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-cause he is ready to mend Miss Mal-

let's honor by Hlﬂrrylns her," “Let uie perish. Georie, bul- you're more drunk than I thought- ltliss Mallett is a P975911 9! llllpclfi‘ ance in the world wit-h powerful friends. . ." "lilies Farquharson, too, has

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he wields a deal of influence. You don't lack ior enemies to stir things up against you. . . ."

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terl" Buckingham was incredulous- ly scronful- ' “These baggages of the theater are beloved of the people, and the mood of the people of London at present is not one I should care to ruffle were I Duke of Bucking- hnni. There is a war to excite them, and the menace of the pla- gue to scare them into making ex- aiiiinntions of conscienct. There are preachers, too, going up and down the Town, proclaiming that this is a visitation oi God upon the new Sodom. The people are lis- tening. They are beginning to point to Whitehall as the source oi

‘all the offenses that have provoked ‘the wrath of Heaven. And they

don't love you, Bucks, any more than they love nie. They don't un- derstand us, and—to be plain-our names, yours and mine and several others, are beginning to stink in their nostrils- Give them such an argument as this against you, and they'll see the law fulfilled. Never doubt that. The English nre an easy-going people on the surface, which has led some iools to their

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His grace discarded at last hi8 incredulous scorn, and gave hiiii- self up to gloomy thought. Ether- edge. leaning back in his chair. watched him, faintly, cynically amused. At length the Duke stir- red and raised his handsome eyes to his friend's face.

"Don't sit there grinning-damn yoiil-advisc nie-"

"To what end, since you won't

follow my advice?" “Still, let me hear it. What is m" ». "Forget ‘the girl, and look for easier game. You are hardly young enough for such an arduous and tiring hunt as this."

i-lis grace damned him roundly for a scoffer, and swore that he would not abandon the affair; that. at whatever cost, he would pur- sue it. .

"Why, then, you must begin by effacing the bad impression you have made tonight. Pay her a visit on Monday at the theater to tender your most humble apolo- gies ior the disgraceful conduct oi your giiests- Had you known them capable of such abandoned behav- ior, you would never have hidden her make one of such a company. You will profess yourself glad that she departed instantly; that is what you would, yourself, have advised." "But I pursued her. My lackeys sought to stay her coach!" "Naturally-so that you might make her your apologies, and ap- prove a departure which in the cir- cunistsnces you must have urged." “You think she will believe mo?" I-lis grace was dubious.

“That will depend upon your act- ing,and you are reputed to be some- thing oi an actor. ‘ind knows you played the mountebank once to some purpose. Have you forgot- ten?" ~

"N0, no. But will it serve, do you think?" _

"As a beginning. But you must follow it up. You must reveal your- self iu a new character. Hitherto she has known you, first by re. pute and tonight by experience, a rake. Let her behold you as a 119m; say. a rescuer oi beauty in distress-herself in the distressful part. Deliver her from some deadly peril, and thereby earn her gratitude and her wonder at your prowess."

“And the deadly peril7" quoth the Duke gloomily, almost suspect- .ing that his friend was rallying him. "Where shall 1 find that?"

"if you wait'to find it, you may have long to wait. You must, your- self. provide it. A little coatriving, a little invention, will soon supply what you lack." '

"Can you propose anything? Can you be more than superiorly

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"Then, in God's name, think."

Etlicrctige laughed at his host's veheniencc. He brimmed himself a cup oi wine, surveyed the rich glow of it in the candlelight and drank it off. '

"inspiration flows. Invention stirs within me. Now listen." And sitting forward he propounded a plan of campaign with that rasc- Eliy readiness of WHAIIBC was at once his glory and his ruin.

CHAPTER IX

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NED TUCKER did not long leave his proposal to Holles un- confirmed. He sought him in the matter again at the Paul's Head threo (lays later on the Saturday, and sat ion in talk with him in. the little parlo . .

Ha found the Colonel a little more malleable today, a little less insistent upon serving governments

in ease.

Still, he did not altogether yield to Tucker's persuasion; but neith- er did he discourage liim when the

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latter promised to visit him again on the IIIOITOW, bringing another old friend oi their Parliament days. And on the Monday, true m his pro- mise, Tucker cams again, acconi- panied this time by a gentleman some years his senior, named Itathbone, with whom Coldnel Holles recalled some slight ao- uuain-tance. This time they came with a very definite proposal, em- powdered, so they told him, by one

ter, nut wnlch, 1f uttered, must re- move hi-s every doubt.

"Flor that, Ita-indal, you will accept our word, I know," said the grave Tucker.

Holles nodded his agreement, and the proposal was disclosed. it offered him a position which in an established government would have

as things were, to one in his des- perate case, driven to the need of making a gamblers throw. If on the one side he probably set his head. at least the stake they offer- ed could hardly have been greater. And they tempted him further by revelations of how far their preparations were advanced, and how thorough these were. ‘

A tap at the door interrupted them. Tucker bounded up, propell- ed by his uneasy conspirntons con‘- science. Rathbone, too, glanced round uneasily.

"Why, what's to ‘startle, you?" said the Colonel quietly’, smiling to

good hostess."

She came in. from the common room bearing a letter that had just been brought for Colonel I-Iolles.

He took it, wondering; then, ob- serving the great seal, a little color crept into his cheeks. He spread the sheet, and read, under the observing eyes oi his frinds and his hostess.

Twice hPread that letter before he spoke.. The-unexpected had hap- pened. a-ad it had happened at the eleventh hour, barely in time to arrest him on the brink of what might prove a precipice.

"Luck has stood your friend sooner than we could have hoped." wrote Albemsrle. “A military post in the Indies has, as I learn from letters just received, fallen vacant. It is an important command full worthy of your abilities, and there, overseas, you will be safe from all inquisitions. If you will wait upon me here at the Cockpit this afternoon, you shall be further informed." '

He begged hi5 friends to excuse liim a moment. took pen, ink, and paper from the sideboard and quickly wrote a few lines in an- swer.

When Mrs. Quinn had departed to convey that note of the messeng or, and the door had closed again. the two uneasy conspirators start ed up. Questions broke simultan

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At lust Tucker lowered the sheet, and his grace eyes. fell again upon I-Iolles. .

"A-iid you have unswered-wrhatf" he demanded. ' '

"That I will wait upon his arses this afternoon as he requires of me."

"But to what end?" asked Rath- bone. "You can't mean that you will accept employment from " a government that is doomed."

The "Colonel shrugged. "As l have told Tucker from the first, i serve governments; l, do not make them." '

“But just now . . ." Tucker was beginning.

“I wavered. it is true. But 50ml?- thing else has been flung into the scales." And he held up Albemar- le's letter.

They argued with him after that; but they argued vainly.

“If I am of value to your govern- ment when you shall have estab- lished it, you will know where to

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been dazzling. It was dazzling even " ‘

TUCKER CAME AGAIN, AC- COMPANIED BY A GENTLEMAN SOME YEARS HIS SENIOR.

find me; and you will know from what has happened now that I am trustworthy." _

"But your value to u; is now, in the struggle that is coming. And it is for this that we are prepared to reward you richly."

He was not, however, to be

had reached him an hour too soon. At parting he assured them that their secret wag safe with him, and, that he would forget all that they had said. Since, still, they had disclosed no vital facts whose be- trayal could frustrate their pur- pose, it Wig an almost unnecessary assurance. They stalked out resentfully. But Tucker returned alone a moment later. "Randal," he said, "it may be that upon reflection you will come to see the error of linking your- self to a government that cannot endure, to the service of a‘ king against whom the hand of Heaven is already raised. You may come to prefer the greatness that we offer you in the future to this crust that Albemsrle throws you at the moment. if you are wise, you will. if so, you know where to find me. Seek me there, and be sure of my welcome as of myfriendship."

They shook bands and parted, and with a sigh and a smile Holies turned to load himself a pipe. Ho was not, he thought, likely to sec Tucker again.

That afternoon he waited upon Albemsrle, who gave hiin particul- ars of the appointment he had to

ce, the pay was good, and so that Hoiles discharged his duties well.

doubt, there would be even better things in store for him before very long.

“The Oils thing to efiacen the past is a term of service now,

other place, here at home, perhaps, and I am asked what are your an- tecedents, I need but point to the stout service you will have done us

no further. it is a temporary exile. but you may trust me to sac that it endures no longer than is necess- ary. ' '

No such advocacy was needed to induce Holles to acept an offica that, after all, was of an importan- ce far beyond anything for which he could ‘reasonably have hoped. l-la said so frankly by way of ex- pressing his deep gratitude.

"In that cue, you will neck me again ‘there tomorrow morning.

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The Colonel deported jubilant. Bo back to -the Paul's Head he came with hi; soaring spirits, and called for a bottle of the best Canary. Mrs. Quinn read the omens shrewdly.

"Your affairs at Whitehall have prospered, then?" said she between question and assertion.

Holles reclined in an armchair, his legs, from which he hail re- moved his boots, stretching luxur- iously upon a stool, his lienti thrown back, a pipe between his lips, '

"Aye. They've prospered. lie- yond my deserts," said he, smiling at the ceiling.

"Never that, Colonel. For that's not possible." She beamed upon him, proffering the full stoup. He sat up to take it, and looked‘ at her, smiling.

"No doubt you're right. But I've gone without my deserts so long that I have lost all sense of them." "There's other; who haven't" said she; and timldly added a ques- tion upon the nsturefoi his pro- sperity.

He paused to drink a quarter of the wipe. Then, as he set down the vessel on the table at his elbow, he told her.

Her countenance grew overcast. He was touched to note it, inferr- ing from this manifest regret at his departure that he had made a friend in Mrs. Quinn.

"And when do you go?" she ask- ed him, oddly breathless.

"ln a week's time."

' She considered him, mcurnfully

he thought; and he also thought that she lost some of her bright color. \- -

"And to the Indies!" slie ejaculat-

ed slowly, "Lordl Among savages

and heathen blacks! Why, you must be crazed to think of it." “Beggars may not choose, ma'ain. l go where l can find employ- ment. Beaides, it is not as bad as you imagine. -

"But where's the need to go at all, when, as I've told you already, such a mun as yourself should be thinking of settling down at home and taking a wife?"

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