The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1909-09-08 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

CHAPTER XL—(Continued.)  • I suppose your Menus put you on the tdge and rowed away," she remarked wifely, dier a momenta reflection. "You'll feel very gspid when you go back, won't you? But you going back ? " she asked. "You Nor could get through this window." Romer looked at the window pathetically, lad then at his own broad shoulders. - No," he Mid; "it's not to be done. If I aria a clown in a circus—but I'm not. And We. his modesty getting the better of him, he Iwo : "Pray don't mention it. I rather like t than otherwise!" She laughed with great delight. - I suppros you thought that a man kept kte—isn't that the word ? " she asked frankly. Raalre was greatly encouraged. /if you'd been a man," he said briskly, "I Pula have borrowed your clothes and swum sclare the river. That's just my luck I" I ought to be flattered. Of course, your kaaVIS will romp hack " Romer shook his head, as though he were lit at all SOTO of it. "111 leave my coat on the bank, and they'll Utak lee committed suicide—it would ecore off them to do it in earnest," he reflecter ,doleklly. And then, as though to encourar "After all. I could sleew aere. Jua. :thin" 'tat our fellows have gone through in !South lines!"  You'll wake up quite a hero," he said "1 feel it almost unkind to stand it ▪ the way of your courage; but don't you think, if I told our porter, he would go and get 6 host I " It had never occurred to Romer. "Why, of Mr* he would ! " he cried, astonished at her ample solution of the difficulty. " I never thought of that; but please see that he &wall give me away. Porters are brute& you know—at least, T don't suppose you know, hot they are! Of all the various kinds of animals that wont into the Ark, the portal log have been the most particular beset! I sender if youre 111 an exception ? " The doubt mooed Daphne greatly. '' I'm sure he'll do it forme," she said hope.  "My ersodfather„ you know, is one of the islio Fellows bore."  " Then we can inemduee ourselves. I'm Inner Hatton. of Caine." And I'm Daphne Bell—well, I suppose sa% my, of Queens'. I'll go and tell the portal  She shut the window before Romer'e slow sir could stumble upon a compliment about Qumit. The truth woe that he had been much anted thmughnut this surprising interview The resemblance to the dead impressed him buy strongly each time he allowed himself to look at the girl's face. She was the living "eV of Ilennione---and yet how great a diffetenee! tier light., quick gestures, het bight laughter, the curious magnetism of hei *TM spoke of life and thought end energy Swims not very much older than he, perhaP*4 ind yet from the first he felt that her wisb am Ishii wish. And why had he not metier Camhitiste ? A dull logic answered "Be' Wee the has only just come here." *••• • • •  - - - porter of Queens' sent a boatman to the sod Romer Hatton was rescued precisely haltrast nine o'clock. He did not Bee *Pine &min. nor was there any light in her Sum wleti he rowed away. Firmly as he WBl3 _7l to he revenged upon his enemies at "'", opportunity, revenge gave place for •▪ monwsit in the wonder of this chance meet'4• Trite• his own imprecisions had been formed icier circumstances which might well cause tfll inreril. But they remained with him. ▪ "rheiew: Daphne Bell, the grand...7r" of old Norton Bell, of Queens', stood, nazinatinn, almost for the risen dead. led sren his stint Iferrnione—had seen her rhat fantastic light : had conversed with her, Ikti with her. and vet not Hermione. but slather answered him.. The night, indeed, r"itsci hint as few nights he could remember. Iding his friends, he shut himself in his !mat. and wished to he alone. The desire to do !Diushing, to pmfit in some way by knowledge %dramatic wns with him f. wn the first. Others In3l know and share the secret with him. But l'hqohniil, he choose for a confidence so lous In sheer bewilderment he eat r, at last at ...is desk and wrote to Patrick soilt;11- The letter went by the next post to the " 8° the great conspiracy began.