze So, when he hedged and noundered

. ' h

refuge in her little private

until I lzcl--set sort of used

me all the time. Out there back to some papers on his desk,

dil`i'.-rclli. lit!! hurt less _ . . His chief grunted, elevated his feet ghol-gughly eucllmlll.lg_

-J uuclsl- hs breath, "I hope." tc a comfortable position on his own paul ill Miss I.lz‘s heart was, desk, and, removing a. cigar from his him: "Do you think girls are prettier, Rudi-lov shudder. Life was intolcrablc

but she nodded, her eyesmoiglrietuof his white drill coat, eyed it in eyenlng gnu-.lg ML Sl,.ll¢lm,?~»

sympathetic . w u y.

understand. Aunt Liz,", "I wonder if I can get it smoked be- ehlnk theyre pretty at all ;lmC.S_~

wretchecily. “It lslrt that I - fore I have oneof those chills?"

with all my heart; or? There was no formality in the office 1-idmg.¢0smmE_ D0 you ,-ld..~g-'

can ever take the place§oi’ the picturesque .little consulate

My whole life is wrapped up; hidden away in its smother of tropi-

farnls here. But. just for CB'in:ifie:.k 1 d n hh 4 M J h ~ y_ I _ __ .

S IC mlm ll U 9 U 0 - ood t-inles to ether. Father has sev-

as “;h:y'l'c going to me, l’d ‘ "Pretty lucky, if Tm not done with all 51-9_1 beau;lfulglq0l~,e@,q,- D0 yon' l;now ills desire for Shirley. In all the world,

go away," __ liobs," he muttered. He had only three ,,.,y,,,,,,g about ,,,,,_,,__,._,..

this place »ynu'\‘e found? This days more to walt for the steamer

island llalf-way across ihel that would pick him up and take him wondered at me sudden lung; 01 lm. o you think that's the sortof|away from the miasma of the terms, that gasped a,.,.,F_,., hp, lmm.

e es turned u on him and hc llldcl'

I was for co_mp!iments. Ami he was

clinatioll to please hor. He \-xolulered

__vincing1y to tell a girl thai she was

Isabelle Balluerman was asking

"Rathel‘!" he admitted un\vnril_v. She uttered a deliglliccl little cry.

D ' _

" b k to the land of frost and mme fam _ _

to go to forget? swamps, ac

as good a place as any to fight Snow.

-e there, and the pre;-l older man chuckled. "I’d like to be

so theyre going to ship him heard yarns, you see, but I can’t speak

1 loam the ropes. from experience. I'm not enough of

taking all tbela catch fo rthe Bannerman fortune

jump, seslng4hat After all. the Girl iS elllfllled *D hex' addressed him.

only for vice- moneys worth, isn’t she?"

Rodney laughed aloud. Liz sighed. -‘rt sounds hideous "It you insist on slverkins in rid- eonsul. sl.. sold. You'll get the fever, Rodney." dies-Yes. I dare ny IM Isl”

you’ll send me quinino md "Not much of c riddle about her

Liz," he told l-.el-_ with gn Bhs’s one of tiioae females who knows gaiety. “Don't worry, rm what she wants and goes after it

as B, horse, You have to gtgyl Straight from the shoulder_"

a. darn long time before it gets Wblh 301100! Itmllnld ment. his

chief went on:

before the tl-spies got you,l the infallible gift of Romance and

l00k5 like I tent tied in the middle.

h ,self to ,actual and the girls pretty much like her."

vfould be §,e,,df,,, "How old is the girl?" asked ltidney

listlessly.

fall Rodney now

he had looked to her Old °fi°“lb *yi i€h1;\¢';i'll;>t\;i;il0S:;§ hole, slroldon "

might have ma e

xdmple of strength and com glade long ago, *came as white men

sort of accomodations will U9 d°W“ lime- if she didnt 1°°k “t about that ride tomorrow."

a chap in auch n. hun way"

“Then we'll ride iolllorl-ow after-

’ he answered. “And don't for- “Funny thing, these Bannermans mon 1,,f,e_ when the sm, is no longw-

it‘s not going to be ally pic- wanting to give me a farewell feed. _

probably have to work like the he wellt on. liter ll PWS* "But W5 “S est in the morning, but I hate logotl woman is endowed.

good. 1t's a great piece good an excuse as any."

1°was able to get the “What‘s funny about it?" asked

so noon after taking the Rodney curiously.

But, at that, it's no “Wait till you meet the girl. You'll

I’}n” drawing, They ulideiistand.”

ellmdnys rotten and! Rodney returned to his work. _

ll D00! 1°t~ N0b0d!’S V€l'Y| "Y¢5» y°“'11 \md°\°5t°“d- them" me ney could see that she was not al “I was afraid something had hav-

. young woman who brookcd intcricr-1 polled io yon." She €XPll1ll’l€d- "If WWII UD With f€V¢l' D001' lf°\md U0 ll! NW’ Y°\\ min °\1tl 1'” ence with her wishes. She was quite, you'tl started to walk in the sun, you

evldnmly gpqlletl Eyon my faillcrsj might have had a. stroke. You must be hard, weather-beaten face took on anv\‘el'1.' Ullrcful until i’0il`l'€ l1CCllm5i9fi~"

" hot."'she decided. “Oi course, lt`s lill-

up before noon."

“I'm sorry,” evaded Rodney care-

full “but tomorrow I'll ue awfully

to tell me before he goes.” _

if you can find it in your! got where he is today. He landed here. veiled her rounded fl ure. and in desperation proffered t c forgive me for the thing X’ve 1 a sort of beach comber who’d drifted Rod dei lit l 'films e th t he‘d accepted the

- - . ’ hey was move o say po C yi- Y XCUS8 li

‘over from the Pont au.dPrincl: vxvaay. "Thats 9, mighty becoming cue youre- Bannerman hospitality too often, s-he

was so sure, so sure, then, that And now--" he shrugg , “we a- won;-lngy _ ,

gone to Shirley! belle, the daughter, will fetch a' hila-

she received his wire asking band pretty close to three million.”

send the car to the station. "Then why--"

"llXl°tl¥. Bha’s the 'whyf The ‘why realised, with a mixture of sinuso-

sho that he still belonged io- of the dinner-party to wish me fare- men; and disgust, how greedy she . _ :well and a speedy end.” Ho made ' `

he arrived. hluoliinsl tayvéry grllmrcs- "l‘\’1d\;l"s\\='ilb°lilfeI vveu- rather astonished at his ow.. disin-

haggard than w en ie e t. OH’ 00 so In mi' Y ' 9 D0

suniulu to the sein'-. tl;igul1ths_'he's goxtwthsu' gsinlirl who if he would over asain ho able ooh-

to do it, Aunt Liz. I can' , oug you' s ow."

where I'll have die old. “I'm not interested in women." said

lmercly said sharply: "Don't be an

“Oh, do you lllilll: so?" Her brownl idiot! I wouldrrt ask you, unless I

`wallted you. I never let myself be

if ' p _ _ - stood what the consul had meant. I-Ie bored." And poor Rodney had to

make a feeble pretense of being over- joyed to rind his resistance broken down. » ' rn his limi, he reueiled hotly, But he collldlrt deliberately insult the .girl, even if all his manhood taunted ‘ him for being led around like a sheep

pretty or attractive or desirable, while on a halter. I-Ie had soon discovered

light under my eyes to Rodney rather briefly. as he turned his heart knew that, in all the world, that Miss Ballncrman had a stubborn

there was only one girl who was Will and that she sometimes for80l'

to hide it with the \'elvet of discretion and diplomacy. That discovery made

‘enouell those days, without the added

He rallied his flagging forces; “I burden of Isabelle Bannermarfs soc-

ieiy.

She laughed: "I like lnysolf best ill Hr- loliged for Shirley with an ache

that wn<i'_s.s.sil:1l~p as physical pain. Night and day the thought of her tor- mented him. The diversions with

“How heaicnl l We can have such \v`nich Miss Bannerman attenlpted to

distract him only served to augnient

he r:ou1dn‘t have found two more op-

"A little," he cilnfi-spud, She mtfrgl- posliu types than Isabelle Ilanliernlali

:lllri the girl ‘llc loved. It seemed to him incredible that two beings of the iszllllc sex could be so completely dif-

,flirelli--~ille .one so, tiresome and rc- ;llellcut, the other possessing all the grace and charm wiill wllich the ideal

I- 'Isabelle insisted upon "his making .use of her private bathing-beach. ‘When he thanked her, but was care-

yv r

busy. Mr. Calkins has il lotof things ful not to take advantaillé 0f mi! £11' l .

`vii;u_lon, she 'sent the chauffeur or

Isabelle Bannorlnan frowned, Rod- illlnf

- expression of irrcsoluiioll wllcll she' Silo used the word "ncclimated'_so

- frclltielltly-wllen she made him drink

At the moment, Ml.-.s Bllllncrlllaiiliccd coucoctions that she prepared

turned her eyes upon the lucklcss \\'ii1l llc! _0_\\'l’1 hs-lids. When S116

ibrollfllls fl-c`sll mosquito-netting for

"Mr Calkins, I want Mr Sheldonl his berl'-_olll, when she drove him in

- ` morro 'iternoonl hcl" car to see the crater of the ex

5 ou -won‘t !”

“Whom the gods would destiny

P l"‘l

,-s

"Never mind. Bciicr ice

’ om but be film

ff ;',°,‘,§§;,°°,;’,‘,e‘:,',‘,’;'f°"'..And a toot it. 1-is liltod his syn and smiled ,,,,,,;h', 'the 800,. f,,_,_,,._ S,.,._.,.--

""°V‘°“’ "‘°'°‘ 5t"“““°“'" ‘cgggnlt 2/‘gl-l-‘ypglligilt me she won't <‘li.ir‘Tl-:lr 44 `

a good bit of work con" find me a juicy morsel I assure you." '

ith the job.” Rodney went on. "Ferns not.. Bald 'Gunn' hugh- THE l{EI.i’LIE5v'§ ‘.'li"f IM

is long on sugar planta- ,, ps ', ben if

so the export mg' Anyway' 'mf' na 9' Wu Tile consul har! b~cll your- it fort

e "“1“° Y°“*`1“’°"‘Y' night and, in til-t lion, lvofl 1 hd

to ride with me to w a , 4 - He says you will need him.” Her gaze. ilnct volcano-tllat. he began to hats

- said boldly: "Please, say at once that? the sound of it, _

I-Ie inet her mother one day, when

The consul; snrdonlo nys; me; Roth! the old lady had evidently eluded the

_ ney‘s and recognized their silent plea.;-ivaicllful eye of her daugliief. and Was

perhaps, Miss Liz sigh; h“Y°\lacl;0.d 1310 N0: xnlhlkngalexg But his sense of humor was iiclclecil torn between a fresh repulsion and an She was thinking tha I8 re e G £8 in 5 ., He said gallantly; . ~

have to stay very long in,W0¥l‘i8n C€liS€S to l‘€88\‘d Ulaffillge H5 "Not for worldswollld I illconvenel warning to any suitors for Isabelle’s

_ ience so. charming ll lady _ _ _ . Byllland. Hcr mood was mellow and con-

you. were young and dis-lgelimbtiz 10°! “D05 “mx Uegtnggg all means, Sheldon. ride wlill Banner-yfldblg; sl! the world was ller friend. love and bitterly reck-, ard. il nec€S5F~l’Y N! em - man tomorrow afternoon." '

anew a surge of resent- my have bceli 'c8D\'i°i°l-15 °UC°-‘ shlyley Rand, though I doubt it-but she s in earn-

dg you leave?" ghg ggked Elf. IWW. I EUC!! hOf 1h0tl\el"l I tbl'

~ ' rible example of what'l! happen, if

a foltnight," he answered, his BN WNW much 1°nl"~ The °ld lady consul was chucklillg.

I _

-I < .

_ I ’ _

i lullluio pity. sho-was frankly d horrid

.She lurchcd across ,the room to greet

Rodney could have slain him. Whenlllodlley and landed squarely in his

they left the house, ailcr coffee and arms. He was a. strong Y0\1l`iSStel~ and

° liqueurs and a. fcu' opcl-atio l.clcc-tiolis, had blocked an attack in more than

on an expensive pllollnlgrzipll, illr_‘,olle football scrlrrllnage, but he stag-

lgcrcci llluicr the weight of the exub-

_ errant Mrs. Bmlllcrmali. With diffic-

they would ilrst- ml full _ _ . _ Thur! uliv he kent his feet.

was the best dinller I've had in ihl-cel Sho l.ulgllcd ill high enjoyment, years. I'm glad you came to illlr.-awful “Dear me, how forivarrl I am! You`d

lilllnk l_ wits Isabelle!"

/iltel'w:trtl, Rodney wondered if she

Rodney lauoh_d rue _l "_ ~ 1 “You certainly ici. mc- r'r~',l'll for lair lull! n sense of llulilor, or whether sho

,lurallt solncihillg quite different by

gf! - l'nv~.f\_-, limi, l~i~lllul'k_ At the moment, he was

laugheg H1R0rg1l?6¥ l';\i€l&eg“:of:1ml'iti‘.1tat;;]ieg=lrg.‘tde bei-me you los., my mol-.ll rap; ut. Rc- c"c'»pic<1 with the task of restoring what I gathered from a_ chap S C e 5 re

stationed there, lt`s tho usual zfargleo guglg ‘gee bintammthe “ue °f

-the €ropics»-palm-trees, Un, ti lppel Zo 'her for al

beach a rather sketchy con- 5 Pnl. .Y one y vm e

’ yyoungsten There was a warning in

member this. nly boy. wlficn Tm .frollc illc ielcll/‘rl oqllillbriunl. far. far away across tilt- sm--~l:_= flrllll, "Yol\`r.-, ille new _voting man ni; the

mllsulatc ain‘t vnu°" She beamed up

It wont do you ally g l. ‘ ._ - _ . _ . Then, when you'l‘e down and out and; nl. him. with a smile ihnt was only

l l the conqueror has her llcc! on your, parlly lllzlrred by the tendency of her

8 tangle of tmp cal V nes' l1lS £0116. ind R0dn¢Y WEB qukk Q0 de' chest vou can remember that you` eyes to locus obliquely. "My, my, they

Eco :uid come and go again! Seems like vlsubcllcs always having a new one l under foot. Noi. that I lllind.” she add- jcd hastily. “I hope she gets one per- mallel sonic day . . . . Yon're the

li, . -

_', bc.=.t-lookirig yet.” rli "’I`llallk you." Rodney choked, feel-

A S0ll'i . '- ‘- - . . nd it has t T110 diml€\"DH\`liY It tl” Bamlefmlm riddan Wm, y..ql,~.ll.. r;m,!§‘,.m.ml int: his very cars growing crimson, as

_ l it th . _ _

an extinct vo cano on 3 plantation was the following night. twelvp Mme, He md Wm, 5,,.,mml,,,.yl\c struggled lor self-control against

. I » _ °"""5h“’ companies 11"’ R M The two men drove out in the ¢°nSi11- lu, ,L ,md .~,_._,, vm and me world tide or mu-th that was ris-

5{ L . . _

. ’ - th i ld W 1 i l tin

hourq stop over mr e r Wm ate car. It rattled so much that Cal- dinneyrneng ,,,,___,:{ |,,.,,M{,,,,,‘ at 1-,_

, . - kins said it sounded like himself try- - ' ‘ . - _ A _ .

Liz askcd quickly: “Are you in t e hi km” and fork during Bannernlan plnlltntloll .<o.v.c filo c

it'soxllnct?" “hifi “S ' six. He was utterly lcd ‘uf will ='l

l gl gl d up an arm 3 C ' _ things Bahllermeli spii'iiurlly, lil..l‘ c ;;;c)uleier;lll ll Rodney climbed out to open the big any' and physically' Bu, WML mn

course, its extinct, Dead for :;’L?g§“,f‘:'tfic;1h::fm‘°‘:’1ame£,‘°lfgxé young man do? Fshl~ciul!_v tl youll

. _ _ ‘_ A tLi, u’ ot _ “ man who lives alone ell u il~opi,»- worry ab0l1lt`llic,zalfs;:0ygi‘l?¥l fciigsggagegblwiywizyg llgzaggagiei island, with noi too mfthv ti\lii,‘.;»

all I have Rodney." _ ' keep him busy?

' gown sitting placidly under a palm- ,_ _

Pl‘9559f1 his “V5 mvher 'meek' __ U-ee_ 'she 7056 gud wgllggd up gg Rnd- __________________ __`___i__ mg angrny under her rouge' husued

' i{_ . .~ _ < _.~ » -

came perilously near to crying. ' ' | _ __ O »,. said severely: E v ' i '_ .:_-~"#" _ wish youu go and talk to that CHA" R 43 _ ;._____._.q,_,;_~ >~ room, Rod. ‘ _ _ - 4,* ' vi ~ ` ’ hi ’ ‘ lf.

ece but iles got the ig

hl_m."_ d d h bm Rodneyhfound Isabflle Bannermixaln . ____,__l hc hs gone to o er ‘- one of t a moat cur ous persons e Tl" above m lm _ . ‘um h . no asain tool. refuge in ner had ever mot. she seemed o bundle ol ha. bam gm:’:;f.°';,'"°;"?~" l” d “if “mt i d “‘°° °’~ Sh” °

With the d00i' l0C|¢0d gong;-gdjgtlqflg 8 ay yu In

interruption. she watched the with no attempt at restraint, she CASH PRIZES,

houls of the afternoon drag by- routed hir cheeks. already showing $500,00 man wi" be sw",

could mark their passing by the the ravages of the tropics, and her away as follows _

of the patch of sunlight on brow| and lashes, were black with m he sth I ’

rue. when there was no aonl; mu her nam-tips were stain- zndP',, 313°- 6" vf,,1° S43-

sun, she rose and unlocked the ed with rose. It was as if she were lard ,, 65° M; ,, 5-

_ saying: "I like thi!! I don’t give a .nh rr 5°' sth ll $20'

afternoon she had weighed hanzswhat tho rest of the world 5 f ' h h ' l against that unknown thin |~ N P1" "1 $10- *Nh ill 'Sash

island The girl against the Rodney sat beside her at the din- Pi I9 0 S 5. csc in cas

- _ . . h . h .

or the lptus. her-table. lie and the consul were tho 1",” my W y _ \\ v |/1 Y, §‘§’,‘ff;°§,§,‘,§‘§n;§h§§ “ fggfwezfuafpfo

eft her little office in only guests. Mrs. lannerman was laid > *Quik ¢. . _ , ., mmmgy.. He hoped his mm indicated her face wis serene, her low with ahoadaehe, her daughter ex- Qalyqt ¢ V \ . J, dm, A (_mpcr°n.,, presence would be sho had won her battle. plsined, without undue oolioitude.'rhe :";v' i l f i | __ v Wplmme _ . _

- M, R 43 €}‘;'"“‘ ;’&°l‘;*“"°d bt; Manx' 'nn' qi" li `< ' ` l The bl-own eyes opened wide

CHA E eooo were ngserv : -‘ ' y i .` . ‘ ' _

...err--ru-.» ,ll 1 li .;.r:.;'.:;;a.°.::_<’::’.i,‘;:'::.i..;ic:_i

I -_ _ .' ` HB," ..

‘v " "Just us two." she said softly. "Woh‘t

5 K that be wonderful---Rodney?" .. ro ru. o o- -on .l-_-. u.. of. --or -» -~»= _ e ._ -_ “.::l.i:.r:°: i:.:.': f:.:":.f-

"Mt" 5 "M win' Mr' cam" is '“" . 1 ' i- "Y slaughter Ho knew she expected him

agen- was going home, it he ever reaches there." ._JJ/..- _ to make iove to her'

i f » - _ - . >

Hes an lnsolent THE PLANTEWS DAUGHTER

a u'|llv"~hU|"°

sasyoilvaahdliil

y°“ re “H I hue' Aunt Liz' ney Calkins left the car and joined

h“”“”Y» "‘“ "“ "‘° them as ho introduced ltodooy to ~ __.. E. ._ _

Isabelle, he smiled

DANGEROUS TROPICS you by degrees. Ten in one, she got - _ _ hold of a few cocktails before dinner. _'__".` ' ‘ ` '

hadn‘t been on his tt0Plcal It's her failing-" , » ' iff _" _ _:,t~’ weslr before he was invited to Isabelle raid bluntly to money. ' - ' ,

a nge! toritanlaiaotg Rodney’ realise that __ __ . _ K-Qfg __ o didn e e consu. of ' ' _'fd-/_,_~'§‘_T~,~\1`>`_~,’=.,\_;z \\§ _

mgvr fl; v-ff. £11 be gm am; *. ‘ f.‘I.‘l'i’."..f.‘I...‘3.§§’é’.l‘.'° ’“‘“ '°' `"‘°° °°”

go." s md or. " e's in n f " " ' ‘ ` all “HKU”-” `1'b‘n‘;‘va‘mm;‘g:'e'e‘7a":ge”‘lc=u?i|AlbeI!i:eIlll%¢E

she Hilde In lmplllellf. KQSNN. Canadian Beavef.&|\yot|lla\luicn1ill|e|ial: '”°h. 4°!" b° '» b{§:°f‘*@l *Qu .°‘°l'ol’.'.’.°.l'¢'.ll‘.§‘.'.ol.fe".‘$’|".f-' °..‘l.§.'l’$.‘.I'.'l'. ““‘”" “‘i“.: §.‘.i"ru..“"""“......* "il-'°..,l'.°:.ii:".:':°in--:il-e'°.'~;a‘

uc never ns n -

no u- -nw tar.. :.;°:.‘r.zl:'..°'.'i':r.i*"li'::.°.':;i".::'l.'.ll

s“ if ellis* tells? lisa _§, , _,E

kllltlilbmlll-blhilllr

au.aa'ohu|Aui¢..an_r.l.

fe" Q _ ,fr ann

adviac n fel la mall of nimble coadi

'men “°°'°¢'“`li“B°°'l',°°"'{'1‘*‘°°°1~Y°";;'l hadnt the heart for relnomtranoe.

37?.-"l"d'.'»'$"»'3-‘.'l".»-."'.!2l?i.°"‘ -

Cl ing ill llinl. .-l Mrs. Ballncrlnan came close to him |. _ fl v. rl. _ . “I like you. You‘re the nicest of ..‘ them all _ _ _ . Would yOu like a

r. . . ._ __ nl~ '**“' » mr “I/llllll¢t!"

-._=+_-~'+ l

"=~ ’(i\;"i But even his wildest apprehensions

' rll 'his lcrcd into his ear'

little drink I know where t.lierc’s

_ The ellwlillg scene was brief. An nuira 'nd Isabelle her own color show-

ll:'l~_p_a_r,ci1t out of 'the rooln. But not bclurc the lhiicr had winked broadly at Tforincy over one fat shoulder.

Isabelle rejoined Rodney, after a

nloln|=lli,_ Hur flush had died, but her e,\,"‘= wcrc 'still hard. v 'M.\l.la's llcuralgia troubles her clrr-zldfully." she said. “She has.to A luke something to relieve the pain,

llsf-Pd tu it."

Rofiucy murmured sympathy, hid-

‘ inc his grin. : “Lets ride this afternoon and have a picnic lunch on that little plateau 1’ showed you the other day, just be- low the crater of the volcano," Isa- ‘bnllc suggested. "We can stay quite lute. It‘ll be full moon wnight. 1'll send tho chauffeur out with a ham- per and rugs and things."

` on/ll»°raa as

TIIE SAD LITTLE PRISON!!

Shirley had allowed ilersoif to be

led aboard the Bea Nymph. Sho

‘ 'even if silo' had thought femoastranoe

would have dons any good. It was

"You could hardly find s. more, fair horse, leading another: "Sorry, by a perpetual p.;=t'ponement of the

charming home in the States, bliss; but I have . another engagement." actual hour. ,

Bannermsll." There \vasn’t ll. soul with 'whom he

"Oh, thyhouge is all right," shelcolild, by any stretch of the imagin-

ahrugged. “And all the lurnisllingsl ation, have had an enalsemeht-

came from America. I made my iutllerl He °°“lClI\’l1 SBYI "NW Vldbll- Tm

see to thot. But the life hero is flood-1 awfully busy." _ ly. There lust isnt ally." Z Isabelle knew how much work he better, had he aged, instead( More

The Commodore hadn’t changed in

the interval since Christmas, K any- thing, it s`eemed to Bhirley_ at he had grown, somewhat youthful. She thought she would have liked him

Itxhan ever, he seemed distasteful to er. . He very soon gave her to under

middle-aged men were in league against her. They hadn't actually kidnapped her, but she was, in a manner of speaking, gently detained upon the boat while it cruised, in- dolehtly and apparently without des- tination, through the Mediterranean and adjacent waters.

Day aftgr day she sat on deck under

the awning with the two white cllows for company, and .watched t‘a:: gay pageant of the Azure Coést slip by.'A lonely little figure in her smart, color- ful frocks tnat contrasted So stralige- ly with her grave eyes and her sombre little smile. _

She was pleasant, docile. an agree-

able companion’ to the two men, but she lived a life far apart from them.

Rodney Sheldon was the object of

her thoughts. Her year at the univer- sity was the background, the canvas on which her memory wove a gay pattem. She existed in a dreamland of what might have been. It seemed to her that life had stopped when Louis took. her away from R0dncy’s

Bl'l1`iS.

If she had not been so occupied

| with her own sad thoughts, she would |have noticed the change in Louis;

,would have sensed, perhaps, the sec- |11-,tsomeiliing that shadowed their ,life. And yet she did feel something. |Sonletinles, sitting on deck, watching ,the blue waves dancing in the sun- llight; shc would shiver involuntarily, l as though n sinister shadow had fall- en upon her. She would say, with her ,grave liitle smile: “Some one has walked over my grave.” And once,

Loiléis, overhearing her, laughed and

sa : ‘

"I~Ie’!l have to be s. quick stepper,

ii' he finds lt. You‘re doomed to be a

wanderer, Shirley.” _

She sighed. With either Louis or the

Commoclcre, she would be a vagabond. Never the peace and security of an old Kentucky house. Never for lier! Never the quiet evenings in a garden. watching the sun set and the -moon rise, hearing the frogs in the pond and the sleepy birds in the treesf the distant bark of a dog, the thrum of a banjo fronl the negro cabins. Never Rodney's strong arm aroulld her waist and the immeasurable comfort of his hand clashing hers! Never, never for

her! '

. One day, the shadow seemed to as- sume almost detlnite shape. _She found that old Spanish passport among Louis's things, the passport made out to,Scnor Almayra, und, when she studied it carefully, astonished and troubled, she saw that it had been /tampered witll. She examined the plc- ture closely. She knew then that it was Louis's own picture. A1mnyra's had been removed and Louis's sub-

stituted. '

She carried the passport to Louis,

llcr eyes troubled. He stared at it for a long time. She couldn’t read his face, but finally a whimsical smile touched the corners of llls moutll. I-Ie looked up at her. _

"Caught with the goods, eh, Sllir-

icy?"

“What does it mean, Dad.”

I-le made a wry grllnace.

"Your old dad isn’t fond oi confess-

ion, but . . _ well, the truth ls, my love, that, when I was in 'l"lorida, I was desirous of going into Mexico and other places where an American is not too welcome, so I arranged with a mall who hadll‘t any more need for his passport to sell" me this."

“Why did you want to go to Mex-

ico, Dad. Was it cards?"

“My eternal pastime," he agreed

alrily."‘But there was only a little scnorlta-" he kissed his manicured finger-tips to the azure-sky.

“Then you-you woren‘t telling me

the truth when you said there was a Sonor Almayra who wanted you to help him through the Customs?" W“A lie, pure and simple, my Shir- ley!" he answered blsndly. ~

"Why, Dad?" she asked quietly.

He took refuge in gaiety. “Men will always lie to a, pretty

woman, my love. Haven't you discov- ered that yet?"

She turned away. biting her scarlet

lmderlip _ . . . Oh, yes, she knew that only too well. It was a lesson that she had learned early. It was only last August that she had first soon Rodney. And she had loved him. and he had lied to her. Already she was a woman with a broken heart! Ah, Rodney! Rodney!

That day the Commodore .again

asked her to marry him. Again she re- fused, but he seemed quite iinper- turbed. She had a horrid conviction that he knew he would get her in the end. After all, why not? Ona couldn't forever roam the world with an irres- ponsible father. Some day one would be old and would have to think of shelter, ahaven in which to rest and die. Aim, for her reckless challenge to Fate, her boast that she would never marry, except for love!

It was at Gibraltar that the incid-

ent occurred that abruptly ended the Sea Nymph‘s pleasant. leisurely cruise.

CHAPTER 46

THE WARNING BAY OF THE I-IOUNDS

The Bea Nymph llad' put into the

harbor at Gibraltar, and Shirley and Louis wont ashore in the smart little motorboat. The Commodore watched them from the yacht's deck; a lonely figure, leaning on the rail, hoodies of the small merchant boats that were bobbing on tho blue water below* and thonrnll ons. ortho vendor. or lr-aiu and trinkets. “' ‘ "You wonw. come with us!" hub-icy

had asked politely, before alle lhppdd into the launch. and he had declined.

Ncyigoven for her wouldllsba-out his ru and set foot ashore. _ _

Louis and Shirley wandered around the quaint old town, purchased a few louvanira, had tea in a'-lovely old gar- den. and hind one of thcny, shabby

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while a dispute between two cholerio drivers for the right of way was ar- bltrated by a fussy little gendarme. On either side the street was blocked with dlsreputuble surreys and voci- ferous cochers.

Suddenly Shirley laid her hand on

Louis's arm.

"Look, Dad! See that old man in

the next carriage? I can't quite place him, but he seems to know us."

Louis turned his head impatiently.

He detested dust and confusion. AS lie followed the direction of Shirley‘s glance, he stiffened abruptly.

The elderly man in the adjacent

vehicle who was surveying him grimly was ,Judge Thorne! Suddenly he made it peremptory gesture. '

Louis leaned forward and swore into

his driver's ear with sucll picturesque intensity that the man halted his own flow of profanity and gazed upon his fare with infinite respect, The gist of Louis's conllnuuication was that he desired to move from that spot at once.

At that precise moment .the prob-

lem of priority between the two driv- ers was successfully arbitrated and traffic began to surge onward, Louis said quickly:

"Oul, M'sieur.' was the meek

response, The driver wrenched his horse from' under the very tail of the

very close, and Bhirley could see the old man who mshe had met brieiiy in that dusty office in Kentucky, the previous summer. He didn't notice her. His eyes rested again upon Louis with tt liked stare. Then the launch had passed, leaving o ,swirl of churn- ing water.

Louis sa)id_ quickly: "How soon do

we weigh anchor, Bertrand?"_

The Commodore answered, with a

shrug: “Not for a week, I’nl afraid. My chief engineer broke the bad' news to me this morning, after you had left, that we’ve trouble in the engine- room, The repairs will take at least that long.”

Shirley happened to be glancing

Louis's way, andshe was surprised at the black frown that crossed his face. Why should leisurely Louis mind being held .up in ll. pleasant port? They had no particular destination.

At dinner that night, Louis said

abruptly: “If yolrre really laid up here for s. week, Bertrand, I'm afraid I‘ll have to leave you. I‘vo important business in Paris."

Shirley looked at him in mild as-

tonishment. She was quite sure that he hadn't received any communica- tion recently from Paris. But then. she knew so little of Louis‘s myster-

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hereb ccn‘t you? That widow you met in Florida. last winter is at Nice. She can join us."

5birlB.V's appealing look was unnec-

0BHi\1'y. for Louis said:

"I’d rather»Shirley accompanied me.

,I don't like to be without my little sirl." He smiled across at her, and she y threw him a grateful look. | The last thing she desired was to be left on The' Sea. Nymph with Oscar Bertrand.

.qlnrn down that street to Your was Ways - They bade farewell to meh. host

1 ft. . __ . , e-‘B t lwsloul-__~ The Commodore muttered assent, th” “me MSM- Bill? ther' didnt BQ

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little surreys for a drive _aut Algecircg

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tour and, though he had been war

vehicle ahead and turned him into the indicated thoroughfare, to the ac-

companiment of oaths from the coo- <

her behind him. The street proved W _

be narrow and abominable. It seem- ` -

ed, moreover, interminable. When

they finally emerged, they were far- _ ~-

ther from the pier and Tile Sea ‘

Nympth than they had been in the

entire course of the day. ‘

Shirley had asked curiously: “Why

do you want to turn off, Dad?"

And Louis had responded irritably:

"I can't stand the dust. If we don't \ ' '- get out of this jam, I'll begin to sneeze Milly |.0aVeS \. ‘ ’-'Y in ' Ev; r

my head off.” ~ V ‘

But Shirley couldn't crush down the _ ,.;, |

suspicion that Louis had been per- <1 '. _,s

turbod hy the sight or the grim old A Ba man in the adjacent carriage. sas _ El ~,_- . searched her memory to discover - #_ L gg where and when she had seen him f, _ _ “ ‘ v"~

before, but the answer eluded her. /,.

They arrived at the yacht event- A ` _

cally, hot, dusty, and weary, and _ -f L¢»__ ~ ‘»_ . A, found the Commodore on deck, look- \._-rr ,\~_\_M,m,, _ \ ing enviably cool and sipping- a long, A- -‘ ,__g_._ ‘_ , iced drink. _- 1% ‘

"Have a good time?" he asked. G' » ~;~_ ;_ _ .

"ltottonl" grunted Louis. 'rho driver , " ‘ .~ had demanded triple fare for the de- ' * '” =’-- -5

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sled in the subsequent altercation. - - .A . _ A. .. . _.__ _*__ Louis had not won the battle without ‘

effort. “For tale love of Mike,‘give me _

a whisky all soda." ___._.-__. "1 sow air old mend of ours." re- _

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carelessness. ' -

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dosing our an-mad: yvuooonimf You didnt _ __

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