—-— A ROMANCE By Louis Joseph Vance § Illustrations by Ray Walters Copyright, 1910, by Louis joseph Vance.) SYNOPSIS. Garrett York City invites him CRI although he dislike son Hheling t erine Thaxter that Blackstock friend man of kstock, wh epts ung uins Bla ‘oast mes Ts ol » party Van ckst ack CHAPTER XXi~—(Co ntinued satisfied thia, won't Here, you?" with CO nanaged Chang to a side sea! rail A sullen spray, were Together dim the 4 * " and ther stable culty they raise body of over the shower of moonlight, the rite molten silver | 1 i all his funera “And now for the quick” said pleyard; "and quick’s the word" But as they approached Blackstock the man drawing upon some uns pected reserve of nervous dberately if with torturing together, lifted a Ap force, rid himself the wheel and slipped off the box to the seat to leeward of a smile showed upon his face, for a fugitive instant there shone from his eyes a gleam of their one time mocking luster, a little and diadainful, altogether unrepent ant. Then with a long sigh, his chin dropped down on his breast again “Thanks,” sald Appleyard, callousliy “you've saved us a deal of end exertion, I'm sure. Coast, the wheel, will you, while | get Mr Blackstock a drink and see what can be done to save his worthless hide for a more evil end.” +11 ¢ pulled over take the box. he asked Blackstock roused at the query and raised his head, staring round the hori. zon. “Vineyard sound,” he croaked hoarsely, with a nod to leeward, where, against the pale blue splendor of the sky the twin red masthead bea- cons of the light vessel watched them, several miles abeam Coast consulted Appleyard’s face. “New Bedford?” he asked, tersely. “Any idea where we are?” concerned,” he added; “especially if this festive hydrophoblac Is to get proper ritendance.” With a snort of disgust he moved her course; then turned and went for wurd to the companion door, descend: ing to the cabin, Thereafter for a little Coast heard the murmur of Apple volce, civil and pleasant contending with Katherine's that she was arguing own wishes and natural yard's firm, understood against her ald, while the little And was furnished when blonde-thatched the sort detective's small, madam,” he “Leave him to me; I'm: an old hand at first ald to the In fured, and | can do for him nore than you'd dare attempt. If there's the slightest need of | be the first to let you know.” He wagged his head obstinately and on deck, grumbling privately personal oplolon us eral and the feminine “Don't worry, WHS say perverse intracta sex himself hefore Bl the interim had of lethargy half gl ity of Balancing cK, who in good ass of evard holding Said. . a corner, where they (inss In ger of and sre in no dan werturning, now that a trained the helm and the E« r and easily to a leading n harf a mo,” he continue “I'm to get this motor going and this he dropped into and then I'll have a look at your inds " He flywheel was at ho me the open engine bent over and began to the Slowly the warming spirit worked a hange in Blackstock, lending fictitious and evanescent sense strength. He straightened up against the back of the seat, a faint tou dyeing hia cheeks, and with a half-smlile the little work What's the use? ly in a volce tofore What's the use Appleyard sharply, “Of troubling with save my life? Oh him a ' Color peculiar watched * he asked abrupt more clear than here of what?’ asked looking up me-trying to With a suaden cough motor began to hum; Appleyard down on the edge of the hatch coaming, folded his hands before him ¢ye the wounded “1 don’t know,” he said with an alr of open confession. “I don’t know, Business, so far as I'm con commonplace humanity with the ant cerned, Coast, sense, Why? -gaved?" Soberly Blackstock head. “No,” he sald evenly the usa? I'!n at the end of my tether, Don't you want to be shook his heavy of life's concerned to be only a burden to me {rom now on, Prefer to be let alone. He swung his head as were lead, to bring his gaze to rest on Coast: for a full minute be eyed him steadily, wonderingly; then with a lit vy only in everything'll of you. With me out of it, more smoothly for all way run stood swaying while Appleyard geat and Coast from his duty watched bim In amaze and " sald the man slowly, recently spoken briefly and without like that I'm which you can't No; I'm just a I've played the you can't under played ono the I've lost out and paid for intend ever to again tepentance? iterating word. He laughed mirth “No: nothing not that sort understand as If BOme bad game | lager, that's all liked-—which either, for and you side It's over a8 much as | He smile pay his curious, “That's Here Illes a smiled all bad lemen heavily on the convey respects 10 »" Obituary R. 1. P He Gent leaned coOam Kindly wife-—and regrets With an NR ymprehen ing awakening tried sud exclamation of Appleyard to lift himself wekstock sno y down at him y late.” he sal . , mph at G'dn i » (‘oast had grasped an s¢ the man, ut fo Jion denly out of the engine fled strange and ight inkling placing rth his fing! ounce plunged over the slide wheel down hard and up into th wake That's All. *“G'd-Night. against his chest and thrust yack upon the box Sin Appleyard fiat t itaneou gent 1 oes & id Seward seized the wheel the gpokes spinning round to With a jerk the boom shot off and the mainsheet tautened cried Applera rd, wizened face singularly white and sol emn in the moonlight ‘No, let him go—-iet him go the way he wants to go, 1 tell 40 whatever God he owns, with this, at least one decent act to plead for mercy on his soul!’ [THE END.}] and No!" his small ¥yot~ it Induces Some to Drink, Others to Be Profane, and Others to Tell Falsehoods. When riding on the harbor boats use your ears steam Then you will paying heed to the Intentionally aud! blp remarks of your neighbor It will be possible to pick up more inaccurate Information than in any other piace In ‘he city The deck of a ferry or the rall of a steamer acts curiously on the If It does not know, It will risk a guess, and the wilder the it is well known that salt water acts in freakish ways on the conscience. To some It brings an overwhelming Im pulse to get drunk; to others it brings never think of fibbing from gin to tell the most shocking whoop —— AARON. More Pressing. “Did you ever consider that eld prob tem of where all the pins go? “No, | am going to take up the so ution of that problem sas soon as | have learned where all the dollars Interest | at Harrisburg. Prison Case To Court. Board of Publi ommendations for the the The whose rec State Charities, better county Gre management of Jalil ders” Dauphin and the abolition of "kitchen were ignored by the have determined to prison in- the notice spectors, bring conduct of the inapectors to the of the Dauphin county « trict atic word f » I" the ourt and dis- ney When the wis received that the jail as to sal were the same as i mittes nspeciad had thare o Bigelow Names Superintendents. ! Test Treasurer's EI * { tstand State Seeks Ou ly $15.8 { Breaks Wrist Kenneds of the Harrisburg Water Department, ing a party of the in Capitol. George G superinter a fell while escort Balt more officials through Capitol broke his wrist Notwithatal injuries he accompani the office of t} wing his jedd hin guests ie yovernor Students Guiltiess Of Cheating. All of High School charges of cheating in tions having been found the faculty Deas gident T Dickinson, delivered the the the Ce yy § 1 nirai the Seniors of graduated, the examina by p, of were baseless A Noble address State Gets 600 Acres Of Land. The State Forestry Commission has purchased six hundred acres of forest land in Shirley township, Huntingdon county, for addition to the The land is well wooded and adjacent to one of the largest reserves reserves Sugar Company Takes On Debt. The Pennsylvania Sugar Manufae- turing Company, of Philadelphia, filed notice of an increase of debt from nothing to $1,040,000 Heldelberg Daniel D. Fisher, liam A. Schall and Daniel K. Flannery | Sunbury. 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