Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-11


 lead an assault in person. An investi- gation was made. and government of ficials tried to cali Mohammed to ac- count, but he had fled to the desert and the search was fruitless.
 Brewster refused to accept a share of the glory of Peggy's rescue, pushing Conroy forward as the real hero. But the sailor insisted that he could not have succeeded without help-that he was completely exhausted when Monty came to the rescue. Peggy found it hard to thank him gently while her heart was so dangerously near the riot point, and her words of gratitude sounded pitifully weak and insufficient.
 Tt would have been the same had anybody else gone to her rescue" he unused dejectedly. "She cares for me with the devotion of sister, and that's all. Peggy, Peggy" he moaned, if you could only love me. Pd-Td-oh, well. there's no use thinking about it. She will love some one else, of course, and-and be happy too. If she'd ap- pear only one-tenth as grateful to me as to Conroy I'd be satisfied. He had the luck to be first, that's all, but God knows tried to do it.''
 Mrs Dan DeMille was keen enough to see how the land lay, and she at once tried to set matters straight. She was far too clever to push her cam paign ruthlessly, but laid her founda- tions and then built cunningly and se curely with the most substantial mate rial that came to hand from day to day. Her subjects were taking them selves too deeply to heart to appre- ciate interference on the part of an out whims of love.
 Peggy was not herself for several days after her experience, and the whole party felt distinct relief when the yacht finally left the harbor and steamed of to the west. A cablegram that came the day before may have had something to do with Brewster's depression. but he was not the sort to confess it. IL was from Swearengen Jones of Butte, Mont, and there was something sinister in the laconic ad- monition. It read:
 Brewster, U. S Consulate. Alexandria:
 Have a good time while good times last JONES
 His brain was almost bursting with the hopes and fears and uncertainties that crowded it far beyond its ordinary capacity. It had come to the point, 1t seemed to him, when the brains of dozen men at least were required to operate the affairs that were surging into his alone The mere fact that the end of his year was less than two months of and that there was more or less uncertainty as to the character of the end was sufficient cause for wor- ", but the new trouble was infinitely harder to endure. When he sat down to think over his financial enterprises his mind treacherously wandered of to Peggy Gray, and then everything was hopeless. He recalled the courage and confidence that had carried him to Bar DdTd DTtN Nilu d UttlaTdtiuu ol lOft- to the stunning. worldly Barbara-and smiled bitterly when he saw how base ly the two allies were deserting him in this hour of love for Peggy Gray. For some reason he had felt sure of Bar bara; for another reason he saw no chance with Peggy. She was not the same sort; she was different. She was well, she was Peggy.
 Occasionally his reflections assumed the importance of calculations His cruise was sure to cost S2o0,0OO, princely sum, but not enough. Swear engen Jones and his cablegram did not awe him to great extent. The spend ing of the million had become a mania with him now, and he had no regard for consequences. His one desire. aside from Peggy, was to increase the cost of the cruise. They were leaving Gi- braltar when new idea came into his troubled head.
 He decided to change his plans and sail for the North cape. thereby adding more than s30.0o0 to his credit.
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