The Minneapolis journal., 1905-05-06

brOachlng the penalty OF deSertlon car
ried conviction that it was no mere
flower Of speech.
On the whole, the duke was inclined
to call on the arch rogue at the Hotel
Cecil before incurring risk that might
render his dukedom a transitory pos
session. Then, if the part he was ex
pected to play proved to be within his
powers and without much chance Of de-
lection, he might still elect to play it,
and so enjoy in security his hereditary
privileges.
It will be seen that the seventh duke
of Beaumanoir was not troubled with
moral scruples and that the principle of
noblesse oblige had no place as vet in
his somewhat scared philosophy. It was
enough for the moment that he had
gained something worth having and
keeping, and he meant to have it and
keep it by the most eficacious method.
Whether that method would prove to
be connivance in a gigantic crime or
the announcement Of the latter to Scot
land Yard could only be decided by a
personal interview with the mysterious
Ziegler. Yes, he would pay the visit
to the Hotel Cecil, at any rate, and be
guided by what passed there as to his
future course Of action.
GA penny for your thoughts, Mr..
Hanbury,o said gay voice at his
elbow, as on the third day Of the voy-
age he leaned over the rail Of the
promenade deck and ruminated on his
dilemma. Wheeling round he looked
down into the laughing eyes Of girl,
a very dainty and charming girl, who
sat next him at the saloon table. No
formal introduction had taken place be-
tween them for lack of mutual friends,
but he had learned from the card desig-
mating her place at table that she was
Miss Leonie Sherman and it is to be
presumed that she had gathered his
name in the same way.
~ will earn that n.y. d6S,f;dd he fnd
now how far p'o one might 1egtimateiy y carry
the principle. of doing evil that good
might eome.'
It was strange answer to make to
a shipboard acquaintance Of three days,
and Miss Sherman regarded him with a
newly ly-awakened interest.
cit depends,' she said, "whether
the good is to accrue to yourself or to
VOh, to myself - he replied, smiling.
"I am not q phil.anthropist-auite the
other way about
"Then. whatever it is, you oughtn It
to do it.' said the girl, decidedly. 1t
will be horrid of you to as much as con-
template anything of the kind. You
had much better do good lest evil befan'
anu !ne oppoICuhiII uoouio AAsno noi0'
"I shall be most happy-without
=, prejudice to my Intentions as to the re-
verse Of the medal,' said eBaumanoir
lightly.
WThen help me to avoid a lecture
: from my mother by taking me for a
promenade" proceeded Leonie, indi:
eating a portly lady who had ascsnded
abon 5ne in seareh @ws o she ais is the S best and
, dearest of mothers, but she has set he1
heart on vain thing, and it is becom
ing the least bit tiresome. I can see
that she is going to din it into me again
if she catches me. Her idea is that tho
) sole duty of an American girl going te
/ England is to spread herself, as they
say out west, to marry an Engllsf
duke"
His grace Of Beaumanoir listened will
an unmoved countenance.
r "Yes,' he said, "to marry duke
: might-probably would-be an unmiti
7 gated evil. I will help you to avoid i
3 with pleasure. Let US walk by al
) means, Miss Sherman, if you don It mine
3 my awkward limp Iii.
enaders, and there and then cementet
t a friendship which ripened quickly, a.
, friendships between the opposite sexe
Y do at sea. The naughty salesladies o.
Q the drygoods store had not deigned t.
z notice the counting-house drudge, AM
: Leonie g piquant beauty made instan
: captive Of one who had been deprived
Q of the society Of women for over :.
Q year. She had all the frank camaraderl
y Of the wel-bred American and her cage
anticipations Of the good time she wa
to have in Europe were infectious. l
y her company Beaumanoir was able t
Il forget the dark shadow hanging owe
$ him and to give himself up to the er
l, joyment Of the hour. He began by be
It him out Of himself, and gratitude to
/, charming girl with a rayishing fgu1
% and complexion of tinted ivory is lik
r to have it's heels trod by warmer sent
II ment. ~T. ~
q Leonie, in her turn, was interested
~ the reserved young Englishman, who ha
"a so little to say about his doings in Anne
W lea, and less about his position and pro
poets in his native land. AS he pace
O. with his slight limp at her side {
sr y: lounged with her at a the raj rail- a she trie m
te nothing from him but; that he had bee
81 8 in New York on business, and that bus
I, ness was taking him home. Yet, tt
At reticent on his own affairs, he talke
er freely about all that concerned hersel
+, and painted vivid word-pictures Of tt
ld delights that awaited her in London.
The girl, having nothing to conces
O. told him freely Of herself and of b
e. plans and projects. She and her moth
a. were going to stay with English frien
Us in London till the end Of the seaso
n, when perhaps they would run over
as Paris and Rome for month befo
returning to America in the autum
en- Her father, Senator Sherman, was
TO have accompanied them, but he had be
u detained by public business at Was
IL. ington and was to join them litt
:. later in London.
ci, On the fifth day Of the voyage, as t
az st. Paul was approaching the LII
2w 1y coast, Leonie and Beaumanoir were 8
~ l,u, ting on deck after dinner, chatting
y. the twilight, when she suddenly ls
oy her hand on his arm.
VI, stI want you to notice that man W
Gu has Just gone blythe one smoking
- fag-end Of cigar in holder,O s
~ ~ whispered, with a gesture towards
lIs stream of passengers passing and
nk passing between the rows of chairs.
Beaumanoir' Is gaze followed her in
cation to an insignificant little fgJ
in a brown covert coat and a TIVE
cap.
nYes. What Of him7'' he asked.
had not spoken to this passenger,
now that, attention was called to him
oss had an idea that the fellow had loom
hu- largely during the last few days.
eat fThat man is watching you, Mr.: H
the bury replied Leonie, with convict
u.s. GsT wonder Won haven It observed