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The Man
From Hooie
A Novclizaiion of Ills Play
of the Same Name
By BOOTH TARXINGTON and
HARRY ICON WILSON
Copyright, 1900. by American Preaa
Association
CHAPTER XIV.
BLACKMAII,.
PIKE was still standing with the
letter In his band, looking after
F.tliel. when he awoke to (he
realization of what her words
meant to him She had given her
promise, and she did not mean that
anything in the world should make
her revoke it. That promise was sacred
to tier, just ns If It had been spoken
befi re n clergy man.
In his heart Pike knew he would
have to give in If he was to make her
happy, and yet he knew that In mak
ing tier temporarily happy he would
be making her eternally miserable. If
he could have the strength to hold
out against her and refuse to sanction
the marriage ho knew the crew of
aristocrats would never accept her
without the cash, and that by the
terms of John Simpson's will could
never lie theirs without tils consent.
Of his own hopes he could see tint
the faintest glimmering. He had Ir
retrievably offended the girl, and she
would hate him nil her life for It, he
feared. Ills entrance into her new
phase of life had been unfortunate.
llis continuance in It was little else
than on insult, according to her way
of thinking And Jim Cooley, whom
he had trusted to find the flaw in the
Hawcastle escutcheon that he knew
bad existed, had fated him'miserably.
The lawyer felt that he was a long
way from home. He sighed and turned
to where the sun was sinking in a
haze of red across the bay. Then he
heard voice of Horace and chim
ing with It the cultured accents of
Lord Hawcastle. Apparently they
were coming to seek him. She had
reiterated his refusal.
Wearily he turned again to the au
tomobile and leaned against it. As he
did so he heard Horace say:
“Hut Ethel says Mr Pike positively
refuses.”
In return he heard Hawcastle reply:
“Leave him to me. In ten minutes
he will be as meek as a lamb.”
Dumbly Tike wondervd what fresh
argument the earl had to offer aud
ruentally steeled himself against It
As lie looke<l up he encountered the
steady glare of the earl.
“My dear I’lke,” began the latter,
“there is a certain question”—
“I said I would not discuss that with
you. 1 meant what 1 said,” observed
Daniel quietly.
“This is another question,” went on
the other, heedless of the warning or
nt least unaffected by It.
this afternoou I developed a
great anxiety concerning the penalty
prescribed by Italian law for those for
tunate and Impulsive Individuals who
connive at the escape or concealment
of certain unfortunates who are want
ed by the police.’’
Daniel looked at him, with a smile.
you’re all worked up about that,
gre £oy?” JjJawcastle glared at him,
bul went on.
“So deeply that I ascertained the
penalty for It. For the person whose
kind heart has so betrayed him the
penalty Is two years In prison, and
Italian prisons, 1 am credibly Informed,
are—unpleasant.”
IMke ruminated and folded his letter.
“Being In Jail ain't much like au
Elks’ carnival," he observed.
"Even n citizen of your admirable
country could not escape If his com
plicity were proved—lf he were caught
In the act. 1 will bo plain with you."
These last words had an ominous
note. “Let us imagine that a badly
wanted man appeared upon the per
gola here and made an appeal to one
of your countrymen who. for the pur
(j j‘‘ s of argument, is at work upon
’ Ray that the too amiable
. A. Boyi, conceal? the fugitive under
■ii was immobile and afterward, with
( . anivnnoe of a friend, deceives
’* '* .leers of the law and shelters the
I' 1 ' to.nni. say, in a room of that lower
e lm there."
,-.iie looked about in the growing twi
' iht and pointed dramatically to the
jt ,-indow Pike, now thoroughly luter
icsted and with his pulse beating a
rapid tattoo, followed his linger The
earl went on:
' “Imagine, for instance, that the shad
ow which appears upon that curtain
were that of the wanted uiau. Would
you not agree then to a reasonable re
quest?”
Daniel swallowed painfully, for he
saw in some manner that that sway
ing window curtain which had caught
bis eye an hour ago had held a dis
tlnet menace. It seemed too bad that
this should he the end of it all—till the
defenses he had raised for the girl of
his dead friend should be swept away
in an tnstaut by a hit of folly.
“What would he the nature of that
request?" he asked.
“It would concern a certain alliance
--might concern a certain settlement,”
the earl replied softly.
"If the request were refused, what
would the consequences he?" Pike
went on, with lowered eyes, for he
would not trust himself to meet those
of the nobleman.
“Two years at least In prison for
the American.”
"Looks b.'d fer-jthat A meric, n, eh?"
Hike inquired whimsically.
Lord Hawcastle stepped close to
him.
“If this fellow countryman of yours
were assured that the law would be
permitted to take its course if a favor
able answer to a certain question were
not received in an hour within that
hotel, what, in your opinion, would
the answer be?"
Hike looked up from the letter he
was twisting In his hands, and his
thin shoulders took on a squarer atti
tude. He looked ids antagonist square
ly in the eye. but he did not raise tlie
tone of his- voice.
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“HE'D TELL YOU HE'D SEE YOU /.V HADES FIRST."
‘Tr’ would depend a good deal on
which of my countrymen you caught.
If it depended on the one I know best
he'd tell you he’d see you in hades
first.”’
For an instant the earl looked fixed
ly at Daniel, and his face went red
and white by turns. There was a dan
gerous flash in his eyes, and he step
ped a trifle closer and half raised
liis walking stick. Then, with a mut
tered oath, he dropped it, picked up
his hat from tlie bench where he had
thrown it and walked to the hotel
steps.
‘ You have au hour," he said, menac
ingly turning. "At the end of that
time—we will know what to do.”
Daniel must have stood there ten
minutes after Ilawcastle had gone,
and the twilight came down and euvel
oped him with Us softness. As the
lights came out here and there he turn
ed and looked over at the windows of
Yon Grollerhagen's suit and noted the
shadow still ou the window blind.
"Looks to me like doc’s in this tiling
and ought to be told,” he murmured.
lie found his way slowly across the
grass atid up the steps and in another
moment tapped upon the door of the
(Jennan’s rooms. Tlu* door was opened
by Kibiero. who informed him that
Von (IroUerhngen was dressing He
fomnl his friend adjusting .his white
?ravat before a mirror.
Within live minutes he had acquaint
ed the other with all that had passed
and had received a smile in return
Von Grollorhagen refused to take the
matter seriously.
“l’ouf!” he said. “Surely you eftn
trust this Lord Hawcastlo not to men
tion it. He must know that the conse
quences for you as well as for me
would be. to say the least, disastrous.
Surely you made that clear to him.”
Daniel smiled gently.
"No,” he answered grimly. “He made
it clear to me. Two years in jail, and
if I don’t up tuy mind In fifty
minutes from now to do what he
W’ats me to do”—
-wnat is it that he wants you to
do?” asked the German.
“The young lady’s father trusted me
to look after her. and if I won’t prom
ise to let her pay £150,000 for that —
well, you've seen it around here,
haven't you?”
“I have observed It. if you refer to
the son of Lord Ilaweastlc.'' answered
Vun Grollerhagen gravely.
“Well, if I don’t agree to that Ivnnoff
goes to Siberia and you and I to jail.”
Von Grollerbagen looked at him
quickly.
“He threatens that! What do you in
tend to do?”
“I can't agree. There wouldn't be
any trouble to it if It was only me.
They could land me for two years or
twenty. Hut I can’t do what they
want, even to let you and Ivanoff out.
It ain't my money. All I can do is to
hint that you get out right away.
Ivanoff can't go. They’ve got a ring
around this place.”
“You could get away, too, my
friend,” said the German, watching
him softly. “You had not thought of
that?”
“No, sir, and I’m not going to think
of it. But you”—
“As for me, I shall go,” said Von
Grollerbagen. standing up
“Well, that’s part of the load off n:j
mind. I haven’t had the nerve to tell
that poor fellow in there, though.”
Yon Grollerbageu motioned to Ri
blere.
“Appeilez le monsieur la!” he com
manded and pointed to the other door
of the chamber. The man opened it
at once and beckoued to lvanoff.
“Ivanoff, some unexpected difficul
ties have arisen,” said the German.
“The police have discovered your pres
ence here, and persons who wish evil
to my friend have threatened to make
trouble. He can do nothing further
to save you unless he betrays a sacred
trust”
“It’s the truth, old tnau,” said Dan
iel feelingly. “I can’t do it.”
For a moment the Russian refugee
staggered and supported himself with
his hand on the table. Then he looked
up.
“I thank you for what you have
tried to do.”
Von Grollerhagen went on:
“In the meantime my friend believes
Naples a safe place for me. And so
nuf wiedersehen.”
Pike extended his hand, which the
German took.
“Goodby, doc, and God bless you!”
he said. And Von Grollerhagen
squeezed Pike's fingers.
“To our next meeting,” ae said and
in a moment was gone.
CHAPTER XV..
"he's a bvssia.n nosle!”
THE instant he had disappeared
Ivauoff crossed rapidly to the
small table near the bedroom
and picked up u cigarette from
a bos that lay there with a bottle.
“J thought so. Russian!" he said,
and in answer to Pike's look of inquiry
went on. “That man. your friend, who
calls himself Von Grollerhageu, is not
a German—he is a Russian—not only
that—he is a Russian noble. I see it
in a hundred ways that you cannot.”
“He helped us this afternoon," said
Daniel, but Ivauoff did uot seem to
hear him.
“I have felt it inevitable that I
should go back to Siberia ever since I
came here”—
“Herbaps”— began Daniel, but the
other interrupted.
“There la no ‘perhaps’ for me. There
has never been a ‘perhaps’ since I met
Helene, my wife—she who sent me to
the mines, site and my dear English
friend.”
For a moment Daniel was thought
ful; thpn he looked up quickly.
“What was his name?” he asked.
“Glenwood —I shall never forget it,”
the Russian replied. “lie had con
tracts with the ministry of finance.
He supplied hydraulic machinery to
the government. The name Glenwood
means nothing to you, and there are a
million Helenes in France. 1 prayed
God to let me meet them before I was
taken, but”— He paused as a knock
came upon the door. “It is the carabi
nieri!” lie- said hoarsely and shrank
back.
“Not yet,” answered Pike quietly.
“Go back to your room. We won't
throw our hands into the discard until
we’re called, and 1 guess we’ll keep on
raising.” He waited a moment until
Ivanoff had retired and then opened
the door. Mariano stood without bow
ing.
“Milndi Creech—she ask you would
speak with her a few minutes,” he
said.
“Where is site?” asked Pike.
“Here, sir,” replied the man.
“Tell her to come right in. Ah, come
in. ma’am.” he went on as Lady Creech
appeared in the doorway. When he
had closed the door behind her she
said coldly:
“My brother-in law fools that some
one well acquainted with Miss,Gran
ger-Si mpson's ambitions and her inner
nature should put the case finally to
you before we proceed to extremities,”
she said.
“Yes, ma’am.” answered Daniel.
“My brother-in-law has made us
aware of the state of affairs, and wo
are all quite in sympathy as to what
should be done to you, but in the kind
ness of our hearts We condone your
offense- if you accede to our reasona
ble demands.”
Daniel looked at his watch.
“In twenty minutes?” he asked.
“In twenty minutes,” she replied
frigidly.
“You say he told all of y* \\ Did h *
tell Miss Ethel?” Daniel asked.
“it has not been thought proper.
Young girls should be shielded frmu
everything disagreeable." she answer
ed pompously, and Daniel grinned.
“Yes. ma'am,” he raid. “That was
the idea that got me into this trouble.
You see. I knew your interest in her.
I've handled all her accounts”—
"If you don’t mind we’ll omit all
tradesmanlike references," remarked
the old lady acidly. “It has been sug
gested that you make this opposition
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because you have a sentimental inter
est in the young lady yourself. We
can comprehend no other grounds."
“Me!” echoed Daniel in surprise.
“You can’t ‘comprehend.’ But you can
comprehend I could have no hope,
can’t you?”
“One never knows,” replied Lady
Creech loftily. “We had thought to
offer her an alliance with a family
that for 700 years’—
“Yes, ma’am, I know—Crecy and
Agiucourt,” interjected Pike, hut she
paid no attention.
—“has never been sullied by the low
ideals of trade and barter”—
“Wait a minute, Mrs. Creech,” said
Daniel quickly, tugging at his coat
pocket. “I’ve got a letter right here
that tells me your brother-in-law was
in business—and 1 respect him for it—
only a few years ago.”
“A letter from whom?” demanded
the lady angrily, rising.
“Jim Cooley, our vice consul at Lon
don. lie says Mr. Mawcastle”—
“Mr. Hawcastle!” ejaculated Lady
Creech.
“Well, 1 can call a person cap or doc
or colonel, but I don’t just know how
to use the words you have over here
far those things. I don’t mean any dis
respect. Just let me run on in my own
way. Jim says your brother-in-law
was in btisiness in Russia”—he stopped
suddenly, for an idea had occurred to
him—“ln business in Russia!” he
peated dazedly. “Why didn't I th*c
of that”—
“Since some of your officials have
been spying”— Lady Creech began, but
he interrupted.
“Never mind. He was in business in
Russia. I don’t say he was peddling
shoestrings or Wienerwurst” she
screamed. “He was probably”- he
stopped a moment and looked at her.
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"Have you ever heard of the name of—
Glenwood t" he‘asked quickly.
“He did not have contracts with the
government for hydraulic machinery,
I suppose?” he asked tensely. The old
woman tossed her head.
“Even if he did, he protected the his
toric name,” she replied proudly.
“I believe yen!” said Daniel fervent
ly. “Have you ever heard the name of
—Glenwood?” he asked quickly.
“Is your mind wardering?” asked
Lady Creech. “Glenwood ITiory is the
name of the property Hawcastle inher
ited from his mother. Can you state
its connection with the subject:’’
Daniel almost staggered with the
thought—the knowledge that came to
him. He looked up.
“That’s how he protected it.” he
said. “He took the name of—Glen
wood. God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform! Lady Creech,-
tell your brother-in-law he can hav£
his answer here—in ten minutes.”
As she swept from the room In dig
nified amazement Hike sank into a
chair for a moment and fairly glowed
with eagerness.
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bring them to us to
be photographed?
We will give you -a
picture that will make
you prouder still.
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