The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
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III # By # III
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
CHAPTER Discontinued.

| i mean to ask you" he said deiiD-
Ierately. ''to whom am | indebted-T
To his CONSERVATION the smile van
ished, as though a cloud had sailed be
fore the sun. Doubt and something
strongly resembling incredulity in
formed her glance.
DO you mean to say you don't
know" she demanded after q moment
Surely Mr.. Ember must have. told
you?"
''Ember seemed to be laboring under
the misapprehension that the Fiske
place was without a tenant"
"Oh r Her tone was thoughtful.
elias he gone back to town."
Business callet i'm. At least such
was the plausible excuse he advanced
for dcpriving himself Of my exclusive
society"
II sec" she nodded see :"
"But aren't you going to tell me-?
Or ought | to prove my human intelli-
gence by assuming on logical grounds
that you're Miss Fiske?'
IF you please" she murmured, her
intent gaze seeking the distances of
the sea.
'"Fhen that's settled" he pursued in
accents of satisfaction. you are Miss
Christian name at present IN
known to deponent And we are neigh
bors. Do you know, | think this a
very decent sort of a world after ALA"
And still''-she returned to the
.charge-''you haven't told me what you
mean 10 do, since you refuse my help"
Il mean" he asserted cheerfulIy, ito
sit here until some kind-hearted person
fetches me stick to serve as emergen-
cy staff. Then i shall make shift to
hobble to your motor boat and thank
YOU very kindly for ferrying me home"
She shook her head in dainty annoy
ance, then, light-fOOted, darted from
sight round the side of the bathbOuse.
Presently she reappeared, dragging an
eight-foOt pole. He rose on one foot
and tested the staff with his weight.
Twill do" he decided. and thank
you very much"
But even with its aid his progress
toward the boat necessarily consumed
a tedious time. 1t was impossible to
favor the injured foot to any great ex-
tent. He made little or no attempt to
converse while in motion, so she had
plenty of opportunity to make up her
mind about him.
If her eyes were q reliable index,
she found him at. least interesting. At
times their expression was enigmatic
beyond any reading. Again they
seemed openly perplexed At all
times they were warily regardful. Once
she sighed quietly with a passing look
of sadness of which he was wholly
unaware.
"Odd-about that fellow" he OBJ
served during a halt. 81 was sure he
was Drummond-unti 1 saw"
''Drummond p
Friend of mine You don't
by any chance know Drummond, do
you?'
I've heard the name"
You must have. Supposed to have
committed suicide-jumped off Wash
ington bridge a week before he was to
marry Sara Law, the actress?
| may as well tell you-it's no secret,
although only a few people know it
Ember saw Drummond, or thinks he
did, alive, in the flesh, a good half-hour
after the time of his reported suicide"
"How very curious y There was
nothing more than civil but perfume
tory interest in the comment "Are
you ready TO so on?"
And another time, when they were
near the boat:
when do you expect Mr.. Ember?"
asked the girl.
Tonight, probably"
Il shall be glad to see him." said
the girl in what Whitaker thought a
curious tone. please tell him, will
you? Don't forget
If that's the way you feel about
him, ] shall be tempted to wire him
not to come"
absurd !" she laughed.
When finally they came to the end
of the dock, he paused, considering the
three-foot drop to the deck of the mo-
tor boat. IF it weren't low tide. :"
he explained, creStfallen.
But since it is low tide, you'll have
TO let me help you again." the girl re-
torted. jumping lightly but surely to
the cockpit.
She turned and offered him a hand,
eyes dancing with gay malice.
Like all men, you must turn to
woman in the end-however brave your
strut"
"Oh, it's that way. is it? Thank you.
but | fancy | can manage"
And with the aid of the clothes-prop
he did manage to make the descent
without her hand and without disaster.
The girl started the engine and took
the wheel as the boat swung droning
away from the dock. Not until she
had once OF twice advanced the spark
and made other minor adjustments
did she return attention TO her passen-
ger.
Then, in a casual voice. she in
Quired: you've been out of the coun-
try for some time, think YOU said?"
almost six years on the other side
of the world-got back only this
spring"
What" she asked, eyes averted
spying out the channel-"what does
one do on the other side of the worldP"
.'This one knocked about. mostly for
his healths sake. Il did drift into a
Govt of b,,SiDaSS .fto- =, he -,