The Ocala evening star., 1910-02-01
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE TITLE CLEAR.


~ 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, sickening
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 We're 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 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.. Bow1es 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 we'll
! 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 aIr. Bowles that the three
persons were talking as they stood in
| the evening glow.
Yes, Selim.' said the tall man in
/, f1annels. hes 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 you? No? 1 thought
not Nor you, Neenah? Well. he
was"-
WAS he the one who was poisoned
| at the chateau. excellency?" asked
Neenah timidly.
NO. my DEAR he replied sobcrly
IF / remember my history, be died in
the seventeenth century or thereabouts
It's really OF no consequence, however
| Any good, faithful dog will serve my
| purpose. What / want 80 impress
, upon you is this-it Is most difficult for
a faithful old dog to survive change
of masters. 1t 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 is a
dog"
"Oh, no, excellency," she cried ear
nestly.
"She is very close mouthed, sahib,'
added Selim. with conviction.
Well 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
"I'll smoke one of hers tonight. Sc
lin. See. l keep them apart from
the others in this little gold case. /
smoke them only when l am thinking
Now. run in. want to be alone"
They left him. and he threw himself
|
his face toward the distant chateau.
Hours afterward the faithful Selim
came out to tell him that it was bed
time He found his master still sit
ting there. looking across the moonlit
, fat in the direction Of a place IL. 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, Il
! have decided. after all. to 60 to Paris
We will live there. Selim. Do you un-
derstand:" with strange fierceness. n
great exultation mastering him. We
are To live in Paris
To himself all that night he was
saying: Il must see her again. l shall
see her."
4 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 it In the
dark. She had said that Genevra was
going into a hell that no hereafter
could surpass in horrors. And that
was ages ago it seemed to him. Ge-
nevra had been a wife for nearly
three months-the wife of man she
loathed. She was calling in her heart
for him to come to her. She was sui
fering in that unspea kabe hell. ~
this he had come TO feel aud shudder
over in his unspeakable loneliness.
He would go 70 her. There could be
no wrong in loving her. in being neal
her. in standing by her in those hours
OF desperation.
4 copy Of London newspaper
stuffed away in the recesSes OF his
trunk. dated June - had come 70 him
by post. IT contained the telecrapht
details of the brilliant wedding IL
Thorbery. Every royal family III Eu
rope was represented. The list of no
BILE names seemed endless To him, the
flower OF the worlds ariStocracy
How he hated them,
The next morning Selim aroused
him from his fitful sleep. bringing the
news that a strange vessel had arrived
Off Arafat. Chase rushed out upon hi
veranda, overlooking the little har1cr.
A long. white. graceful craft was
| lying in the hnrbor. He stared lcn1