The Elbert County tribune., 1913-06-27
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
for an auto drive in New York. nnds a
stranger sent M her chauffeur. Later
into the auto and chiorofoTms % her. s James
Hanblcton Of Lynn. Mass. witnesses the
ssbduction of Agatha Redmond. Hambie-
tss yacht drops sess overbosrd' s ana NlscR x Van
pointment with him. Not meeting Ham
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saSst Ais"fs ahs Sea sSai. GS 'rR waRss
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2 man who introduces himself as Mon
reur Chatelard. who IL Agatha's abduc-
the sinking OF the vessel Jimmy and
Agatha are abandoned by the crew. who
swim Tor s hours A and nnaiiy ,y reach shore
IN thoroughly exhausted condition. Ee-
covering slightly. the pair nnd Hand. the
duction. He agree to help them: Jim L
deiirious and on the verge of death; Hand
.yer aor who help r.viss. We and party
= conveyed to Charlesport, where Aga.
ths's property IL locatsd i Van Sa%p rSDrsss, and
Jeanne D'Arc. Aleck finds Jim on the
Dr. 'Thayer declares his sister. Mrs. stod-
dard. In the only one who can save jim.
She Is woman OF strong religious con.
Jim. @ Agatha pleads With her and she
Ssass Hssehss s9 sass stons sns
track OF Chatelard. Hambleton is nnaily
gut Of danger. Chamberls,in:, fr'sno natSs Q.
meets Melaine Reynier and both are sur
prised at their remarkable resemblance:
10 go to Agatha's house. MeIaine recog-
nfkes Chatelard as the spy Of her perse.
cutor on whose account she LETT nome M ,vas IL
abducting. Before he can be arrested
Chatelard escapes in an auto. Jim: com.
pletely recovered. tells why he followed
CHAPTER xxiI-continued.
''Why?" Hand stopped a moment.
AZ II baff1ed at the difficulty of put
ting such obvious philosophy into
words. "why7 Because that's the
way people are-never satisfied till
they uncover and root up every
blamed thing in mans life. Yes.
Aademoiselle. you know it's true.
They'll always be uneasy with me
around"
Agatha was aware that when man
utters what he considers to be gen.
sral truth. 1t is useless to enter the
field Of argument
~euppope you do have AN hours
start as you express it. Where would
you GOT"
"Oh, I'll look about for a while
After that I'm going to Mr.. Hamble-
ton In Lynn. He's going to have
new car"
"Ah!" Agatha suddenly saw light.
Then there's only one thing. Mr..
Hambleton must know the truth. 1t
can concern no one else Will you
tell him!'
Mr.. Hand produced his dry smile.
Nobody has to tell Mr.. Hambleton
anything. He looked straight into
my face that day on the hill. as We
were leaving the park"
And he remembers7
Something strange In Hands ex-
preston arrested Agatha's attention.
long before he found tongue to an
swer. It was look of happiness and
pride, as II he owned treasure. "He
remembers very well. Mademoiselle."
-And WHAT"
you can't help but be square with
him. Mademoiselle. But as for these
gentlemen of style"
Hand paused in his oratory, his
slow anger again burning on the sur
face. Before Agatha knew what he
was about. he had picked up the hand
kerchief from her lap between thumb
and forefinger. and was holding 1t at
arms length.
You can't squeeze a mans history
out OF him. as you squeeze water out
of handkerchief. Mademoiselle," he
fiared out. And you can't drop him
and pick him up again, nor throw
him down. You can't do that with
man. Mademoiseliel"
He tossed the fiimsy linen back into
her lap. And / don't want any deal
ings with your Strakers--nor gentle
men of that stamp"
Nor Chatelards?"
Hes slick-slick as they make 'em.
But he isn't an inquisitive meddler."
Agatha laughed outright; and some
how. by the blessed alchemy of
amusement. the air was cleared and
Mr.. Hands trouble faded out of i'm
portance. But Agatha could not let
him go without one further word.
She met his gaze with straightfor-
ward look, as she asked: 'roll me.
have failed to treat you as friend.
Mr.. Hand"
"Ah. Mademoisellel" he cried; and
there was touch of shame and com
junction In his voice. As he. stood
before Agatha, she was reminded Of
his shamed and cowed appearance in
the cove, on the day of their rescue.
when he had waited for her anger to
eau o. him She saw that he had