The Washington herald., 1914-09-06
He laughed shortly.

ic0CcS-SuCn dS imprisonment, lot III
stance-which might have to undergo.
They talked of the whole affair as
capital joke, and they seemed amazed
that l should have attempted to have
kept my secret at all"
She shuddered little
That is the American of it" she ex-
claimed bitterly.
He looked cautiously around. Her
chair was behind boat. He took her
fingers into his.
I'm going to adopt your philosophy"
he whispered Let us make the most
Of these few days"
! OF course, all sorts OF stories went
around. The one most favored by their
fellow passengers, and which she herself
had certainly encouraged. was that they
were old friends who had parted years
! ago under some misunderstanding. No
( one else ventured to claim even a share
OF her time. The color came back to his
| cheeks: his step upon the deck became
| positively buoyant No one would have
guessed anything Of the shadow which
lurked behind their apparent gayety.
! Now and then they came across the two
! detectives. whose greeting was always
perfectly respectful. He laughed once
with a momentary bitterness as he re-
turned their bow.
What a devils comedy" he mur-
INJURED
Her fingers touched his, and the Bit
terness fed away.
You are a witch" he declared.
! At Queenstown she found Hoyle, the
! senior OF the two men. in the saloon
writing cablegrams, with messenger at
his side. He half covered them with his
hand at her approach.
/ You are determined to send those,
| Mr.. Hoyle." she said
Il have no alternative, Miss Bate
man. he answered.
| II. too. am rich she said hesitatins-
ly. and am engaged to MIR. Paish"
Delighted to hear it." Hoylc an
/ Swered heartily You mustn't let him
get downhearted. Most OF the men in
the world would enjoy little affair like
| this he tapped the cablegram,. Il
guess it won't do him any harm in the
long run. You'll excuse ne now, Miss
| Bateman.'
He was busy with another cable She
made her way on deck again. Only once
during the rest OF the way to Liverpool
did she address the detective again.
81 want you to tell me" she said, stop
ping suddenly in front of his chair. is
-will-have you sent word to Liver
pool"
: Well he answered SLOWLY. Il gue,S
! 50. | hated to do it, Miss Bateman, with
/ you both 50 set against It: but there
wasn't any use in bottlins II up. [
/ shouldn't be surprised II something did
happen TO Mr. Paish at Liverpool"
: AT the docks :" she asked.
( AT the docks he answered
: Early the next morning came their
/ farewell She drew him behind enc OF
the boats and pressed her lips passion
ately 10 his She dared not trust her
| sell to words Then he went overheard
| into the gray mI>ts and was lost to sight
! in moment.
! Twelve hours later he was shown into
; sittlnG-room at the small private hotel
which they had selected as their render
vous. He was properly dressed. but he
! had the appearance of man who had
grown suddenly Younger. His smile. a
She rushed into his arms, was a triAc
I apologetic.
/ You have seen the papers," she.
cried.
He nodded
II must have been the densc<t oi
idiots he exclaimed. Il couldn't see
what Hoyle was driving at all the tune:
! and | suppose my head was full OF the
other thing.
And all the time" She cried. hall
laughing. half sobbing, you were =
hero. and | didn't know it. You were
the man who saved the Presidents lie
at Metrofuzo. and for whose discovery
he offered a thousand dollars reward"
1T came my way, he SAID. You
can imagine that | vas bit reckless
iu>t then. and odd, didn't scare me
much
She wiped the tears from her eyes.
ou have made yourself the laugh
ing stock OF the country. sir she de-
Clared. Fancy jumping overheard,
even though it was in the river. to G.
cape being lionIzed and interviewed,
Why. 1t will be worse than ever nov,
when they do hnd YOU out
He sighed.
They mustn't ind me he aid.
You forget. Ursula. the other affair re-
mains
She shrugged her shoulders scorniully.
Pooh - she exclaimed 81 guess the
President will have to settle that for
you. 1t isn't as II the man had died,
you know"
He turned toward her suddenly.
What Say that again.
His voice sounded strange and harsh.
He was suddenly pale again.
81 lrn
We took care OF the man. and he got
well. They took him back to prison.
He sat down heavily.
And l., he said. Il carried with me
all the way to Cuba. all through the
fighting. and through many sleeple>S
nights. that dead mans face. Good
God! Not dead. never saG news
paper never doubted that he was
dead. Not dead
He was trembling. She came and
sank down by his side.
III you hadn't met me. she MUIR
INJURED. YOU wouldn't have known
He took her into his arms.
Ursula he said. Il am a free man.
can prove myself innocent OF the thing
they sent me to prison for. 1t was
PaIsh's son who stole the bonds He
found it out, and that is why he left me
his money. His son died in Cuba. |
have his confession
She laughed softly