New-York tribune., 1908-06-28


Valda sighed in irritated wearue55- This
,,,as the weakest vet. II was past belief c1ae
any sane man should tell such pack 5t non
sense 70 any sane woman with the nope Of
being credited. Certainly. a customs house
offcial should compose better story, Unless
indeed. he took her for fool, and 1E the very
careless assurance Of his tone she was forced
TO believe that this was his prese-t posture
Her own position was TAR from a pleasant one.
and she wondered how she could answer him
and remain a lady; but he gave her 81 ope1irg
by his next remarks.
"I chartered a tugbOat.-Cr a- least l
thought I did,-and was on II "e-1 T5u
deigned first to observe me. That. rezeEe.
Is all. I am open TO cross e<ar7i-.a lake
the witness
EOR full minute she regarded t.- 6re -u.
Il patrician feature through half ssed.
angry ewes. OF course It was perfectly ma
terIai 10 her whether the man va. % lar Dot.
vet IN spite Of his strange mixture NJ Or. 41d
C11lr7-Ire,s. the fact remained that ra CIV
something. otherwise he would not have sn
the trouble t. board the yacht g#- |
much he did know was q questl1r but -- 2
ultimate safety Of Marcus G-ra1l. q le- r
1fDon Marcus Gira~i daughter o. u-- -a.
Nr MorsOn." she all quietly. -
shall adopt your suggestion, Tor there a-.
eraI points upon winch -11l-- IKE O.
ligatened" She reflected q moment Then
lected a vital issue You claim ~ have
some properly. DJubt--== YOU can -e=---.- /
me the precise nature Of YOUR loss
Naturally he laughed. fo- 1 En-
unless the booty has been previously -----a
q half handful OF very pleasing pearls. -a.--
rhc same quantity Of uncut --l.e-. and
whaling big emerald IN somewhat ra.--.a-
setting OF course I could be- more exact. .-
If YOU wiu kindly produce these 1a-. and
allow me u mark them L-l-.-- O.
Sir She had started ~ -p--- .
and a hot flush spread --lu rcr-.- -. -.-.
from chin to her dainty ears. HoE
devil know that the gems we're n -
session as his words implied P-rla F.. was
only suspicion of the truth IN wlt..
was now her part TO -ll5leal rLe .----a- .-..-~-
as far as possible with conscience ---- her T-
t11uractised powers OF deceit Ei-z a.-.-. -"
describe the gems was SIM p-lcttE ------. -.~ -
clients surely would have given him minute
description, but how should he --~-. '-a-
Orrnond and Tracr had gwen ---" .-.
wOrnan's keeping
Excuse me. -. said lIorson. referring ---
naughty exclamation. l was merely ----.-5
how our yellow covered novel ought p. end
Kindly proceed with the cross et----- --..-.
PUT for a time She made no tu--re- e-.-- -
u confound him. She was thinking deeply
harder than ever before III her El--- clean
minded hfe. II was her father she wished %
shield her father 70 whom she owed existence
her bread. her every rag OF clothing TOR
the saucv little Yachting cap 20 the strings ~
her fighting shoes. At the thought her spirit
Z
To crush this man before her. 70 condemn htra
out of his own false mouth. ID degrade nm
even as ne sought 70 srnlrch he name " her
dear old father And now j. brain subtle
plan was born. and at It, -g -. smiled
and grew suddenly very calm.
Mr. MorsOn" She began. by way l- --a.lng
him gently toward the plt-aL she had set t9r
him. awhile ago YOU thanked me -l- aV-ng
Your life
Yes" he answered simply and ID So
again most heartily II
She checked him with q lifted hand. III
led to infer then. that this lie OF -- Was
actually III danger:
ImmInentlv
The tone was odd. and contained @ certain
bantering irnpiShueSS Vet she failed, @. -.-- &C.
for now She had risen 70 her feet, rurt11- .-.-H
lip TO heel
truth
How zo." ne asked. but without shadow
Of contrition, or fear that she had here en-
trapped him.
Because. she answered and her quoted
words came cold and hard. drowning ----
doesn't usually tread water and shoot -t tag
boats with big blue gun
The Southerner tilted back his head and
laughed deep. rich laugh. filled % the very
brim with keen enjoyment Did YOU 0a-t-e
that" he asked -Awfullv funny. WASH It,