The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-08-11

Co, Paris bankers. The box Is said to
contain bonds Of the defunct French
Panama Canal company. On the steam
er Anne meets the dissolute son Of Bank
er Magnlff, who, not knowing her iden-
hty, proposes scheme TO get hold of the
Panama bonds and extort money from his
father
CHAPTER IT-Anne attends an aviation
meet in London and volunteers to go as
passenger with a French contestant
who wins the prize, but disappears before
Anne can learn his Identity.
| CHAPTER IIT-Anne IS about to give
up her attempts 10 gain admission to the
coronation when the French aviator and
his grandfather appear. The young man
invites Anne to accompany him. While
entering the abbey Anne loses her purse
Later she learns that he is the Chevalier
gives, her cousin. and that the elderly
man is her grandfather, Comte d'Yves
Sharing her fathers hate for the old
French family. anne abruptly leaves the
abbey
CHAPTER Iv-Anne borrows money
land. starts for Paris On the wav she
encounters the secretary Of tho aviation
meet who, under the impression that she
Is the Wife Of the French aviator, forces
on her the prize, 900 pounds, which d'Yves
Won At the meet Anne calls on Banker
Magnif and presents her claims She
earns that the ba 9ker is extremely bitter
against her grar 1father and holds a
mortgage on the ancestral nome, Castle
Clichv Magnn cells Anne that a new
key VIII have 20 be made and certain
tormal}tics complied with before the box
ean be opened. He induces her to sign
~ agreement to sell him the bonds for
i0o0o francs Young MagmR returns
Anne's purse without the key.
CHAPTER v-The Chevaner and his
grandfather call on Anne regarding Inn
portant diplomatic papers which were
stolen from the ChevaNeT in London.
Anne. IN her indignation n being sus-
pected. discioses her identity and the
Eomte takes her 70 his arms. The Cheva-
Yer declares his love and finds that 1t ID
tecinrooeted
CHAPTER vITT-The wife OF zeuvis.
J spy and confederate of young Magnif
| fingered by her husbands desertion, tells
! " plot against Anne and the Chevalier
J The elder Nagnin. mortified at his sons
| conduct, goes on Anne's bail Anne agrees
! % 70 by aeroplana 70 Corsica 70 bring
| oeck Zauxis 70 testify I'm behalf of the
! t'hevalier and to return the genuine bonds
! which he has stolen. Young Maenif Is TO
oe given warning so tliGe he may escape
! from the country
CHAPTER T2(-After soma Soiting ex-
! oeriences Anne arrives az the place where
| ZcuXs s living
! CHAPTER E-Anne RECEIVERS the bonds
| and forces ZeuXie to agree to return to
/ Paris. The latter ewe7rs vengeance
/ against young MawriN The bankers son
/
| -iage and forces Anne % accompany him
! 10 his yacht
THESE men VIII take the yacnL at
ful speed to Bon Martin, he continued
I 20 me, speaking now with a supreme
effort Of the will. 1T is q little seaport
near Marseilles, but not too near
/ There YOU viii charter a special train
for Paris using the money which you
/ viii find in the drawer of my desk.
There are ten thousand francs; they
are yours by all laws Of war AS for
the yacht. the men will take her out to
sea again after they have set You
ashore and convey her where She be-
longs They have been amply recon-
pensed for their work and they know
it,"
And now, Anne grant me your for
giyeness."
stopped over him and pressed my
lips to his forehead. | felt no longer
any revulsion from this pitiful human
being whose span wa1 nearly run. ]
could see by the ashen pallor that
spread over his face that the end was
almost come. u forgive you freely" ]
answered
lie smiled weakly. and closing his
eyes, lay back, his hand still holding
mine In a minute more he had sunk
into unconsciousness. / sat there
long: l lost all sense of time; I did
not even realize that The anchor was
weighed and that we we're setting out
to sea. nor did | hear the ominous
splaHhes in the sea that marked the
burial Of the dead I sat there tn the
grasp suddenly relaxed and the eyes
opened Then left the cabin forever
and went up on the deck
] looked around me az the waste OF
waters over which we were speeding.
[ saw the silent man at the wheel.
heard the wind creak through the cord.
age. and in a sudden outbu of tears
1 found relief Dawn was breaking in
the east. and down in my soul Too
long ] had been perplexed and harassed
BY this nightmare OF circumstance
now my thoughts turned from the dead
TO the living. from Leopold 10 my lover
All the next day we raced northward
across the Mediterranean until, late in
the afternoon. land upheaved itself
across our bows. and saw the wooded .
prom0ntory Of Bon Martin, with the
white houses OF the village nesting Z
beneath the Cliff But the helmsman .
twisted his wheel and we veered away. .
running parallel with q white beach .
until We cast anchor not fifty yards
from low and desoiate shore
They had not spoken o word TO me.
these silent msn. Whoever they were.
of whence they came. ] was never 70 4
learn. Now one of them let down the
short rope ladder. and. standing on the
bottom step indicated that I should
follow him.
At first HIS actions alarmed me Was
it his purpose TO cast me- into the blue
EAter7 Bat q moment iaisE I vas re