Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-01-07

at had better be than YOU. in your
| present frame of mind!"-and the pity
weled IN my heart. must save her
from tho heartache that lay In the truth.
II failed in this I should fail indeed.
! 'Do you want her TO know that her
father is forger--a fclon7 That IL
what you arc telling her, II you trick
| Reginald into giving her those papers
he was to give me for my father"
"Shc haen't those papers. have
them They arc In my pocket. quite
safe from all Of you. You are alto
gether too vindictlvc, you Holbrooks!
| have no Intention Of trusting you with
such high explosives"
Reginald shall take them away from
you He Is not n child to be played
with-duped IN this fashion"
Reginald IS a good fellow. He will
always love me for this"
"For cheating him? Don't you suppose
he will resent it7 Don't you think he
knows me from every other girl in the
worli?"
mo, do not. In fact have proved
TINT he doesn't You sec, Miss Holbrook.
he gave her the documents in the case
| without question"
And she dut!fuliy passed them on 20
you!'
Nothing Of the kind, my dear Miss
Holbrook! took them out Of her cloak
pocket"
THAT Is cutie IN Keeping"
I'm not done yctl Pardon me but
want YOU 10 exchange coaks with mo.
You shall have Reginald In a moment.
md We viii make sure that ne is de-
ceived by letting him take you home.
You are ns like as two peas-in every
thing except temper humor and such
TRIES; but yoJr cloaks are quite differ
emit Please"
II viii not"
Please"
You ara despicable. desplcable!'
II an really the best friend you have
In the world Again. will you kindly ex-
change cloakS with ne? Yours is blue
isn't It? ! thing REGINALD knows blue
from red. All, thank you Now. | want
you to promise to say nothing as he
takes you home about papers, your IA
ther. your uncle or your aunt You will
talk to him Of limos when you wero
children at Stamford and things like
that, in n dreamy reIniniscentiai key. II
he speaks Of things that you don't cx-
actly understand, refers to what he has
said to your cousin here tonight, you
need only fend him or. toll him the In
c!dent IL closed when / bring him to
you in ten minutes Il will be with the
. understanding that he is to take you
, back to st. Agatha at once. lie has
his launch at the casino pier YOU needn't
say anything to him when you land,
/, only that you must get homo quietly, so
Miss Pat shan't know you have been
out. Your exits and your entrances are
, your own affair. Nov hope you see
: tho wisdom Of obey!ns me. absolutely
Il didn't know that | could hate you
Sc much she said quietly. But I shall
not forget this. shall let you see be-
fore l am day older that you are not
quite the master you think you are:
I suppose tell him how you have played
with him"
, Then before YOU are three hours older
shall prccipitats a crisis that YOU will
not Ike. Miss Hobrook l advise YOU
a. your best friend. to do what ask"
She shrugged her shoulders. drew thu
, scarlet cloak more closely about her, and
| left her gazing of into the strip OF
. wood that lay close upon the inland side
OF the clubhouse. l was by no means
, sure o. her, but there was no time 70,
further parley l dropped the blue cloal
I on a chair in a corner and hurried round
1 to the door OF the ballroom. meeting
, Rosalnd and Gillespie coming out flush
ed with their dance.
, "The hour OF enchantment Is almost
past. must have one turn before tho
, princess goes back to her caste!'-and
!, ko.a.nd took my arm.
Meet me at the landing IN two min.
, utes, Gillespie As special tavor-as a
particular Kindness shall allow you tc
take the princess home"' And | hurried
Z Isosalind away, regained the blue cloak
z and flung II about her.
well. she said. drawing the hood ovel
y her head. who am l. anyhow"
= Don't ask me such questions! In
{ afraid to say"
4 Il like your al OF business You are
). undoubtedly a man OF action
/, II thank you for the word I'm breath
I ing hard. l have seen ghosts and com
Y muned with dragons She's here your
a alter ego is on this very veranda more
angry than It Is well for a woman ts
T. be"
= oh" she ralterod. she found out ant
I foliowed?"
y She did she undoubtedly did"
e As we paused under one of the verands
h lamps she looked down at the cloak am
' laughed.
e so this is hers I thought It didn'
i feel quite right. But that pair o
p gover,"
o ITS in my pocket. have stolen IT,
n I led the way to the lower veranda o
( tho casino. which was now dcsert-d
: Stay right here and appear deeply in
= terestod in the heavens above and til,
; waters under the earth until get back.
Z ran UP the stairs again and found
I Helen where had LEFT her.
l. (TO BE CONTINUED