Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-06


him.
guess she'll stay here a leetls longer.
SIR"
Time was vital. and this obstinacy made
nraine furious. He reached again for Flor
encs.
Clear out o. here r show your author
tty," growled Barnes
She goes with me, or you'll regret IL"
All right But I guess tn law won't
hurt me none. I'm In my rights. There's
the door, Mister"
II refuse to 60 without herl"
Barnes sighed. He was on land . man -
peace, but there was limit to his patience
He seized Brane by the shoulders and bus
tied him out of the house.
Bring your proofs, Mister, an, nothin,
more'n be said; but till y bring 'srn, keep
away from this cottage"
And, simple minded sailor that he WA. hs
thought this settled the matter.
That night he kept his ears open for nm
usual sounds, but he merely wasted IA.
nights rest Quite naturally, he reckoned
that the stranger would make his ATTEMPT
at night Indeed, he made Il In broad dav-
light, with Barnes not hundred yards avav
calking dory whose seams had sprung
leak. Braine had Florence upon the char
tered yacht before the old man realised what
had happened. He never saw E7orenc.
asain' but one day, months later, he rad
al about her IN a newspaper.
Florence fought; but she was weak. ana
30 the conquest was easy. Brsine was Kind
enough, now that he had her safa He
talked to her, but she merely stared At thu
receding coast
All right: don't talk you donr want to.
Here" to ono of the men, take her to the
cabin and keep her there But don't Won
touch her. I'll break you II you do. Pu.
her In her cabin and guard the door, at
least keep an eye on It"
Even the temporarily demented are no,
without a species Of cunning Florence had
never seen Braine till he appeared at thu
Barnes cottage. Yet she revolted at the
touch Of his hand; hated him with violencs
which would have stirred the scientific IN.
terest Of allenist- She wanted to hurt
him, torture him. beat him down and trampls
on him. But as this was a physical impos-
slbility, she did the next most agreeable
thing to her dsordered mind. On the second
day out toward New York, she found a box
of matches and blithely set fire to her cabin.
walked out into the corridor and thence 70
the deck. When the fire was discovered il
had gained too much Roadway to be stopped.
The yacht was doomed. They put of In the
boats and for half day drifted helplessly.
Fate has everything mapped out like
game OF chess. You move a pawn, and bang
goes your bishop, or your knight, or your
kingi or she let's you almost win game,
and then checkmates you. But there Is ona
thing to be said in her favor-rail at hes
how we Will, she Is always giving odds to the
innocent
Mike Bannock was In the pilothouse, look
Ing over his charts, when the lookout in the
crows nest sang outi Two boats adrift
of the port bow, Nrp' And Bannock, who
was first class sailor, although rough
one, shouted down the tube to the engine
room. The freighter came to a halt In
about ten minutes. The castaways saw thai
they had been noted, and pulled CALAMITY at
the oars
There are some things which science, well
advanced as 1t Is, cannot explain. Among
them Is the shock which cuts off the past
and the countershock which reawakens men,
ory. They may write treatise after treatise
and expound but they never succeed In truly
getting beyond that dark wall of mystery
At the sound OF Jim Nortons voice and at
the sight OF his face-for subconsciously sho
must have been thinking of him all the
while-a great binding heat-wave seemed to
burn across her eyes. and when the effect
passed away she herself again. A wild
glance at her surroundings convinced her
that both she and her lover were in danger
Keep back" whispered Jim. Don't
recognize me-"
They believe that I've lost my mind. and
I'll keep that idea in their heads. Some
time tonight III find chance to talk to
you"
1t took a good deal OF cautious maneuver-
Ing to bring about the meeting.
They shanghaied me- And thought you
dead! 1t was all wrong. 1t was a trick Of
that Perlgoff woman. and it succeeded Girl,
girl, l love you better than lifel"
know it now" she said and she kissed
him. Has my father appeared YETI"
mo"
DO you know anything at all about
him?" sadly.