The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

seem. They belong more or less to
| those who seek adventures
You know this?" he demanded.
"Assuredly. one of the three stole "A
paper from my purse. II was a safe
conduct to n French battleship. and
very nearly resulted in the theft of
some valuable papers
The man tapped on the table for Il
moment with his forefinger.
Julie" he said thoughtfully. the
man LaXworthy disturhs me. Tonight
| should he n night Of simple issues"
Nine. Bertrand sighed.
You talk to me as though ! under
Stood" she reminded him.
Dear Julie he said. why should
you not understand? This young man
Philip Lenfield and l have been con-
cerned in the same affair for the last
three years. Others have fallen away.
He and ! alone remain
You are enemics?" she whispered.
Enemies. without a doubt" the man
answered softly. while We both live
there Is danger. Tonight will be the
end
you meet him tonight"
AT villa between here and San
Raphael" he told her. "The meeting
has been fixed for some time. He believes
| that he has made everything secure.
| The woman Rachel has gone over to his
| side He expects to reach the villa to-
night and To find her there. its mistress.
| I have planned other things Rachels
day is past. Before we reach the Villa
de Cap Frinet, Gassiat will have settled
with her"
THE woman whom you loved" Nine.
Bertrand murmured.
Julie" he said, where love trust,
| and where ] trust no longer my low.
| turns TO hate. So with Rachel. She
was the woman of my heart. ! was
faithful to her. | trusted her. She
shared my destiny. I was ready to walk
hand in hand with her To the end. We
have been together in great failures and
i'm great triumphs. Yet the time came
when she failed me. She thought she
saw the beginning of the end.
| ut was in London year ago. We
were hard pressed. II Is true. Lacroy
and Panmur went down. Felix was ar
rested. We seemed. indeed. stricken Ia
the core. She never believed that
should escape.
| II was there In London In those days
Julie, with a Gordon around me. Every
morning the papers declared that within
"A few hours | must be arrested. Ar
rested. indeed. When the time came
that l was ready TO leave England
walked out of the Grosvenor Hotel with
my valet behind me and saw my luggage
piled upon the train and bought my
| magazines at the bookstall. ] strollef
up and down opposite my reserved place
until the train started. talked to my
fellow passengers and ! made my bow
to England as many another.
THAT was the end Of all this talk OF
my arrest. Since then ] have lived a.
| chose: I have done as ] chose. The
others went down, all save that one man
Philip I.enfield. He only has known
He and j together have seen the others
go to their doom. Tonight We are Ia
meet"
She loked at him as though fasci-
! mated. She sat there and remembered
the time when all Europe had run will
his name, when the papers discussed
from hour to hour the chances Of hi
capture.
In that delightful island" he con,
tinued, "where l spent some not un
profitable months. they entirely forgo
that 1t was possible for a person Of edu
, cntion-shall ! say gentleman?-tt
associate for his own purposes with tn,
scum Of the world.
'They searched for me all the time a,
though ] were one Of the others. All
surd! They ransacked Whitechape
and Houndsditch while I read tn,
morning papers In the lounge at thu
: Savory. Tonight my secret will "
down to the grave"
"YOu trust 40 few peODle." she muir
/ INJURED. why do you trust me?"
/, MY dear julie" he said, "som'
| women keep silence through love. bu
] love turns sometimes through the by
, ways Of jealousy into hate. Therefor