The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-16
CHATTER XII
The pnneInn Mnsinsas.

here should have been one OF Ed
mund CzernY'h men len in the
bungalow. and when I heard hts
voice 1 stood FOR a full minute. un-
certain whether 10 go on. The light
~ the lamp Wa Very bright ! had
Dolly Naun tn my arms. remember.
and Il was an seth iiaritrr'a work
Ia bring n Htigh. 80 that no one
aili wonder AZ no hesitation. OF thu
questions I pat ia myself ne 10 how
many men were In the house with
the stranger or what business kept
him there when the island was n
death trap. These questions. how =
ever. the man answered FOR himself
before many minutes had passed.
and. moreover. "a Haaman'h Instinct
seemed to tell mo that he was a
friend
Walk right .iu hare he erira.
opening "a door behind him Walk
nigbi in and don't gather daisies on
chr way You've been on "a pleasure
uruiHs Ia the fog 1 suppose Netl.
thaf'H n sailor all the time"
When We had fulin~srd him iutn
che room hu shut the door quickly
II vas not = very large apartment.
but I noticed 40 once that tho win
dnwa we're blnchsd and curtaiurd
and that half the space was lam
bered ~ with great machines which
seemed made up % glass bowls and
iarH. while flame Of gas was roar
Ing out af an iron tube and eur
rent ~ delicious fnaah air blew nPnu
oar faces Whatever ssu ware IN FOR.
whsthsr frisnaahfp ~ the other
fhiug "A man could breathe here.
and that was something 30 be thank
ful for.
we ~ere caught IN the wana..
and rnn for h." saIa l. IL may have.
been a fooin STRAND. but Il has
brought sls tD a wfi.~ sffanir tioar
You know what the lads frnthls IN,
~ YOU v1uuitin'f be in this house. sir.
m thank yon fur ans kindnssa GO
him"
lie turned pheasant face towards
me and babe nna lay Dolly an the
sofa near the flaming hummer Peter
HilEh WEE sitting on nhnir swear
lnE Hath baftsf. who had TN. lungs
~ q bull. locked So though hr had
found good Ermss. The fos wnzr'f
made. ! 10 believe. which seasila
harm him A. faF che aactor him
self he HafEuud ihra q perpla1 sli
man who has time FOR one smile and
no more.
me lad vsil be all right in FIVE
minutes said he. seriously. there
is air enough here. s- hsinE FIVE
men. for he appeared to pause
aud then he added. HfuF fast three
daYs. Aftrr 'tisat-awsifT. ysa. wss,'ll
begin 70 think after that
| did not kno~ what 10 say "a
him. nor. I afn aur- did tbs others
Daily Veun had already opened his
a A.
o. tho snfe A kissing sound % 60
AniuN mas waE tn the rousss I
hHcafhsd - freely that a seu~e II
exait@msfst. ainto~i ~ tutsxtu~tton.
came upon ne. The doctor moved
ahaut quietly sud u~ihndicaiiy. nov
iuakinr 70 his burners nos ~ tiir
machines Five minutes came and
nfrnt hefnre n. pstt smother question
What kept ggu from the afsi e
taf p be ashrd ~ last ] knew sh~fi
That ne heit@1wd ua 20 be Edwongl
ceefuys nsn. and ! made up ufy
mind instantly what 60 do
Prudence krpf ws. Doctor said
I ffur doctor plainly ne wrasl 1T n
fair fhat sau ahesilf know the Story
We hzVeHf NanYe 20 Nen.H island
barause 80 aw Edmond CsrTuye
friends pnr will ise call AN that Ass
NEns rnnrHv the u~at time you
ns~.t her and shell toll you wfnt
brought uH hrre You ar acting
veil towards us ana confidence is
yuuf que. Nn I pxy fhat-fhe awy
Nts~u Edmond e-swrnr finds 1u on
rsis Shove ~fil be n bad one for
hisn ur for US mm the cu~e usay be.
Let Il begin with tlaai. ard aftsr-
VHrna we shall xntii IN npen water .
I a -
Wishing hlfn so stfink that ! feared
Edmond CFsrs1y mar waa willing On
hoist FALSE cuiurn
sfaiue. c-sefny" seid he. nnietly
Thrre r. y Mine Css~F1fy. tts~nF~
Now n he mad struak fne with hts
hand I rstuid uof have heen move
SURPRISED ~ asis iknoranns
Not heard % Nine. CxernS'"
cried l. IN aatnuiHlimant not heard
~ hsr-wify. Whit Nhars do you halt
nom them Don't ysuu know that
shes hts wife. doctor hts wife,
ffs turned TO HIS bottles and went
on arranging them. fle waa Hpssah :
ing and netting nov At the Same
sinso.
= came Hxhorv with Prince eyer
MS when he landed here. fhree esys
ago Tie did not speak of his sifa
There sre Ufiwrs IN Anrrina who
would be tntrr~aten In the news
young ladies'. I thtnks
He paused fnF little while. and
then he said uuiefry
Won are frfends OF the prinreaa'
no doubt7"
Princess hn ifxrerrd." said I.
shat n 90 sny. God Forgive me for
7 love Miss Ruth better Than my
own sister Hos mo tnare prlnus
than you are though that's a ilbsr-
~. seeing that l don't know your
uHfns. doctor. He's Jnst Edmond
rzerny. a Hungarian musician. who
caught a yotur Kfri'S fancy IN the
auufh and IL making her suffer for
II here On che parfFir Why, Just
think 81 g.. a ypufr American
giri"
Tie stopped me abruptly swing
ing round on his heel
An American sifi7. he cried
"a true a. the gospels. an Amer
lean girl She was the daughter OF
Rupert Bcllcudsn. who made his
money on the Western Amerloan
rnilrnah. n you remeffiher the r-fhc
going down. yuu won't risk what he
chme Of him. Ffls son. Kenrick Rel
lendrn. 10 IN America nov
told tho story with Hcfne heat.
fuf unazem~nt f. the enauiy % n
slow tongue. ann for some minutes
sfter~ards hs stood like a man In a
rrVerie.