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solemnity, she swore 1t.


III ! was man." said Resale liz
Grange. Il could just eat you up wher
you look that way. Now we're goln
straight TO business. IL is a quarter
OF ten. Has Mrs. Hanska any date to
day? ?"
she was going to her lawyers al
eleven o'clock"
Let her do that: but frst you're &c
see her and tell her that she musn'i
come home afterwards Let her 70 any
where except home. An after you've
done what | want you TO do, you'll
meet her somewhere an take her te
dinner at-at the Hotel Hamblen
That's respectable out-of-the-wa
place. Got thatY"
Yes"
Then after you've seen Mrs. Han
ska. you'll rest a while. And at two
thirty. sharp, you're to be waiting by
the Carlisle Trust building. It's 60,
only one entrance. which is lucky. And
you can hardly miss"
'For-him?"
For Mr.. Estrilla. This is no time
to make any bones OF anythin'. He's
crazy over you. He has an engage
ment there for two-thirty. Let him
go In. He probably won't stay more
than ffteen minutes. You're to meet
him at the front OF the elevator. You're
to--encourage him--you know. II he
asks you TO take a walk, which he
probably will. you accept. and start
him toward the park This Is the
point. AT five o'clock sharp. you're ia
have him takin' tea with you In the
Park Caslno--you know where that Is
don't you? An you're not to leave un.
I'll half past Ave. Then you're to meet
CONFERENCE.-The. Hanska-ss told
you. Wait minute" Resale
paused. frozen immobile on the birth
OF a new thought-"have her pack a
suit case and take Il with her. You
two register at the Hotel HambIen an
stay there tonight-stay right there
until you hear from me. Got all that
Well, repeat II after me-"
Betsy-Barbara repeated It slowly.
The door ratified; Tommy North was
back.
Mr.. North" said Rosalie, I'm Dor.
rowin' your ONCE help for the day. We
want you TO do somethin' for us. You
don't understand now, but you will.
Don't you 60 near my house until to-
morrow--you sleep out tonight an
breakfast out tomorrow can give
you a rebate II you demand It." she
pursued. dimpling on him.
"All right. take 1t out OF that first
weeks board you stung me 80 hard
for" laughed Tommy North. Then his
eyes sought Betsy arbaras with a
troubled look. What's the answer 20
he asked
There's no answer" said Resale LIE
Grange; mot Just at present. Except
you'll be glad you did tan I'll en-
plain some day myself Go where you
want tonight. Only don't get drunk"
"Oh. he won't do that. of counsel"
put In Betsy Barbara.
Which defensive assurance quite re-
stored the spirits OF Tommy North,
and the smile came back to his face.
But promise US one thing-you VIII
never say word to anybody about
this" put in Rosalie.
II promise" said Tommy, as sol
EMMY as he could. considering that
his heart danced. She had taken up
the cudgels for him!
The two women parted at the cor
ner No sooner had Betsy Barbara ta-
ken a Fifth avenue stage and started
on her puzzling journey of intrigue,
than Resale called a taxicab and set
her course for the East side docks OF
lower Manhattan.
Here we must introduce new char
acter In this story, a person who fash
es In and out as people are ever fash
Ing in and out or our lives, bearing
service in their hands. AT this point
also appears-though ever so slightly
the element OF coincidence.
The new character is Skipper Matt
Baldwin OF the schooner Maud, en-.
gagged In the coastwise lumber trade.
The Maud is lying at the dock, prepar-
ing to sail for Halifax on the morrow
with a return cargo. battered and
pleasant old man. the Skipper Bald
win, with an eagle profile which de
notes his courage and soft eye which
indicates his gulllbility lie was a
widower OF long and affectlonate mem
DRY; because OF that and because OF
his searchiags of the spirit on lonely
voyages. he became a believer In spir-
OF the kind which Rosalie lie
Grange used to practice. Rosalie was
his favorite medium-and his friend.
Toward the schooner Maud she was
now driving her taxicab.
The piece OF luck was this: At the
very moment when the taxicab round.
ed the corner from Wall street and the
driver began to inquire for pier 1917,
Captain Baldwin was as near to pro-
family as his convictions allowed. As
for the mate. he had no convictions
which prevented him from expressing
himself to the limits OF his vocabulary,