The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-04-07
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE TITLE CLEAR

" men unu WOlnuH SAoOu III
~ 1.-the evening glow looking out
over the tranquil sea that crept
up and licked the foot OF the
cliff. 1t was September. Five months
had passed since the Kings own
steamed away from the harbor OF Ara
tat. The new dispensation was In full
effect. During the long. slckenlng
weeks that preceded the coming Of the
syndicate Hollingsworth Chase toiled
faithfully, resolutely, for the restora
ton of order and system among the
demoralized people Of Japat
With the transfer of the company's
business his work was finished. Two
young men from Sir Johns were now
settled In Arafat as legal advisers to
the islanders. Chase having declined
to serve longer In that capacity
He was now waiting for the steamer
which was to take him to Cape Town
on his way to England-and home.
The chateau was closed and In the
hands Of a small army Of caretakers.
The three widows of Jacob Won Blitz
were now married to separate and dis
tinct husbands, all of whom retained
their places as heads Of departments
at the chateau, proving that courtship
had not been confined to the white
people during the closing days OF the
siege.
The head OF the bank was Oscar
Arnheimer, Mr.. Bowles having been
deposed because his methods were
even more obsolete than his coat of
armor.
selim disposed Of his lawful interest
in the corporation to Ben Ali, the new
cadi, and was waiting to accompany
his master to America. 1t may be well
to add that the deal did not include
the transfer of Neenah. She was not
for sale, said Selim to Ben Ali.
1t was Of Mr.. Bowles that the three
persons were talking as they stood IN
the evening glow.
Eyes, Selim," said the tall man In
flannels, "he's a sort of old dog Tray.
ever faithful, but not the right kind.
You don't happen to know anything OF
old dog Tray. do your No? thought
not Nor you, Neenah7 Well, he
was"-
WAS he the one who was poisoned
at the chateau, excellencyT asked
Neenah timidly.
mo, my DEAR" he replied soberly.
"If l remember my history, he died in
the seventeenth century or thereabouts.
It's really of no consequence. however.
ANY, good, faithful dog VITA serve my
purpose. What l want to impress
upon you is this--it Is most difficult for
a faithful old dog to survive change
of masters. II isn't human nature-Or
dog nature. either. I'm glad that you
are convinced, Neenah. But please
don't tell Sahib Bowles that he il a
dog"
"Oh, no, excellencyw she cried ear
nestly.
"She Is very close mouthed, sahib,"
added Selim, with conviction.
"We'n take Bowles to England with
us next week." went on Chase dream
lily. "We'll leave Japat to take care
Of ITSELF"
He lighted fresh cigarette. tenderly
lingering it before applying the match
"Pll smoke one of hers tonight, Sc
lin. See! l keep them apart from
the others In this little gold case. !
smoke them only when | am thinking
Now. run In. want to be alone"
iAf In
upon the green sod, his back to tree.
his face toward the distant chateau
Hours afterward the faithful Selim
came out to tell him that 1t was bed
time. He found his master still sit
ting there, looking across the moonlit
Hat In the direction Of place In the
hills where once he had dwelt in mar
BILE halls.
"Selim." he said, arising and laying
his hand upon his servants shoulder,
his voice unsteady with fnality, 81
have decided. after all, to go to Paris
We will live there, Selim. Do you un-
with strange fierceness, a
great exultation mastering him. "We
are to live In Parish
To himself all that night he was
saying: II must see her again! shall
see herr
A thousand times he had read and
reread the letter that Lady Depping-
ham had written to him just before
the ceremony In the cathedral at Thor
berg. He knew every word that It
contained. He could read 1t In the
dark. She had said that Geneva was
going into a hell that no hereafter
could surpass In horrors! And that
was ages ago. 1t seemed to him. Ge-
nevra had been a wife for nearly
three months-the wife Of man she
|oathed. She was calling in her heart
for him to come to her. She was suf-
tering In that unspeakable hell. All