HM
8be wasaltttngwtarn, In a pretty
froqk.of blue and -white, an d a
bat shading her eyes from the sun.
She was reading a book while welting
big
for the boat to start. The Spray, a
■mall pleasure steamer,^tugged aV for
fshed. Hewwlnrt resolution had
broken down at the last moment. Be
would make the trip to Worthing after
was something more *h”tl admiration
in hist
tere4 e "The
brelUIn
n caddish enough," he ant*
ie girl la scarcely more than
to me. The loan of an um-
• made ns
. I should not have presum
ed upon such a triviality, but—but"—
he broke off as the siren of the Spray
shrieked Impatiently—"but I fed In
lore with her upon the spot,” he added,
"and that's the plain, sweet, madden-
n truth.”
band oommenced to play softly
under the bridge of the boat,.Verna
Moore glanced up at the sound, and.
Geoffrey turned away swiftly, moving
off with long strides.
"I must not go; I must not, really,”
he told himself. Heaven forbid that
I should win her heart!”
Verna had seen Geoffrey as he
turned away. A glow of color swam
Into her cheeks, followed by a look of
disappointment
Verna Moore was a governess. She
had been sent to Brighton to recover
from the effects of an Illness. She
had met Geoffrey Mannerlng there for
the tret time.
"Yes, I'm In love; but, having made
the confession to myself, I must forget
It drop this affair like a hot coal,”
Geoffrey told himself, “It Is Just mad
ness, and Claire coming down to
Brighton today I”
Madness, It was. To* tha Hon. Geof
frey Mannerlng was engaged to be
married to Clairs Asbberry, a baro
net's daughter, end an heiress. It bad
been an early attachment; it had grad
ually developed Into an engagement,
partly because everyone expected that
It would, and Society insisted upon it
Yet now, Geoffrey remembered certain
"Pat your hands higher up, Verna,
to my neck, Wa are safe it
yon keep stilt
The swimmer rose on the orast of a
long green swell, travelling Shoreward.
A terrible explosion had occurred In
the engine room of the Spray, She
had aunk In less than fifteen minutes,
with her return journey but half ao-
—pushed. There had been no panto]
her two boats were filled to the
but
very gunwales with their human
freight Six men were venturing to
swim to meet the boats, lilting off
from the shore. Qeoffrey Mannerlng
was one of them. He had aiBured
Verna of bis ability to save her If she
If to him rather than
would trust berscli
to the overladen boats.
Verna kept perfectly stllL Her feet
trailing In the water gave her a terri
fying sensation aa of floating upon in
finite depth.
The strong frame of the swimmer
supporting her moved forward with
Its steady strokes. How calm he seem
ed; how confident! At thatimoment she
loved him most;^et « that moment
she knew that
hie.
never ha
On the return Journey to Brighton,
' ■ ‘ild i - - -
Geoffrey had told her all; had
his confession. He had said; “I lave
you; loved you from the day that we
met. - “That la ail my defence.”
There bad been a long and dreadful
pause, while she wrestled with her
pain, with her temptation. Then she
had answered: "We must say goodbye.
We must never meet again. 'When
land, we must shake hands f
. . . for the last
time. You could not help - loving me
any more than l could help loving you.
Yes, I love you; but this is a barrier
which we cannot overcome.”
And then, almost Immediately after
wards, the accident had occurred. The
sea was very oold; the warm suns of
summer had not yet penetrated its
chilly ‘•osom. He was becoming stiff
A/ 1
1 H aii
“IT WAS NOT GOOD-BYE-AFTER ALL!”
words which Claire Ash berry once
■poke to him. ,
"I hare always liked you,” she had
•aid, "and am willing to become your
wife; yet I must tell you that anoth
er—yon need not know bis name—
awoke a feeling deeper than liking, and
claimed my heart But there were ob
stacles In the war; my parent* came
between ns, and he went abroad, prom
ising never to see me again.
Again the Spray shrieked for more
passengers for her trip to Worthing.
She would start In fire minutes. Gcof-
frey hesitated.
A band was laid upon his shoulder,
and a voice said, speaking In a low
tone!
“Why, Mannerlng, Ie It yout” ,
Geoffrey turned. He was face to
face with
with cold. The girl's weight, which
had felt so light at first now pressed
him lower and lower . The eea. kept
washing over his face. Onward be
i an exceedingly handsome
"HM^forheaven's sake!” expostu
lated the other, turning palo.
"Ah! Yon are watched—aa usnalT
Still playing year deep and perilous
"Yes, yes. rmifl_a bad fij^a tight
, I most hide for a spel_
“What—in England? In BrlghtonT I
could understand It In Vienna—where
we met last six years back. Apolitical
spy who steals a secret from the Aus
trians might as well be In Vesuvius
as on Austrian soil, and ”
"No, yon are wrong, I'm wanted fa
England. Certain papers I obliged the
toman Government with. Von hndw
Geoffrey drew back, hls'fhce flushed
with anger. “What!” ha exelalmedi
you^stooped so low as thatf*
“A fortune was In It"
“You traitor!” m -
"Core* Itl Speak quietly. I belong
to no nationality. I serve all who ask
me. You know that Come, hid* me
somewhere! For old-times' sake!”
A bell clanged on board the Spray.
— —" at hit card —-
scribbling a line. •There,” he said,
“go to the Hotel O-, giro »y man
that card. He’ll look after yon until
X come.” -v
“A thousand Geoffrey. If
cret—’* The eentenco was left unfln-
wnnumg wvw —• —— —-
swam, though drawing now upon that
• ' \ despair will give. At
tne
strength which des;— ...
a furlong from the chore he was
A boat turned hit way. Then came
a final struggle to keep afloat He was
dragged on board with hie burden
when at the point of utter exhaustion.
The Journey thoreward gars him
time to recover strength. With hla
own-hands be lifted Verna Into a cab.
They were driven to her lodgings In
Old Steyne. He took her In hit arms
and gave her one long, passionate kiss.
Then, with a repressed-Sob, he left
her. He was never to meet Verna
again. She had pointed’ hla way of
duty,- and be must follow It
Geoffrey turned his steps toward his
h< ttwas afternoon. A procession of
every conceivable kind of earrings
rolled along the King's Road. By tbs
Brunswick lawns, tearing along the
front at a mad apeed, came a powerful
motorcar. The driver was a man, and
at hit side, closely veiled, sat a lady.
Scarcely perceiving the rushing rer,
Geoffrey crossed In front of It A loud
shout and a furious bellow from a born
made him look up as he dashed for-
W Surely he knew the driver? And that
veiled lady? Something In thepotasof
her body suggested a name—hut no,
he told himself that be was half sill/,
nearly dropping with tatigue.
Geoffrey’staggered Into his rooms,
let him Just In time to save
HU valet met
him from felll
Ing. Tor nt that mo
ment Ms senses left
consciousness.
I him. and he lost
It was an hoar before the accident
which sank the Spray In six fathoms
off Brighton beach. - -
Richard Molyneux, ex-army officer,
gamester, spy, duellist waited In much
perturbation In Geoffrey's private sit
f wt ilia tlrtial ***
asnisnsna uulswwh tttftt tllO SDftCO 1)0*
tween^the portico grounds and the
tween ms p«ruv« —-
distant ssa was'patrolled by a gen
tlemanly-looking IsUsnr.
“Again!" growled Molyneux. “laeem
unable to give that brute the slip."
Through the open window he beard
>e roar of a motorcar. It oeaaed as
it drew near to the building. Up and
down paced the fnglUvC'lQmlag and
fretting.
- Suddenly he turned swiftly. Tha
door was open, and he heard tha
yoloe of Geoffrey’e servant!
"No,, he will not be long, madam;
Id -H you will wait—ah. I had for
gotten."
A well-dressed and beautiful figure
entered the room. Seeing Molyneux,
She uttered a sry of astonishment.
Uttfim, whose feelings never be-
trtyed MM. turned te the eervant and
dismissed him with a couplo of words.
Then he faced the newcomer; ho took
her hands; he looked tong and ardent
ly Into her faoe. which paled, then
honied with' crimson.
"Claire! You hero? After all these
years!"
The woman trembled. In a moment
the deeps of a passion she believed she
bad sealed forever, broke forth. She
clung, almost fainting, to his broad
ShOttlfou, Richard Molyneux it was
had laved in. the past. He
exercRW an eftraorUfithfy. fascination
over Claire ,
Aahberry.
“I came to see Geoffrey," she ex-
ed hurriedly. “1 am staying *t
As tings. Ho expected me' at Brigh
ton to-day. I came over to tell him
that I must defer my visit. That Is
nil. And you—you—what are you do
ing here, in this room? Geoffrey's
room?”
“Didn't you know that ha was *
‘ emmet*
friend oft
“A friend—to yout" Olslro dlsengng-
i most
ed herself from those strong ermi
“I m-t him two hours back. - He
promised to hide me."
“To hide you?” The voloe rang out
in alarm. “True enough.” —
Molyneux laughed bitterly. “Como
here,” said he, drawing her to the win
dow. “You see that man—Ah, there are
three of thorn. Trapped!”
Forgetful of everythtag save his
danger, Claire Aahberry clung to Holy,
neux's arm. "Whq are they, Rlohard?
Who are those men?” she demanded
imperiously.
“Police offloers. Let me go, dear one.
Yes, the old gams. State papers; a se
cret sold. You’d bettor let me go. I
mutt escape,
“You must escape; you shall!" cried-
Claire, wildly.
“How?" The thing's Impossible. If
l had a fast ear—”
You have! There to mine; It to wait
ing for me. Come—oh, come quickly!”
she Implored. •
For an. Instant Molyneux stood tores-
solute; then he said quite calmly:
“I will. And you?”
T go with you,” said Claire steadily.
“I shall strike northward Into the
Dover road, If possible, and quit Bug-
land to-night," he answered.
"Where you go, r go also,” geld
Claire,
They ran from the room.- The car
:ed at ’
waited at the rear of the hotel. A
minute later they were flying like a
gale down the King’s Bona,
‘Ton mean to tell me, Clarkson, se
riously, that I have been In bed three
days?”
•'Three days, sir," enswered Geof-
servant.
trey's
“A queer yarn, this, that you tell me
about those two visitors,” want on
Geoffrey, thoughtfully. “They went off
together, you say? Geoffrey broke the
seal of the letter whleh had Just ar
rived, and which bore a foreign post
mark. He sat as if stunned, while his
eyas read again and again one passage
In the communication!
“Call my eonduet madness, or by
whatever term you will. I cannot fight
<4gainst fate. I have married Richard
Molyneux. We shall live abroad. He
has promised me many things* Forgive
i, Goeffrey; or If you cannot forgive,
forget me.”
Geoffrey rose after a long silence.
He turned bis steps toward the Old
8teyne, but he bad not covered a hun
dred yards before he saw her—Verna-
sitting on a chair on the Brunswick
lawns. She was looking out to see. A
gorgeous sunset bed purpled the wa
ters of the channel.
Geoffrey went up to her, softly, slow
ly, so that she did not hear Ms ap
proach. And, leaning over her chair,
suddenly, he whispered In her ear:
"Vena, it was not good-bys after
alH”
LlSS AGAINST TIGER.
Creator. Bravery Shown By the
Smaller Animal.
The
of a one-ring circus trav-
tbe West this summer
in sore straits through
of .ft much advertised lion
was the star attraction of the
■how. With ft fertility bom of ne
cessity he ftdvsrtlaed In
tor • “brei
strapping Irlsnman
"Uy pot Von has Just died,” said the
showmao, “and ! wilt
will givt ) you |5
n day It you will robs yourself in
i Ms
go through bis tricks. All
yon nave to two performances n day;
cash money.” Tha Irishman readily
assented to tha proposition and being
of bright wit and IntolHgsnce soon
feamtdall that was required of him.
The first afternoon of tbs show he
went through the paces weU, enclosed
In a large iron cage and occasionally
emitting • roar to startle the gulls’—
countrymen. In the evening tbs •«
ager thought be would cap the climax
by announcing to the audience that he
would plaoe "the lion In the. tiger’s
On hearing this the son of Erin
waa terrified beyond comprehension.
However, with trembling steps be went
into the tiger’s cage, but at ones crept
up Into a corner, praying to himself.
"Faith, God help me In this terrible
trouble," he moaned. “Rape away
from me the scratches of the big cat”
“G’wxn," replied the tiger, "phwat
yer snaking up there like that, ain’t
meself too a wearer of the green?”
Flight of Balloons.
On Ms recent visit at Ostend. the
Shah of Persia had a whole lot of fun
when he cut a string holding 100 toy
balloons which a woman was offering
for sale. He laughed heartily at her
distress, hot later paid her amply for
Ms Joke,
Experience of an Old-Timer in
the Wilds of Idaho,
‘•'In the winter of '07," fluid nn old
,1... In TTnala Qa til's BOFvIPO.
miner, now In Uncle Sam's
nt Washington, « I was living In a
- 1 f *- ountalns of
cabin to myself In the mount!
— ' - , about neve
Idaho, about seven miles from Idaho
City, my nearest and only neighbor
the postmaster, an Irishman and
Unchelor, who kept too toll bouse be
tween Idaho City and the adjoining
mountain towns.
"My cabin was about two mUes
to too Bast, directly among toe
Btonatalna, The snow wMeh bad
been falling at Intervale for several
months, toy about 10 feet on a level
around my cabin, .and my only
method of travel was by snow shore.
"I had made my tri-weekly ren to
see If toe stag* had brought any tot
tore to the toll house-for me; and
wMIe adjusting my snow shoes, pre
paratory to starting, tack, I beard a
bellowing and pawing. A Texas
steer. wMch tad separated Mmself
from the herd which bad lately
passed toward the .town, was angrily
shaking Ms head at me about 100
toot distant B* bad ran j*st the
house from toe road ^up
little
straight path which Paf had kept
-to Ms I
open to Ms spring, and after drink
ing and turning around, had become
bewildered, toe" snow being at least
eight feet deep on either side of
toe
pntb.
“This was my direct route home,and
although, If I had kijt on top of the
■now, be could not have pursued me,
toe spirit of my school-tay days re
vived, and 1 removed my snow
and Immediately made two
snow tails. At right
path to the spring r
similar path bad been
cabin about ton same
toe toll bouse. As I fired too
MADE A DASH FOR THE CABIN
balls in rapid succession, striking
him with obo In hls eye, and wltli
toe other on bis forehead, toe steer
again bellowed with rage, and lower
ing hls read, made a rush for' tne.
Of course I could have simply turned
and gone In the toll toouso, but I
thought to prolong too excitement,
and so made, a dash Tor tho cabin.
As I neared it, I saw with dismay
that It was unoccupied and fastened
with chain and padlock on too out-
slde. The path ended at toe cabin
with ten feet of snow piled at my
left and In front, the walls as smooth
and perpendicular as a bouse.
“Ono thinks quickly at such mo
menta, and. the ridge pole which usu
om miners’ cabins a
ally extends from
foot or more beyond tho main build-
' ni
lng on which to bang meat and game
—ived my salvation. I do not know
proved my salvation. I do not know
how high a Jump I made to grasp It,
but I am sure that I never equaled it
before or since.
“As I swung my body over tho pole
the horns of too Infuriated animal
off too lower part of my out-
. t,^", 001l,en » h| to and -while I
smiled down serenely from mv point
of vantage, I most devotltiy thanked
toe good Lord that He never falls to
andfooX” wa,< * ovor dr “nkcn men
WHEN LOST IS THE WOODS.
I? You Have An Axe, You May Not
Have a Bad Time.
To get lost in the woods Is not an
uncommon occurrence, and what to do
under the circumstances Is so well told
by Horace Keptart In “Field and
Stream” that readers fond of camping
and woodcraft will be Interested:
“The first thing that one should do
when bo realizes that be has lost bis
bearings in a wild country is to stop
and sit down. Don't take one more
step until yon hnye recovered your wits
so that yon can trace on the ground
with a stick your probable course
since leaving toe camp, and mark on It
the estimated location of such water
courses nnd .othsr landmarks ■■ you
have poised. Then make up your mind
if votr ' H '
1 night,
Ing Mb
that if you*mnst stay out all
alone In toe woods. It is no
matter, but likely an Interesting
venture. Having recovered your men
tal balance, take note of toe lay of the
land around you, toe direction of Its
drainage; the character of Its vegeta
tion, and tbe hospitalities that It offers
to a night-bound traveler, in to
of drinking-water, sound down
natural shelter and browse. Then
blase a tree on four .sides—make big
blazes that can be seen from any di
rection. Do this even though there be
several hours of daylight ahead, and al
though you have no present Intention
of staying here; for you do know that
tbls spot la only so many hours from
camp by back trail, and that
i may
tire (
turvo-good reason to return to It
“Now try to get an outlook over tbe
surrounding country. In flat woods
this will be difficult If you can risk
climbing n tall tree do so. Select one
that you can climb, and taring gained
outlook, note toe compass dlrec-
of watercourses and other laofi-
s, mapping them on a bit of
“ for a lost man’s memory is
treacherous. The courses of small
streams show where the main valley
lies. Decide where to go, take toe com
pass direction, note how tha sun strikes
it, and (Iwcwid,
“Now, ns-you travel make bush-
marks by making blazes on trees or
breaking a shrub here and there along
tbe trail, so you will easily follow your
way back should you have to pass toe
night in tbe woods.”
Americans Going to Ue'xieo.
During tho last two years over 1.500
Immigrants from Oklahoma and other
ports of toe Southwest have located
In the single State of Tamaullpas,
Mexico. They have made a settlement
known as toe Blaylock Colony, Just
west of Escandon on tho Gulf Rail
way, and have built churches, school
houses and stares,- and enjoy the
fullest liberty of action. So It seems
that Americans “are crossing tbe
southern -'boundary as they are the
northern one to Canada.
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I
Postum is a sure rebuilder and when you cutout tho
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