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rfonorrf Tavtrnakt befriends BeaMee Frank
ttm, n' American plti In dllrr In London.
We jlrre. ftor rorn commuting tuMne, anl
?lvti her n ponltion 01 hnvetkeeper '"'
nM -' lo . brotfcfr ni . , ShprUu
after, Ur. WtnSam Oantner, ?"lrj er.
fries a mnfco Tavernake letl tcier Hilrle i,
fc At rec W. Oardr It an adven
IHtf, Who ftat mitrrirf n rich "n """ '!
keeping him prttonrr In o dttolnlt jmrt 0
Knutnnd. SA o0' lo Nuance Taiernakt In
0 real rilatf epeculalloH. . ,,,.
lfr ih, rfrtl ntoht Tavernake ftltttt ner Jor
l Ural rm He It IroiiMrt Ot ! WgJ'
to biullut tltler. Blltobtln. frt.
"AnTw-rrtcon tclllre. PrUehard. JJJ
emnfc lhal Mr. Onrrfner It nttoc tallso
MW 0 cn,o-t. , TavernaktieM her thlu
.df Tavernake propositi to llealrlce, uho not
fed rotii Aim, nnd It tefuaed . ... .1
velirlrrf 'lute n dr.frlcd fcoiue. "" " -Van
pnttrtffc. row iiron our ottorfolf 'r
FnMntr,, bpil upon killing de,"lSh.t
lucki, move he mvt Vrtnhard't lift. " ne
dau ho tttl an IrrttltllUt drslrc lo tee nn.
Gardner again. .ii,j
JJrnlrtee fld nrr .er tire rmnt.Mly,
Wenham Gardner ('b"jSi
to Ml! KUtnbeth. hli irlc. She It taicu v
Tawmokt rind rrltenarrt.
CHAPTEU XXVI.
A CMSIS.
"I don't like you. rrilchnriU" h
.hrlekcd. "I don't want to go w "
I wnnt tb stuy with BlUabeth. X om
i ntmia ot her. She'd tlko to
kill mc.'l know, but she's too clcvor-oh,
Rhc's too. clever! I'd tlko to fitay with
her."
Prltehnnl led htm away.
"We'll see noout It later on." ho snld.
"You'd better como with me Just now."
The door closed behind them. Tavcr
nako staRRered up.
"t must go," he declared. "I must go,
too."
Elizabeth waa soublns nulctly to her
sett. She seemed scarcely to hear him.
On the threshold Tavcrnnko turned back.
"That money," he asked, "the money
you were golntt to lend me-was that
his?"
She looked up and nodded. Tnvornako
went slowly out.
Prltchard was the first visitor who had
ever found his way Into Tavernake's
lodgings. It was barely S o'clock on the .
same morning. Tavcrnnke. hollow-eyed ,
and bewildered, sat up upon the sofa and
gazed across tho room.
"Prltchard!" he exclaimed. "Why,
what do you want?"
Prltchard laid h's hat and gloves upon
the table. Already his first swift glance
had taken In the detnlN of the little
apartment. The overcoat and hat which
Tavornake had worn tho night before
lay by his side. The table was still ar
ranged for some meal of the previous
day. Apnrt from these things, a slnglo
glance assured him that Tavernako had
not been In bed.
Prltchard drew up an easy-chair and
seated him .elf deliberate .
"My young friend," he announced, "I
have como to the conclusion that you
need some more ndvice."
Tavernako rose to hla feet. Ills own
reflection In the looking-glass startled
him. H.s hair was crumpled, his tie
undone, tho marks of his night of ngony
' were all too apparent. Ho felt himself
tt a disadvantage.
'How did you find me out?" lie, asked.
"I never gave you my address."
Prltchard smiled.
"Even in this country, with a little
help," he said, "those thlngx are easy
enough. I mado up my mind that this
morning would be to some extent a
crisis with you. You know, Tavcrnnke,
I am not a man who sayo much, but you
are the right sort. You've been In with
me twice when I should have missed
you If you hadn't buen there."
Tavornake seemed to have lost tho
power of speech. He had relapsed again
Into his place upon tho sofa. He simply
waited.
"How in the name of mischief," Prltch
ard continued. Impressively, "you came
to be mixed up In the lhes of tills amiable
trio I cannot Imagine! I am not saying
n word against Miss Beatrice, mind. AH
that surprises me Is that you and sho
should over Jiave como together, or, hav
ing come together, that you should ever
have exchanged a word. You aee, I nm
liere to speak plain truths. You are, I
take it, a good sample of the hard, stub
born, middle-class Briton. Theso three
people of whom I have spoken belong
Miss Beatrice, perhaps, by foice of cir
cumstances but still they do belong to
the land of Bohemia. Howovcr, when ono
has got over the surprise of finding you
tin Intimate terms with JIIs Beatrice,
there comes a more amazing thing. You,
with hard common sense written every
where in your fnce, have been prepared at
any moment, for all I know are pre
pared now, to make an utter and complete
idiot of yourself over ElUabeth Gardner."
tttlll Tavernake did not speak. Prltch
ard looked at him curiously.
"Say." ho went on, "I havo come here
to do you a service. If I cun. So far as
I know at present, this very wonderful
young; lady has kept on the right side of
tho law. But Bee here, Tavernake. she's
been on tho wrong side of everything
that's decent and straight all her davs.
Bhe married that poor creature for his
money and set herself deliberately to
drive him ort his head. Last night's
tragedy was her doing, not his, though
lie. poor devil, will have to end his days
in an asylum, nnd the lady will have hla
money to maka herself more beautiful
than ever with. Not X am going to let
you behind the scenes, my young friend."
Then Tavernake rose to Ills feet. In tho.
shabby little room he seemed to have
Brown suddenly taller. He struck the
crazy table with his clenched (1st so that
the crockery upon It rattled. Prltchard
was used to seeing men strong men. too
moved by various passions, but In Taver
ralie'a face he seemed to see new things.
"Prltchard," Tavernake exclaimed, "I
tfpn't want to hear another word!"
Prltchard smiled.
"Look here," he said, "what I am going
to tell you is the truth. What I am
Ruins to tell you I'd an soon say in the
presence of the lady as here."
Tavernake took a step forward and
Vr!tcharI suddenly realized the man who
had thrown himself tnrough that little
opening In the wall, one against three,
without a thought of danger.
"If you say a single word more against
her." Tavernake shouted hoarsely, "I
enalt throw you out ot the room!"
Prltchard stared a him. Thr was
something amazing about this young
man's attitude, something which he could
r t.t v. t'.'lly grasp. He could sea. too, that
1 a. rrnakft 9 words wer o few simply
le.aune be was treirbUnij under the in'
fluent of an tmnjtnse iiaanioH.
If you won't listen," Prltchard de
ard. ajowty. "I can't talk Still, you've
Ot eomon wnse. I take It You've the
v.uinsri pawtit of Judg'iiu between right
mvX wreuue and knowing when a man or a
t?MB9i'a benest I wjut to yave you "
'ttenee!' Tavernaka txclalmed 'T.rv.ii
lere, prltchard " he went on. breathing
a. IHtle mare naturally now. "you came
luire maantug to do ih- right thin,; I
loi 'J w tbjtt You'it an ilhi only ou
?) t understand You doa't umlMatand
t.ie sort o" i-ron I am I aw jjt $
eU, 1 luvi worked for my owj VHbf
A Tale of Love, Mystery and Intrigue
up here In Lohtlon sltico I was 12. I wits
a man, so far as work nnd Independence
went, nt IB. Since then I have had my
shoulder to the whec; I have lived on
nothing; I hnva made n llttlo money
where It didn't seem possible, t have
worried my way Into posts which It
seemed that no ono could think of giving
me, but nil the tlmo I have lived 111 n
little corner of the world-llko that."
His linger suddenly described a. rlrclo
In the air.
"You don't understnnd-yoU can t. ho
went on, "but there It Is. I never spoke
to n omnn until 1 spoke to Beatrice.
Chnnce made me her friend. I begnn to
understand the outside o( somo of those
things which I had never cvon dreamed
of before. She set me right In many
ways. I began to rend, think, nlworb llttlo
bits of the rent world, ft was nil wonder
ful. Then Kllznbeth came. I met her,
too, by nccldenl-nhe ciimo to my ollloe
for n houie Kllxnbctlit"
Prltchnrd found something almost
pathetic In the sudden dropping of Tnver
nnke's voice, the softening ot his fnce.
"I don't know what lo talk about thoee
things." Tnvcrnuke snld, simply. "There's
n llternturo that's renelied from before
tho Hlblo to now, full of nothing else.
Ifr all os old as the nllls. I suppose I
nm about the only snric man In this city
who knew nothing of it; but I did know
nothing of It, nnd she wns tho ilrst
woman. Now you understand. I can't
henr n word against her I won't! Sho
may be wlint you snv. If so, she's got
to tell mo so lintnclf!"
"You mean Hint you nre golm: to be
lieve any story sho likes to put up?"
"t mean that I am going to her," Tavcr
nnke answered, "and I have no lden In
the world whnt will hnppen-whethcr I
shall bellcvo her or not. I enn seo whnt
you think of mo," ho went on, becoming
a little more himself as the stress of un
nccustomed speech pnssed him by. "I
will tell you something that will show
you Hint I rcallzo 11 good deal. I know
the difference between Beatrice nnd
Elizabeth. Less than a week ngo I asked
Bcatrlco to marry me. It wns the only
way I could think of, the only wny I
could kill the fever."
"And Beatrice?" Prltchnrd asked, curi
ously. "Sho wouldn't," Tavernake replied.
"After nil, why should she? I have my
way to make yet. I can't expect others
to believe In me as 1 believe In myself.
She wns kind, but she wouldn't."
Prltchnrd lit a cigar.
"Look hero, Tavernake," he snld. "you
nre n young man, you've got your life
before you nnd life's n biggish thing.
Empty out those romantic thoughts ot
yours, roll up your shirt sleeves nnd get
nt It. You nre not one of these weaklings
Hint need a woman's whispers in their
ears to spur them on. You can work
without that It's only n chapter in your
life the pnsnlng of these three people.
A few months ngo you knew nothing
of them. Let them go. Get hack to where
you were."
Then Tavernake for tho first time
lnughcd a laugh thnt pounded even
nnturnl.
"Have you ever found n man who could
do thnt?" he asked. "The candle gives
n good light sometimes, but you'll never
think It the finest Illumination In the
world When vou"' e scn the sun. Xevcr
mind me, Prltchnrd. I'm going to do my
best, still there's one thing thnt nothlns
will niter. I nm going to mnke that
woman tell me her story, I nm going to
listen to the wny she tells It to me.
You think that whero women are con
corned I nm a fool. I am, but there Is
one great boon which has been vouch
safed to fools they enn tell the truo from
the fnlfe. Some sort of Instinct, I sup
pose. Elizabeth shull tell me her storv
nnd I shall know, when she tells it,
whether she Is what you say or what
she hns seemed to me."
Prltchnrd held out his hnnd.
'You're n queer sort, Tnvernnke," ho
declnred. "You lake life plaguy seriously.
I only hope you'll get all out of It you
expect to. So long!"
Taverrnke opened the window after his
visitor had gone nnd lenned out for
some few minutes, letting the fresh air
Into the close, st'fllng room. Then ho
went upstnlrs, bathed and chnnged his
clothes, mnde some pretense nt break
fast, went through his letters with mcth
odlcnl exactness. At 11 o'clock he set out
upon his pilgrimage.
ciiapteu xxvir
TAVEBN'AKE CHOOSES.
Tnvernnke was kept waiting In the hnll
of the Milan Court for nt least half an
hour before Elizabeth wns prepared to
see him. He wandered aimlessly nbout
wntchlng the people come and go, look
ing out Into the flower-hung courtynid,
curiously unconscious of himself and of
his errand, unable to concentrate hla
thoughts for a moment, yet filled nil the
tlmo with the dull nnd unensy sensation
of one who moves In .1 dream. Every
now and then he heard scraps of con
versation from the servants nnd passers
by, referring to the last night's Incident.
He picked up n paper, but threw it down
nftcr only n casual glnnco nt the pnrn-g-aph.
t He saw enough to convince him
thnt rtfr tho present, nt any rate, Eliza
beth seemed assured of a certain amount
of ympnthy. Tho career of poor Wen
ham Gardner was set down In black and
white, with little extenuntlon, little
mercy. Ills misdeeds In Paris, his career
In New York. Bpoke for themselves. He
was quoted as a type, n, decadent of tho
most debauched Instincts, to whom crime
was a relaxation nnd vice n habit. Taver
nake would read no more. Ho might have
been nil these things, and yet she had
become hla wife!
At last came tu message for which he
wns waiting. As usual, her maid met him
at the door of her suite and ushered him
In. Elizabeth was dressed for the part
very s'mply, with a suggestion oven of
mourning In her gray gown. Sho wel
comed him with a pathetic smile.
"Onco more, my dear friend." she said,
"I have to thank you."
Her fingers closed upon his and she
smiled Into his face. Tavernake found
hlmsilf curiously unresponsive. It was
the same smile, nnd he knew very woll
that he hlmseli had not changed, yet It
seemed as though life Itself were In a
state of suspense for him.
"You, too, are looking grave this morn
ing, my friend," she continued. "Oh, how
hprrlblo It has all been! Within the last
two hours I haye had at least five re
porters, a gentleman from Scotland Yard,
another from the American Ambassador
to see me It U too terrible, of course,"
she went on. "Wenham's people are
doing all they can to make It worse.
They want to know why we were not
together, why he was living In the
country and I In town. They are trying
to show that he was under restraint there,
as If such a thing were possible! Mathers
was hte own servant poor Slathers!"
She alKhed and wiped hr eyes. Still
Tavernake said nothing". She looked at
him. a little surprised.
"You are not vry sympathetic" atie
observed. "P!eae come and U down
bv my side and I wnl show you some
thing." He moved toward her, but he did not
sit down She stretched out h.er hand and
nicked somsthlBg up from the table, hold
ing It toward him Tavernake took It
mechanically and held It In his Queers.
It was a cheque for twelve thousand
pniladtt
'"Vou km." abe said. "I have not for
geMWO. This U the day. Isn't ItT If you
like, you can stay and have lunch with
OF TAVERNAKE
mo up here nnd wo will drink to the
success of our speculation."
Tnvernnke held the cheque In his
fingers; ho mnde no motion to pUt It In
his pocket. She looked at him with a
puzzled frown upon her face.
"Do talk or say something, please!' she
exclaimed. "You look nt mo like some
grim figure. Sny something. Sit down
nnd bo nnturnl."
"May t nsk you sotno questions?"
"Of course you mnj," sho replied. "You
may do nnythlng sooner thnn stnnd there
looking so nrlni nnd unbending. Whnt is
It you want lo know?"
"Did you understand thnt Wenhnm
Onnlner wns this sort of mnn when you
married him?"
She shrugged her shouldern slightly.
"1 suppose I did," she ndmlttcd.
"You married him, tnen, only because
ho wns rich?"
Sho smiled.
"Whnt else do women ninrry for, my
tlenr moralist?" she demanded. "It Isn't
my fault If It doesn't sound pretty. One
must linvo money!"
Tavernake Inclined his bend gravely;
lie mnde no sign to dissent.
"You two came over to Englnnd," he
went on, "with Beatrice nnd your fnther.
Bcntrlce left you beendsc she dlsnpprovod
of rertnln things "
Eliznhcth nodded.
"You may ns well know the truth." she
snld. "Bentrlco hns the most nbsurd
Ideas. After n week with Wenhnm, I
knew thnt he wnR not n person with
whom nny womnn could possibly live.
Itli valet wns really only his keeper;
ho wns subject to such mnd fltn thnt ho
needed some one nlwnys with him. I
I wns obliged to lonve him In Cornwall. I
1 rnn't tell yon everything, but It wns nb-
Bolutcly Impossible fot me to go on living
with him."
"Beatrice." Tnvernnke remarked,
'thought otherwise."
Elizabeth looked nt lilm quickly from
below her eyelids. It wns hnrd. however,
to gnther anything from Ills fnce.
"Beatrice thought otherwise," Elizabeth
admitted. "She thought thnt I ought to
nurse him. put up with him. give up all 1
mv frlendi nnd try to Keep 111m nnvc.
Whv, It wo.ild have been nbsolute mar
tyrdom, misery for me," she declared.
Mow could I bo expected to do such a
thine?"
Tnvemnko nodded gravely.
"And tho money ," he nuked.
"Well, perhaps thera I wns n trlfic cal
culating," she confessed. "But you," she
added, nodding nt the ohequo In his
hnnd. "shouldn't grumble nt that. I knew
when wc were married thnt I should
have trouble. His people hated mc, nnd
1 knew thnt In the event of nnythlng
hnppenlng like this thing which hns hap
pened, they would try to get ns little ns
possible allowed me. So before wc left
New York, I got Wenhnm to turn ns
much ns over he could Into ensh. That
we brought nwny with us."
"And who took enre of It?"
Elizabeth smiled.
"I did," she answered, "naturally."
"Tell me nbout Inst night." Tnvernnke
said. "I suppose I nm stupid, but I don't
quite understand."
"How should you?" she answered.
"Listen, then. Wenhnm. I suppose got
tired of being shut up with Mathers,
although I nm sure I don't see what eleo
wns possible. So he waited for his op
portunity, and when the man wasn't look
ingwell, you know what happened," sho
ndded, with a shiver. "He got up to
London somehow nnd mnde his wny to
Dover stieet."
"Why Dover street?"
I suppose you know," Elizabeth ex
plained, "that Wenhnm hns a brother
Jerry who Is exactly like him. These 1
two hnd rooms In Dover street nlwnys.
where they kept some English clothes nnd
n servant. Jerry Gnrdner wns over in I
London. I knew thnt, and was expecting 1
to seo him every day. Wenhnm found
his way to the rooms, dressed himself
In his brother's clothes, even wore his
ring nnd some of his Jewelry, which he
know I should recognize, nnd enme here.
I believed yes, I believed nil the time."
she went oil, her voice trembling, "that
it wns .lerrv who wns sitting with me.
Once or twice I had n sort of terrlblo
shiver. Then I remembered how much
they were nllko nnd It Becmed to mo
ridiculous to bo afraid. It wns not till
we got urstnlrs, till the door was closed
behind me, that ho turned round and I
know!"
Hor head fell suddenly Into her hnnds.
It wns almost the first sign of emotion.
Tnvernnke analyzed It mercilessly. He
knew very well that It was fear, the
cownrd'H fear of that terrlblo moment.
'And now?"
"Now." rho went on, more cheerfully,
"no ono will venturo to deny thnt Wen
hnm Is mnd. Ho will be placed under
lesi-rnlnt, of course, nnd tho courts will
make mo nn allowance. Ono thing Is ab
solutely certain, nnd that Is that ho will
not llvo a venr."
Tnvernnke hnlf closed his eyes. Was
there no sign of his suffering, no warning
noto of tho things which were passing
out of his life! Tho womnn who smiled
upon him seemed to see nothing. The
twitching of his fingers, tho slight quiver
ing of his face, she thought was because
of his fear for her.
"And now," Hhe declared. In n suddenly
altered tone, "this is nil over nnd done
with. Now you know everything. There
nre no more mysteries." sho ndded, smil
ing at him delightfully. "It Is all very
terrible, of course, but I- feel ns though
a grent weight hnd passed nwny. You
nnd I nre going to be friends, nre we
nof"
Sho rose slowly to her feet and came
toward him. His eyes watched her slow,
graceful movements ns though fascinated.
Ho remembered on that first visit of his
how wonderful he hnd thought her walk.
.She was still smiling up nt him; her
flncers fell upon his shoulders.
"You are such n strange person." sho
murmured. "You nren't a little hit like
nny of tho men I've ever known, nny
of the men I havo ever cared to have as
friends. There Is something about you
altogether different. I suppose that Is
whv I rather like you. Are you glad?"
For n single wild moment Tnvernnke
hesitated. She wns bo close to him that
her hair touched his forehead, the breath
from her upturned lips fell upon his
cheeks Her blue eyes were half plead
ing, hnlf Inviting.
"You are going to be my very dear
friend, nre you not Leonard?" she whis
pered. "I do feel that I need some one
strong like you to help me through these
days."
Tavernake suddenly seized the hands
that were upon his shoulders, and forced
them back. She felt herself gripped as
though by a vise, and a sudden terror
seized her. He lifted her up and she
caught a glimpse of his wild, Bet face.
Then the breath came through his teeth,
lie shook all over, but the fit had
passed. He simply thrust her away from
him.
"No," he said, "we aannot be friends!
You are a woman without a heart, you
are a murderess!"
He tore her cheque calmly In pieces
and I! unjc them soornfully away. She
stood looking at him, breathing quickly,
white to the II pa though the murder
bad gone from hla eyes.
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"Beatrice warned me," ho went on;
"Prltchnrd wnrned inc. Borne things I
snw for myself, but 1 suppose I was mnd.
Now I knowl"
Ho turned nwny. Her ryes followed him
womlerjngly.
"Leonard," she cried out, "you nre not
going llko this? You don't mean Itt"
Rver nfterward his restraint amazed
him. He did not icply. Ho closed both
doors firmly behind him and walked
lo the lift. She came even lo tho outside
door nnd cnllcd down tho corridor.
"Leonnrd, come back for one moment!"
Ho turned his head nnd looked nt her,
looked nt her from the corner of tho
corridor, stendfnstly and without speech.
Her lingers dropped from the handle of
tho door. Sho went bnck Into her room
with shaking knees, nnd begnn to cry
softly. Aftcrwnrd sho wondered nt her
self. It wns tho first time Bhe hnd cried
for many yenrs.
Tavernako walked to the city nnd In less
thnn hnlf nn hour's time found himself
In Mr. Mnrtin's office. Tho Inwycr wel
comed him warmly.
"I'm Jolly glad to see you, Tavernake,"
he declared. "I hope you've got the
money. Sit down."
Tnvernnke did not sit down; ho hnd for
gotten, Indeed, to tnke off hla lint.
"Mnrtln," he snld, "t nm sorry for you.
J hnvc been fooled nnd you linvo to pay
us well as 1 hnvc. I enn't tnko up tho
option on tho property. I hnven't a penny
toward It except my own money, nnd you
know how much that In. You enn Bell
my plots, If you like, nnd call tho money
your costs. I've finished."
Tho Inwycr looked at him with wide
open mouth.
,rWhat on enrth nre you talking nbout.
Tavornake?" he exclaimed. "Aro you
drunk, by nny chnnce?"
"No, I nm quite sober." Tnvernnke an
swered. "I have mnde one or two bad
mistakes, that's all. You hnvc n power
of attorney for me. You can do whnt
you llko with my Innd. mnke nny terms
you plcnse. Oood-dny!"
"But, Tnvernnke, look here!" the Inwycr
protested, springing to his feet. "I Bny,
Tnvernnke!" he called out.
But Tnvernnke henrd nothing, or, If ho
heard, he took no notice. Tt,. ivnikerl
out Into the street nnd wns lost among
the hurrying throngs upon tho pavements.
BOOK TWO.
CHAPTER I.
NEW HOIMZONS.
Toward the sky-line, across the level
country, stumbling nnd crawling over the
deep-hewn dikes, wndlng sometimes
through the mud-oozing swnmp, Tnver
nnke. who hnd left the small l-nllwnv
terminus on foot, made Ills wny that
night steadily scnwnrd, ns 0110 pursued by
some relentless nnd Indefntlgnble enemy.
His clothes were enked with mud, his
hnlr tossed with the wind, his cheeks
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All pictures made with authority of the commanding officers of the warring armies.
A Dash Into the Very Thick of the Battle You See It All The Great Toll of War
Daring Aerial Maneuvers Bursting of Bombs Actual Fighting
Zeppelins flying over the outskirts of Paris; engagement of British and German
ships; artillery battle outside Louvain; Belgian-German fight at Namur; German
army entering Brussels; field guns in action near Antwerp; the armored train at
Arvin firing broadsides as it passes (the daring photographer was standing on
the cab of the engine, unprotected, while taking this picture) ; the bombardment
of Ghent, and a thousand other details of life and death.
Newly Arrived Film Shows Kaiser at Front
3000 feet of film that show the Kaiser right in the smoke of ' battle planning his
campaigns encouraging his men. These pictures are shown for the first time in
this country.
Special limited engagement at the Forrest Theatre beginning Monday, March Stir
two performances daily: 2:30 and 8:30 P. M. Admission 25c and 50c.
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pale, hH eyea set with the despair of that
fierce upheaval through which he had
passed For many hours the torture
which find driven him bnck toward his
blrthplnce hod triumphed over his phy
sical exhaustion Now came tho time,
howovcr, when the lnttcr asserted Itscir.
With n half-stifled monn ho collapsed.
Sheer fnllguo Induced a brief but merci
ful spell of unensy slumber. Ho lay upon
his bnck nenr one of the brondcr dikes,
his arms outstretched, his unseeing eyes
turned townrd the sky. The darkness
deepened nrtd pnssed away again before
the light of the moon. When nt Inst
he sat up, It wns a new world upon
which he looked, a strange land, moon
lit In plnccs, yet full of shndowy sombcr
nesn. Ho gazed wonderlngly around for
tho moment he hnd forgotten. Then
memory came, nnd with memory onco
moio tho stab nt his heart. Ho roso to
his feet and went resolutely on his way.
Townrd evening with many n thrill of
reminiscence, ho descended a steep hill
nnd wnlkcd Into n queer time-forgotten
vlltnge, whoso scnttered red-tiled cottnges
were built nround nn arm of tho sea.
Boldly enough now he entered tho ono
Inn which flaunted its sign upon the cob
bled street, nnd, taking a scat In Ilia
stonc-floorcd kitchen, ate nnd drnnk nnd
bespoke a bed. Later on, 110 stroi eu
down to tho quny nnd mado friends with
tho few fishermen who wcro loitering
there. They nnswered his questions
rendlly. although he found It hard nt first
to pick up ngnln the dialect of which
ho himself had once mado use The
llttlo place was scaicely chnnged. All
progress. Indeed, seemed to have passed
It by. , ,
On tho second night nftcr his arrival,
he wnlkcd with tho bont-bullder upon tho
wooden quay. The bont-bullder's name
wn3 Nlcholls, nnd he wns a mnn of somo
means, deacon of the chnpcl, with n fnlr
connection ns 11 Jobbing enrpenter, nnd
possessor of tho only horse nnd cart in
tho place.
"Nlcholls." Tavernake snld, "you don t
remember me, do you?"
The bont-bullder shook his hend slowly
nnd ponderously.
"There wns Blchnrd Tnvernnke who
farmed the low fields," lie remnrked,
remlnlsccntly. "Mnybo you'ro n son of
his. Now I como to think of It, lie hnd
a boy nppicntlccd to the carpentering."
"I wns tho boy," Tnvernnke nn-iwercd.
"I soon hnd enough of It and went to
London."
"You'm grown out of nil knowledge,"
Nlcholls declnred, "but I mind you now.
So you've been In London all theso
years?"
"I've been In London," Tavcrnnko ad
mitted, "nnd I think, of the two, thnt
Sprey-by-the-Scn Is the better plnce."
"Sprey Is well enough," tho boat-bulldcr
confessed, "woll enough for n man who
Isn't set on change."
"Chnnge." Tnvernnke nsserted, grimly,
"Is an overrated Joy. I have had too
much of It In my life. I think that I
should like to stay here for som1 tlmo."
The bont-builder was surprised, but he
was a man of heavy nnd deliberate turn
of mind and he did not commit himself
to speech. Tavcrnnko continued.
"I used to know something of carpenter.
Ing In my younger dnys," ho said, "nnd
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I don't think that I have forgotten It all.
I wonder If I could Kind anything to do
down here?" .... t..j
Mntthew Nlcholls Btrokcd his beard
thoughtfully
"The folk round nbout nro not over
partial to strangers," ho observed, and
you'm been away bo long I reckon there a
not many ns'd recollect you. And ns for
carpentering Jobs, there's Tom Lake over
nt Lesser Blnkcney nnd his brother down
nt Brnncnster, besides mo on the spot, ns
you might sny. It's a poor sort of open
lug thcre'd be, If you ask my opinion,
especially for one like yourself, ns ns got
education."
"I should bo satisfied with very little.
Tavernake persisted. "I want to worK
with my hnndB. 1 should llko to forget
for n tlmo that I have had any education
ntall."
"That do seem mightily queer to me,
Nlcholls remarked, thoughtfully.
Tnvernnke smiled.
"Come," ho said, "It Isn't altogether un
natural. I wnnt to mnke something 'with
my hnnds. I think that I could build
bonis. Why do you not take me Into your
yard? I could do no hnrm nnd I should
nol wnnt much pay."
Mntthew Nlcholls stroked his benrd onco
more nnd this time he counted fifty, ns
was Iila custom when confronted with n
difficult mntter. He had no need to do
anything of the sort, for nothing In tho
world would have Induced him to make
up his mind on the spot ns to bo weighty
a proposal.
"It's not likely thnt you'ro serious," he
objected. "You are a young mnn nnd
strong-limbed, 1 should Imagine, but
you've education one can tell It by tho
wny you pronounce your words. It's but
a poor living, after all. to be made hero."
"I llko the place," Tavcrnnko declnred
doggedly. "I nm n man of small needs.
I wnnt to work nil through tho day,
work till I nm tired enough to sleep nt
night, work tilt my bones ache nnd my
arms nro sore. I supposo you could give
1110 enough to llvo on In a humble way?"
"Take a bite of supper with mo,"
Nlcholls nnswered. "In theso serious af
fairs, my daughter hns always her say.
Wo will put the matter before her nnd
seo whnt she thinks of It."
They lingered nbout the quny until the
light from Wells Lighthouse flashed
across tho sen, and until In the dlstnnco
they could henr tho moaning of tho In
coming tldo ns it rippled over tho bar
and began to fill the t dnl wny which
stretched to the wooden pier Itself. Then
the two men mndo their way along tho
village street, through n field, nnd Into
the llttlo yard over which stood tho sign
of ".Matthew Nlcholls, Boat-Builder." At
ono corner of the ynrd wns the cottnge
In which he lived.
"You'll come right In, Mr. Tnvernnke."
he snld, the instincts of hospitality stir
ring within him ns soon as they hnd
passed through tho gnte. "Wo will talk
of this matter together, you and me and
the daughter."
Tavernuko seemed, on his Introduction
to the household, llko n man unused to
feminine society. Pcrhnps ho did not
expect to find such a typo of her sex ns
Ttuth Nlcholls In such a remote neighbor
hood. She was thin, and her cheeks wcro
paler than those of any of tho other
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young women whom h had seen MdMl
the village Her eyes, too. w.!VW3l
and her speech different There w. Vi?'
Ing nbout her which reminded him ,.:r.
least of tho child with whom hi i.
played Tavernnke watched hf r int..,
Presently tho lden enmo lo him that li
too, wns seeking shelter "(
Supper was a simple niral, but 11 I
".".' " " v-" . i" gin inn? it.
gift or moving noiselessly, she wag i i.8
without clvlllg Iho lmnrealn -TVA'PH
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recollection of him nppenred to be l,rM
and his coming but it matter nt .n-...,8!!
tercst. After the hnd cleared the cioli1
however, nnd produced li Jnr of i,M,.;r'
her fnther bndo her sit down with ItitmS
"Mr. Tavernake," he began, pond.i
ously, "Is thinking somo ot settling nuliU
In these parts, Puth " nW
She Inclined her head gravely.
"It nppcnrs," her father contlnuM
"thnt ho Is sick nnd tired of the clt J3m
of hend-word. Ho Is wishful to mm. i-ri
tho ynrd with mc, If so be that w C0J
Tho girl looked nt their visitor, km J
tho first tlmo thero wns a measut nt,
curiosity fn her enrnest gnze. Y.W. 1
nnko wnR, In Ills wny, good enough til
look upon. Ho wns well-built, hla shouIM
cis nnd physique alt spoko of strength!!
His features were firmly cut, allhonttJ
his general expression was gloomy 1m4
for n certain moroscness. an uncouthnuj
which he seemed to cultivate, he mlgtt4
oven have been deemed good-looking J!
"Mr. Tavernako would mako a great'
mistake," sho said, hesitatingly, "it , '
not well for those who have brains ta ;
work with their hands. It Is not n plat,''
for thoso to llvo who linvo been out ijjJ
tho world. At most scaspns of the jtl
It Is but a wilderness Sometimes ihtn''j
Is little enough to do, even for father."
"I nm not ambitious for over-mucV'
work or for over-much money, inw
NlrhollB," Tnvcrnnko teplled "I w j,
fmnk with you both. Things out In tui
I world thero went 111 with me It was notS
my mini, nut iney wcni. 111 wun ne
Whnt nmbltlons I hnd nro finished for')
the present, nt nny rate. I wnnt to rest, fc
wnnt to 'work with my hands, to erow'l
my muscles again, to feel my strength, t5
believe that mere is somciiung effectln
In tho world I can do. I have had i1
shock, n dlsnppolntment cnll It what yoa'
nice.
Tho old mnn Nlcholls nodded dcllber.
"Well." lie pronounced. It's n uk
chnnge to make, I never thought ot hdn
In tho yntd before When there's been?
more thnn 1 couui uo, I've just lot It goi
Come for n week on trial, Leonard Taiet-'
rtnln TT ..'A n i-n nf nliv uba In .,.,. .-?
nlhpr we sllnll soon know It " ''8
Tho girl, who hnd been looking out!
Into the night, came back
"You are mnklng n mistake, Mr Taver
nake," she snld. "You arc too young and!
strong to linvo finished your battle."
Ho looked ot her steadily nnd sight!
It wns only too obvious thnt hers haj
been fought nnd lost '
"Perhaps," he replied softly, "you are
right. Pcrhnps it is only tho rest I,
want. Wc shall see." ',
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