The searchlight., 1910-03-11


yOa oAyo me. u he noe!'
-0A, certainly. Ana that vas II
ths - q July. and Lsvsa was Killed
late 4 June"
"Yeo. That oaly leaves . month
for Ain 70 have been to Asia-that'a
absuNd~
~Uttseiy. totally. and satirsly impos.
sibloy~ asseveratsA lGr. Van Torp.
"0ne g two things. Either this man
= 49, husband. ana 4 ~ y. he's noe
the hl1n Who found the rubies IN Asia.
Or s11o, II he IL that man. he's NOT
Leven- wish that heathen giTl had
besa hese yesterday! She could have
told u . minute. Shed better have
beeo hore anyway than cutting around
til Mediterranean with that fellow
Loeptheti!"
Yea" Lady Maud answered grave
". But about myself-if Leven IL
alive. what is my position mean
don't really quite know where | am.
do r.
Anybody but you would have
thoughtof marrying again already" OBJ.
served Ar. Van Torp. looking up side.
wayB n her eyes. for she was taller
than he. "Then you'd really be in a
bed AZ. wouldn't you? But - It Is.
don't see that It makes much differ
ence. The mans going under . false
name. 20 he doesn't mean to claim
you - his wife. nor to try to get .
divorce again. as he did before. He's
| AsssA s,naAS e. - .ornnh<A~ ~a.~ H~~ ~ |.
own good. and he'll get married that
way. maybe. That's his business. not
yours. ] don't suppose you're going
to get mp in church and forbid the
banns, are you?"
II would, like . shot" said Lady
Maud. $50 would you. I'm sure!
Think Of the other woman!"
That's So" answered Van Torp
without enthusiasm. .s"However, we've
got TO think about you and the pres.
ent and decide what we'll do. I sup
pose TIE best thing IL for me to put
him oR with some excuse. 90 that you
can come on the yacht"
| "Pleaee do nothing OF the sort!'
cried Lady Maud.
But I want you to come" objected
her friend.
"I mean to come. Do you think Tn
afraid to meet him.
Van Torp looked at her In some sur
prise. and not without admiration.
"Thers isn't anybody like you. any
way" he said quietly. But there's
going TO be circus on that ship Il
he's Leven." he added. "If he make,
fuss I'll read the riot act and loci
him up."
"Oh. no." answered Lady Maud. VIII,
was used to Mr.. Van Torp's familiar
vocabulary. why need there be an!
trouble? You've not told him l an
coming. you say. Very well. II h,
J sees me suddenly after he has beel
on board little while. he'll certainl!
betray himself, and then I shall b,
sure. Leven Il . man of the world
was or 'is'-God knows which! Blu
II 1t Is he, and he doesn't want to b.
recognized, he'll behave as II nothin,
had happened. after the first momen
, OF surprise. At least l shall be Gel
. tain. must be positively sur
whether Leven is alive or dead. 70
what l have got back In these las
two months 10 my whole life. A mer
recognition at FIRST sight and at tel
, yards is not enough. It may be onl
. marvellous resemblance. for the.
!, say every one has double some
where In the world"
) "They used to say. too. that II 20
} met your double one of you woul
. die" observed Van Torp. .Thos
, things are all stun and nonsense. q
+ course. l was Just thinking. Well.
I he continued. dwelling on his favorit
monosyllable. III you decide to com
4 on the yacht. and II the man doesn
blow away. we shall know the truth
: three or four days from now. an
that's comfort. And even II he turr
!. out to be Leven. maybe we can maj
4 age something"
III Lady Maud chose not to ask VIII,
her friend thought he could manage
4 for she had glanced at his face whe
: he had spoken. and though II was ha
turned away from her. she saw h
expression. and It would have scare
nervous person. She did not iii
him to be in that mood. and was SO
ry that she had brought him to 1t.
!, But Mr.. Van Torp. who was a stror
!, man. and had seen more than one q
a fray In his ranching days. could n,
Z help thinking how uncommonly eas
1t would be to pick up Count Krali
sky and drop him overheard ON dal
= night next week. when the Lancashil
= Lass would be doing 20 knots. n
there might be q little weather abo
= to drown the splash.
CAADYGR Kill