Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-29

Braine thereupon rushed forward to seisA
Florence Barnes swung Florence behind
him.
at guess she'll stay here leetle longer,
SIR"
Time was vital, and this obstinacy made
Braine furious. He reached again for Flor-
ence.
"Clear out o. here, r show your author
ity," growled Barnes.
She goes with me, or you'll regret It,"
"All right. But I guess TIL law won't
hurt me none. I'm in my rights. There's
the door, Mister"
II refuse to go without her!"
Barnes sighed He was on land man OF
peace, but there was limit to his patience.
He seized Braine by the shoulders and hus-
tied him out of the house.
Bring your proofs, Mister an nothin'
morell be said but till y bring 'em, keep
away from this cottage"
And, simple minded sailor that he was, he
thought this settled the matter.
That night he kept his ears open for un-
usual sounds, but he merely wasted his
nights rest. Quite naturally, he reckoned
that the stranger would make his attempt
at night. Indeed, he made it in broad day
light, with Barnes not a hundred yards away,
calking dory whose seams had sprung a
leak. Braine had Florence upon the char
tered yacht before the old man realized what
had happened. He never saw Florence
again; but one day, months later, he read
all about her in a newspaner
Florence fought; but she was weak, AMI
so the conquest was easy. Braine was kind
enough, now that he had her safe. He
talked to her, but she merely stared at the
receding coast.
"All right: don't talk If you don't want to.
Here" to one Of the men, take her to the
cabin and keep her there. But don't you
touch her. I'll break you If you do. Put
her In her cabin and guard the door; at
least keep an eye on it."
Even the temporarily demepted are not
without a species of cunning. Florence had
never seen Braine till he appeared at the
Barnes cottage. Yet she revolted at TIC
touch of his hand; hated him with a violence
which would have stirred the scientific in
terest Of an alienist. She wanted to hurt
him, torture him, beat him down and trample
on him. But as this was a physical impos-
sibility, she did the next most agreeable
thing to her disordered 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 to
the deck. When the fire was discovered il
had gained too much headway to be stopped
The yacht was doomed. They put off in the
boats and for half a 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
king; she let's you almost win game
and then checkmates you. But there is one
thing to be said in her favor-rail at hei
how we will, abe is always giving odds to the
innocent.
Mike Bannock was in the pothouse, look
ing over his charts, wien the lookout in the
crows nest sang out: " Two boats adrift
off the port bow, sirr' And Bannock, who
was a first class sailor, although a rough
one, shouted down the tube to the engine
room. The freighter came to halt in
about ten minutes. The castaways saw that
they had been noted, and pulled gallantly at
the oars.
There are some things which science, we'll
advanced as it is, cannot explain. Among
them is the shock which cuts off the past
and the countershock which reawakens men,
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 beat-wave seemed to
burn across her eyes, and when the effect
passed away she was 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 I'll find chance to talk to
you"
1t took q good deal OF cautious maneuver.
ing to bring about the meeting.
They shanghaied me- And 1 thought you
dead! It was all wrong. 1t was a trick Of
that Perigof woman, and it succeeded. Girl,
girl, 1 love you better than llfel"
al know 1t now," she said and she kissed
him. Has my father appeared YETI"
"No."
do you know anything at all about
him?" sadly.
"I thought 1 did. It's all tumble to
me. But beware of the man who brought
you here. He is the head of all our trou-
bles; and II he knew 1 was on board he'd
kill me ont of hand. He'd have to-"