Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-08
\ THE H
DESTROYING
\ ANGEL V'
- By -
LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
CHAPTER x-contInued.


the frOwn, and triumphed brilliantly.
II mean to ask you" ne said delib-
erately, ito whom am 1 indebted-Y
To his CONSERVATION the smile van
fshed, 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
fnowT she demanded after q moment.
Surely Mr.. Ember must have told
goh?"
"Ember seemed to be laboring under
Ehe misapprehenslon that the Fiske
place was without q tenant"
"Oh!" Her tone was thoughtful.
Has he gone back to town."
Business called him. At least such
1as the plausible excuse he advanced
Tor depriving himself of my exclusive
society"
II see" she nodded-"T see :"
But aren't you going to tell me?
pr ought to prove my human intelli-
gence by assuming on logical grounds
that you're Miss FiskeT
intent gaze seeking the distances of
the sea.
"Then that's settled" he pursued in
accents Of satisfaction. "You are Miss
Fiske-Christian name at present un-
known to deponent. And we are neigh
bors. Do you know, l think this a
very decent sort of world after all?"
"And still"--she returned to the
charge-"you haven't told me what you
mean to do, since you refuse my help"
II mean," he INSERTED cheerfully, ito
sit here until some kind-hearted person
fetches me a stick to serve as emergen-
cy staff. Then l 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, llght-footed, darted from
sight round the side of the bathhouse.
Presently she reappeared, dragging an
eight-fo0t 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
towurd the boat necessarily consumed
a tedious time. 1t wns impossible to
favor the injured foot to any great ex-
tent. He made little or noattempt 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 Mt least interesting. At
times their expression was enig1natic
beyond any reading. Again they
seemed openly perplexed. At all
times they were wnrily regardful. Once
she sighed quietly with passing look
pr sadness OF which he was wholly
unaware.
"Odd-about that fellow" he OBJ
served during a halt. 81 was sure he
was DrummOnd--until I saw"
"Drummond ~
"Friend Of mine You don't
by any chance know Drummond, do
your
1--WE heard the name."
rYou must have. Supposed to have
committed sulcide-jumped off Wash
ington bridge week before he was to
marry Sara Law, the actress?
! may as well tell yOu-it's no secret,
although only few people know it,
Ember saw Drummond, or thinks he
did, alive, In the flesh, good half-hour
after the time of his reported suicide"
'How very curious!" There was
nothing more than civil but perfume
tory interest in the comment. "Are
you ready to 60 onT"
And another time, when they were
near the boat:
"When do you expect Mr.. EmberY'
asked the girl.
Tonight, probably"
II shall be glad to see him." said
the girl in what Whitaker thought O
curious tone. "Please tell him, will
you? Don't forget"
"If that's the way you feel about
him, l shall be tempted to wire hin
not to come"
absurd r. she laughed.
When finally they came to the enc
ofsthe dock. he paused, considering thu
khree-foot drop to the deck of the mo
tor boat. IF 1t weren't low tide. :
he explained, crestfallen.
! "But, since 1t Is low tide, you'll hav
to let me help you agaiR," the girl re
torted. jumping lightly but surely t
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 you
strut"
"Oh, it's that way, is it? Thank yoJ
but | fancy can manage"
And with the aid Of the clothes-pro
he did manage to make the descer
without her hand and without dlsaste
The girl started the engine and too
the wheel as the boat swung dronin
away from the dock. Not until sl
had once or twice advanced the spar
and made other minor adjustment
did she return attention to her passel
ger.
Then. In n casual voice, she Il
dulred: you've been out of the cOu
try for some time. l think you said
almost six years on the other sic
OF the worId-Sot back only tn
spring"
what" she asked. eyes averte
spying out the channel-"what do
one de- on the other side of the world
"Thls one knocked about, mostly, f
his henlth's sake. ~ did drift into
sort Of business, after a bit-gold mi
inE in haphazard. happy-go-lucl
fashion-dld pretty well at 1t al
came home to astonish the natives" 4"
"You find things--New York--disa
pointing?" she analysed his tone.
81 find II overpowering--and lone
Nobody sent n brass band to greet I
at the dock; and all the people l us
to know are either married and dew
ed TO brats. or divorced and devot
TO bridge; and my game has gone
80 badly in six years that l don't
long any more"
She smiled, shaping her scarlet II
deliciOusly. The soft, warm wi
whipped stray strands Of hair. Ii
cords of gold, about her face. z
eyellds were half lowered against