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As you please SID l. And l gave
him A cipher teleGram to Joe an order
TO invest my store OF cash. which meant
practically my whole fortune. In the
gilt edged securities That were 7" be
had for cash at IA small fraction of their
value.
Md | aid not y" oyer 20 the bandits:
| simply resumed nay "wn neglected
personal affairs and made Wild Week
II least a personal Triumph.
There is nothing of tho spectacular In
my makeup. | have no belief in the
valte of martyrs and mar, yrdonl.
causes are not Won-and IN my humble
opinion never haze been Won-in the
sraveyar!s. Alive and afoot ami
armed. and TUE to my cause. | ann The
dreaded menace to systematic and re
spectacle robbery. What possible good
could have come of inobs killing me-
,nd TIN" bandits dividing my cslat-?
But why should seek to Justify nay
self. | care not a rap for the opinion
of nly %fellownen. They sought may life
when they houid have been hailing me
as a dclivsrer, now the. look up 10 me
because they falsely believe me guilty
OF IN iMiamy.
My guards expected to be recalled on
Tuesday. But Melville. heard what
Crawford had done about me. and
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me detained until the new grip of the
Old gang Was secure. Saturday after
noon we put in at Newport for the
daily Communication with the shore.
When the launch returned Mulholland
brought the ape to me. lounelng aft
IN 81 mass of cushions under the avn
ing. We are going ASHORE" said he.
The order has come"
! had n sudden sense of loneliness.
IN take you down To New York"
said l.. II prefer To land my guests
where | shipped them"
AS the .Albatross steamed int the
little harbor I SAW Nov bray Langoil's
Incidence at anchor. | glanced toward
Steuben Point-where his cousins. the
NiVians. lived-and thought ,ecog-
nized his launch at their pier. We
.al,ited the Incidence; the Indolence
sailted us. NV launch WAS piped away
ard took me ashore. | strolled along
he path that wound round the base
of the Till toward the Kennels. At
the crossing of the path down from the
house. | paused and fingered on the
glimpse of one of the corner towers of
the great snowy palace. ! was mutt
taring something listened to myself.
1t was: 'Mulholland. Mrs. Mulholland
and the o little Mulhollands.' And
| felt like laughing aloud, such Il Joke
was II hat hould be envying a po-
liceman his potato patch and his fat
wife and four little brats. and hat he
should lie in "a position to pity me.
You may be imagining that. through
all, Anita had been dominating my
mind. a is the way it is in the
%roinances: but not In life. No doubt
there are men who brood upon the I'M
possible. and moon and away
their liNe9 pvpr tho grave of 81 dead
love: no doubt there are people who
will say that because ] did not shoot
Langdon or her. or myself, or fly to
II desert or pose in the crowded places
Of the world as the last scene of a
tragedy, therefore cared little about
her. l offered them this suggestion: A
mar strong enough to give II love worth
n wOman's while is strong enough to
live on without her when he finds he
may not live With her.
AS l stood there that summer day.
looking toward the crest of the hill.
at the hooking nlausoleuln of my dead
dream. 1 realized what the incessant
battle OF the street had meant to me.
There is peace for me only I'm the
Storm" said I. But thank God, there
Is peace for me somewhere"
Through the foliage 1 had glimpses
of sone one coming slowly down the
zigzas path. Presently. at one of the
turnings half way up the hill. appeared
Mowbray Langdon. What is he do
ing here" thought !. scarcely able to
believe my eyes. Here Of all places!"
And then l forgot the strangeness Of
his being at Dawn Hill in the strange
ness of his expression. For 1t was APP
parent. even at the distance which sep
arated us. that he was suffering from
some great and recent GLOW. He looked
old and haggard: he walked like "A man
who neither knows nor cares where he
is going.
= He fought hard to keep his eyes
steadily on mine: but they would waver
and shift. Not. however. before l had
found deep down I'm them the begin
nings of fear. You see. you were mis-
taken.' said L. You have nothing to
say to ne-or I to you"
He knew that l had looked straight
to the bottom of his real self. and had
seen the coward that is In every man
who has been bred to appearances only.
Up rose his vanity. the towards sub
stitute for courage.
You think ] am afraid OF yOur" he
sneered. blufing and clustering like the
school bully.
4 don't in the least care whether
you are or not" replied I. VIVA are
you doing here. anyhow"
1t was as ii ! had thrown off the
|. cover OF a furnace. II came to get the
! woman ! love" he cried. You stole
her from me! You tricked me! But
: by God. Blackjack. I'll lever pause un.
{ til 1 get her back and punish you.'
He was brave enough now. drunk with
the fumes from his brave words. All
!. my life." he ragged arrogantly on. "I've
I had whatever I wanted. I've let moth.
ing interfere-nothing n nobody. I'VE
been too fOrebearing with yOu-frst. be.
cause I knew she would never care FOL
you. and. then. because rather ad.
mired your pluck and impudence. j
Z I to see fellows kick their way uu
among us from the common people"
: I put my hand on his shoulder. Nc
Q doubt the Mend that rose within ma