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CHAPTER II

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CHAPTER II
DarTagh. in blanket OUTFIT.
air % snow-shoes on HIS back
Fifle in his mittened hand. came
trUdging up from the lake He and
etormOnt watched Lannls riding
away with the two horses.
He'll make e. all right. but it's
time he started" said the latter
Darragh nodded: some storm.
Where Is Eve"
In her room"
What Is she going 20 DO. Jack ?"
Marry me as soon as possible.
She wants 90 stay here for a few
days but I can't leave her here
alone. think I'll telephone TO
Ghost Lake for a sleigh"
Let mo talk 20 her" said Oar
ragh IN low voice
DO you think you'd better-at
such a timer"
divert her mind. anyway I want
her 20 come 20 Iiarrod Place"
She won't" said Stormont grim
y.
"she might. Let me talk 10 her"
Stormont hesltated. looked at him.
nodded. Darragh stood his rifle
against the bench on the kitchen
porch. They entered the house slow
y. And met Eve descending the
stairs.
The girl looked at Darragh. as
tOnished. then her pale face flushed
with anger.
What are you doing in this
house," she demanded unsteadily.
~Have you no decency, no shame?"
yes" he said. Il am ashamed
Of what my kinsman has done TO
ou and yours. That is partly why
y am here"
You came hero as a spy" she
said with hot contempt. You lied
about your name; you lied about
your purpose You came here 10
betray Dad, II he'd known it he
would have killed you"
Eyes. he would have. But-do
you know why I came here. Eve ?"
i've told you"
"And you arc wrong. didn't
come here to>betray Nike Clinch:
came TO save him"
do you suppose I believe a man
who has lied TO Dad?" she cried.
Il don't ask you TO. Eve I shall
let somebody else prove what I say.
I don't blame you for your attitude
God knows I don't blame Mike
Clinch He stood up like a man to
Henry Harrod. All I ask is 20
undo some OF the rotten things that
my uncle did TO you and yours And
that IS partly why I came here"
The girl said passionately:
"Neither Dad nor / want anything
from Harrod Place or from you.
Do YOU suppose YOU can come here
after Dad is dead and pretent you
want 20 make amends for what your
uncle did 10 us2"
Eve" said Darragh gravely.
''I've made some amends already.
You don't know it, but I have d.
You may not believe IT, but liked
your father He was a real man.
Had anybody done TO me what
Henry Harrod did 20 your father
I'd have behaved as your father be-
haved. I'd never have budged from
this spot: I'd have hunted where
p chose: Ia have borne an implacable
Uhatred against Henry Harrod and
harrod Place and every soul in it,"
The girl. silenced. looked at him
without belief.
lie said. II am not surprised that
you distrust what 1 say. But the
man YOU are going 20 marry was
Junior officer i'm my command. I
have no closer friend than Jack
Stormont Ask him whether / am
TO be believed"
Astounded. the girl turned a
flushed. incredulous face TO Stor-
mont
He said. You may trust Darrash
as YOU trust me don't know what
he has to say TO you. dear But
whatever he says viii be the truth
Darragh said. gravely: Through
misunderstanding your father
came into possession of stolen prop
erty Eve He did not know il had
been stolen. did But Nike
Clinch would have believed me II 1
had told him that the case of Jewels
in his possession had been stolen
from a woman. Quintana stole
them. BY accident they came into
your fathers possession. 1 learned
OF this. / had promised this woman
20 recover her jewels.
'I came here for that purpose,
Eve. And for two reasons: first.
because I learned that Quintana also
was coming here % rob your father
or these gems; second, because,
when knew your father. and
knew you. I concluded that it would
|. be an outrage 10 call on the police.
II would mean prison for Clinch,
misery and ruin for you Eve. So
tried TO steal the Jewels TO
save you both"
lie looked az Stormont. who
seemed astonished.
ITO whom DO these jewels be-
Ions. jim ," demanded the Trooper.
ITO the young Grand Duchess Of
EsthOnia Do you remember
that 1 befriended her over there %
Yes"