The Holly chieftain., 1902-08-29

6tf0G0ye Ru t-6 I'll can V009&s
stand how hs ard Count Leon should
bs here With tie owner Of tais steam
yacht, evidently . great friend and
admirer Of the brave explorer, but
It's the others TIA. fetch me" purrsd
Jones', always keeping bright look
out around in order to make sure
that they were not about to be over
taken BY some discovery.
Depend upon It, she did not come
here of her own .frea will There IL
some trickery about 1t, something not
down on the bills" he whispered, with
= de1ire 10 arouse new hope.
And in. this he succeeded. for Mark
began to ahow signs Of eager interest.
But ses here. We have no time to
lose. Jones'
Correct"
And l'd like to have an idea how
the case stands before put my foot
In II While I'm ready to save Con-
stance from danger and annoyance, II
might appear . silly thing In her
eyes II tried to take her away from
her chosen friends. whose society she
seems to have sought of her own frea
will. Did you notice the big Moguly.
You mean the party at the head OF
the table. with one OF the ladies' ON
either ride?" ~
That's II. He's English all over
did you ever hear tell of British
branch Of the Dares?"
why certainly. There was . cous.
In. with whom she correspondent"
His name was Sir Lionel"
"That was not . guess. by Jupiter!"
mo. My good Corsican boatman,
on the way out, informed me that this
hne craft was the property Of an Eng
lish globe-trotter named Sir Lionel
Dare. The similarity of names didn't
strike me ~ odd until saw her sit-
ting there beside him.
That girl II slowly but surely awak-
ening to her position. Yes, Little Miss
Millions has been suddenly seized
with startling conviction that this IL
all . set up job to secure unlimited
means from her vast fortune or else
to compel her to marry the count"
'The miserable scoundrels," Mark
muttered between his teeth. Prove
that to me. Jones. and I'll stand be-
tween that girl and danger again II it
costs me my 1ife."
"All right" said Jones, cheerily.
just you come with me. my boy, and
we'll beard the lion in his den, you
bet" ~
Again the darkness Of the night was
Of great assistance, and Merrick found
occasion to. feel thankful.
Fortune favored them-at least they
were able to descend without discoy.
cry, and q this was of prime Import
ance Just then, they considered them
selves lucky.
And the cabin door was ajar.
which helped things Amazingly.
At the frst glance Merrick became
aware that the situation within the
saloon had changed during the few
minutes they had spent IN perambulat-
ing the deck and lodging Jackies.
The voices now seemed to vibrate
with new energy. as though some-'
thing had occurred to inject excite
ment into the gathering.
Jones had been right. after all.
The look he had seen upon the face
of Constance Dare had been one of
awakening consciousness and alarm.
Her first act had been to express
desire to return to the hotel.
OF course, the good company en-.
deavorsd to dissuade her with all man
ner Of entreatiAS. y ~
z Finding these Of no avail, the
yachtsman showed little of his claws
beneath the velvet
II his fair cousin were indisposed II
would be very uncivil In him to allow
her to return the long, distance to
the city. especially since the wind was
rising and the sea growing rough
the very best stateroom on board was
quite 1t her service, and IN the morn
ing q safe landing could be made.
Little Miss Millions was accus-
toned to having her own way pretty
much. and this polished but positive
manner Of refusing her demands
kindled her feminine anger. go
Her lip curled with scprn; she
stamped her little foot In anger.
ut 10 not so-you have other rea-
sons. less honorable. for refusing to
land me. am not blind, sir, and the
fact that you are not alone In your
miserable scheme is very patent to
me-" she said, looking At the others
in turn.
Sir Lionel turned very red In the