"- .. ' iiW 'f .EVENING LEI)GER-pniLAT)ELPHIA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1915. IT- THE BROAD HIGHWAY -V . J Tnlo o 19th Century England, Full of the Thrills of Adventure and Spirit of Romanco t j.tit llBr I Ittl. Drown & Co. frWWWf By JEFFERY FARNOL SuentWl only 10 Aulnca. tis uy im liuik ) Vibtt a no- 'iS. bHwe rantm nnd rake, a cousin ILL' Im Ipo provMe. !W OoO for the one I" .Um the lly Bonhlo Seflon wltliln JKiia !r'lnd with whom ho lived Sir ?m In r.iher 'if Hi?, to no down TVnVto 'x fr the money u"Ronrr r,blK.th".rttho"omplorof Strtrt' ho5e in a hoi:o. The prln '2Tf.Mur.ln the nr.t book It that Peter KVnJrr tlrnea mt.taKm for hi. rou.ln ti3X The only difference between the ",r!iht Peter If elfan ahatn aim . .!. 'Err, IfMrKf n ""C" il- .) TWV If ! sVl?l awakened by a man's vore call ifff'S&aTm'an'" ni.hlnn from hi. bed !i tii i finds n Strange woman about to 5S3 at a man entering hi. home. It I. M. HSilnitV nftir a Aerce struggle. A,po- tSSi nen. Peter remove io protHTHO iTwrmUn leave, during tho night, and K. riler atkf he find, only a noto ..... fcr and a 10 Kfl mat ikw, "Si. iilniiv of Iter ha been growing VAl?,7i,lrnlr leave, the fhon. rm- KK who loc Oeorite. rome. to reter STitlcf and the to decide to Induce U i. return Oeorgf. nowoier, con- SI Peter return, from hi. vln eejrch .''?' George, he nnd. thai Char- f.w VlKht. later reter meet, a broom r who tell- him that "Illnck" George "i'JIS erhi "the cove" who ha. 2& hU .weetheart's love until one or S, Shir is dead. 1" nOOKS II. II CHAPTER Xlll-Contlnued. ECAUSrT I happen to he mat cove, II answered. XM" said" the Tedler, eyeing ma more rfowlr: "you a"5' ara e7 l am!" Jrt vou ain't got w'lte 'ands." t-rgey wero white once," said I. An' I don't see as your ways Is soft t-takin'i" None the loss, l am mai cove;- 'ojw repeated tho redler, and, having fccned this IntclllBcnco over In his mind, Et thoughtfully Into tho shadow again. ftni won t DO wanun ever a uruom, i Unit you Baia Vo," sld I. tty we" then!" ho nodded, and, lift- f hi brooms, mado toward the cottage "Where aro ou going?" To sleep In this 'cro empty "ut," "But It Isn't empty!" Wp-much the belter," nodded tho Ped- H-'"eood nlKht!" and, with the words. e laid his hand upon tho door, but as 'did so It opened, and Charmian ap- asyou gots your 'end knocked off nh! n1,Be,17 il knocked off-soon'" Having said which, he pat up Into tho air toward mo and trudged oft ICHAPTKn XIV. r WAS with a feeling of great relief that I watched tho fellow out of sight: nevertheless his very presence seemed to havo left a blight upon all things, for ho, viewing matters with the material eye of COmmon-.ciue, had, thereby, con taminated them even the air seemed less pure and sweet than It had been heretofore, o that, glancing over my shoulder, I was glad to see that Char mian had re-entered tho cottage. "Here," said I to myself, "here Is Common-sense In the shape of a half-witted peddling fellow, blundering into Arcadia, In the shape of a haunted cottage, a woman and a man Straightaway our Pedlor, being Common-sense, misjudges Us as, Indeed, would every other com-mon-senso Individual the world ovcrj for Arcadia, being of Itself abstract and Im material, Is opposed to, and Incapable of being understood by concrete common sense, and always will be and there's tho rubl And yet," said I, "thanks to the Wanderer of tho Roads, who built this cottage and hanged hlmaolt here, and thanks to a Highland Scot who per formed wonderfully on tho bagpipes, thero Is little chance of any common sense, vagrant venturing near Arcadia again at least until the woman Is gone, or the man Is gone, or " Here, going to rub my chin (being Bomewhat at a loss), I found that I hnd been standing all thlB while, the broom In one hand and the belt In tho other, and now, hearing a taugh behind me I turned and saw Charmlnn was leaning In the open doorway watching me. "And so you are the the cove with tho white handB and tho taking ways, aro you, Peter?" "Why you wero aptually listening then?" "Why, of courso I was." "That," said I, "that wns very undig nified!" "But very feminine, Peter!" Hereupon I threw tho belt from me one way, and tho broom tho other) and sitting down upon tho bench began to fill my plpo rather awkwardly, being conscious uf Charmlan's mocking scrutiny. "Poor poor Black George!" she sighed. "What do you mean by that?" said I quickly. "Really I can almost understand his being angry with you." "Why?" "You walked with her, and talked with mwMgBmJSi I If' Mwi iViry well, then," he shouted, "I 'opes as you gets your 'cad knocked off." you came, joj i Mrw. The reaicr fell bacK tnree or tt.j'uvqp, DUtinifi mill iuuiiu vj vo. .Colts'" ho exclaimed. "So you are ptrnea then?" ljW, when he said this, I felLeuddcnly piu over, even 10 me very iipir.pi my N W. 'or tho life of me. I could not PMjooked at Charmian. '' IJWhy-why " I began, but her smooth, Kywe came to my rescue. ISMie. Is not married," said, she, "fur ill.' ui'l!" aald the Pcdler, "so much tho ; marriage ain't lovo: no. nor love t marriage I'm a married cove mv- ,so I know what I'm a-sayln'; If folk ' wi. an' shake their 'cuds over ye J,'Iet'em, only don't don't go a-splltn' uy gellln' 'churched.' You re a n, but you're a lino un a dasher. Golesj nlco an' strtilght-baiked, an' . an- pmmp if I was this 'ere cove, K Know what " said I. hastily, "here sell mo ml". Rs;Pl!er drew a broom from his bun- L" pas.ed It to me. sblllln' and sixpence!" said he. ,Um I dulv nnld over. rnn'." Wlnuefl, pocketing tho money, and mi iiiarmian, "don't go spllln' .by lfttln thin vnutif- pnv trn n W an' a-churchln vo nobody Mot marriod ns didn't repent It Mime or other, an wot's more, when FWee Comes In at the ilnnr. I.nvn fllcn IBD the rli1inhlir mm t. .t nMAt ?' ' y loves this young cove, w'y. SlivVil. lma ete young cove loves t-wiiltrn ain't to be wondered at so Effl better, but don't dorft go a Wto; each other, an'-aa for the chil- N-Tll Uko a belt-gtve mo a belt!" I li lTlAM llAa,ll.. ,UU L. EMf said the Pedler. L'vyes," UmL. . "... ,lK' uuckio maaa in - Egt-Jf"' td I. " lUliin" an klTnannAlU aa 4 4m. r .. mmyvnm PdlU wll r I I&W Vnil ltaaif flm. .... ..., L Mmo belt for a Bhllllng," I nodded the Pedler, "but belts Is 7-viown-a tn price take It or i"n3 late,"' said I, slipping the Jj " nRna ana HI wish you I to. a 'urry about, ain't youT" be lir" nj.j t.. .ii a..' ---. iiuuuqu mo viiuvr, wwl mt to Charmian vli on jrly to bed an" " K off(" aald I. anerllv. M.o?n8ioBihn;l.iot,,rnm,,iway-- 1 15? r?r t0 81lnghurst!" said I, -n' i wouldn't disturb yean t "", aini mereT" are nient nt A 4&.,. - Rt The Uull,'f i won t gi'a me a nlcht'a shelter. if-1we.red' 8"atly annoyed by wS Per.latenx. .r,5pn't want to buy nuibin' i riv0 arert Hut here, meet- 3UtrVl "? .A"?. (ter he '"llurne.1 "v" "'"" ur " ""'l thenf ho should. "I 'opes her, Peter Uko Caesar, saw, )0u conquered'!" Here I dragged my tinder-box from my pocket so nwkwnrdly ns to bring the lin ing with It. "And-even smiled at her, Peter and jou so rarely smile!" Huvlng struck flint and steel several times without success, I thrust tho tinder box back Into my pocket and fixed my gaze upon tho moon. "Ib ho so ery pretty, Peter?" I stared up at tho moon without an swering. "I wonder If you bother her with your Kplqtetus nnd and dry-as-dust quota tions?" I bit my lips nnd stared up at tho moon. "Or perhaps she likes your musty books and philosophy?" But presently, finding that I would not speak, Charmian began to sing, very sweet and low, as If to herself, yet, when I chanced to glance toward her, I found 1ier mocking eyes still watching me. Now tho words of her song were these: "O, my luve'a like a red, red rose That's newly .prung In June; O. my luve'. Uko the melodle That's sweetly played In tune." And so, at lent, unablo to bear It any longer, 1 rose and, taking my candle, went Into my room and closed tho door. But I had. been there scarcely five minutes when Charmian knocked. "Oh, Peter! I wish to speak to you please" Obediently I opened the door, "What is It, Charmian?" "You dropped this from jour pocket when you took out your tinder box so clumsily!" said she, holding toward me a crumpled paper And looking down at It, I saw that It was Black George's let ter to Prudence. Now, as I took It from her, I noticed that her hand trembled, while In her eyes I read fear and trouble; and seeing this, I was, for a moment, unwontedly glad, and then wondered at myself. "You did not read It of course?" said I, well knowing that she had "Yes, Peter It lay open, and " 'Then," said I, speaking my thought aloud, "you know that she loves Oeorge." 'He means you barm," said she. speak ing with her head averted, "and, if rje killed you" "I should be spared a deal of sorrow, and and mortification, and other people would be no longer bothered by Eplctc tus and dry-as-dust quotations." She turned suddenly, and, crossing to the open doorway, stood leaning there. "But, Indeed," I went on hurriedly, "there Is no chsnee of such a thing happening not the remotest. Black fJeorgo's bark Is a thou sand times worse than his bite; this let ter means nothing, and er nothing at all." I ended, somewhat lamely, for she had turned and was looking at me over her shoulJer. "If he has to 'wait and wait, and follow you and follow you?'" said she, In the same low tone. ....?,. "Those are merely the words of a half, mad peddler," said L " 'And your blood will go soaking, and soaking Into the grass'!" "Our Peddler has a vivid Imagination!" suld I lightly But she shook lier head, and turned to look out upon the beauty of the night once more, while I watched her chin in hand ,,.,,. .. i i nngry with you tonight. Peter," j smd she lit length, "becauao yon ordered; ine to uu (M?mvin nnd I did It; nnd so, I tried to tormont you you will forgive mo for that, won't you?" y "Thero Is nothing to forgive, nothing, nnd good night, Charmian." Hore she turned, nnd, coming to me, gave mo "Charmlnn Brown will nlnnyn thlAk of yon ns a" ' "Blncksmlth'" nold I, "As a blacksmith'" she repeated, look ing at mo with a gleam In her eyes, "out oftcner as a " "Pedantl" said I. "As a pedantl" she repeated obediently, wit most of all as a" "Well?" said I. "As a man," she ended, spenklng witn Dent head. And hero again I was possessed of a sudden gladness thnt was out of all reason, as I Immediately ioia myseir. "Your hand Is vcrv small." said I. find ing nothing better to say, "smnllcr even tnan T thought." "Is It?" and sho smiled and glanced up at m beneath her lashes, for her head was still bent. "And wonderfully smooth nnd soft!" "Is It?" said sho again, hut this time sho did not look up at me. Now anothor man might havo stooped and kissed thoso slender, shapely fingers but, as for me, I loosed them, rather suddenly, and, once moro bidding her good night, re-entered my own chamber, and closed me door. But tonight, lying upon my bed, I could not sleep, and fell to watching tho luminous patch of sky framed In my open casement. I thought of Charmian. of her benuty, of her strange whims and fancies, her swift-changing moods and her contrariness, comparing her. In turn, to all thoso fair women I had ever read of or dreamed over In my books. Little by llttlo, however, my thoughts drifted to (Jabbing Dick and Black George, and, with my mind's cyo, I could sco him as he was (perhaps at this very moment) fierce-eyed nnd grim of mouth, sitting beneath somo hedgerow, while, knife In nand, he trimmed and trimmed his two bludgeons, one of which was to batter tho life out of me. From such disquiet ing reflections I would turn my mind to Mweet-eyed Prudence, to the Ancient, the forge, and the thousand and one duties of the morrow. I bothought me, onco more, of the storm, of the coming of Charmian, of tho fierce strugglo In the dnrk, of. the Postilion, and of Charmian again. And yet. In desplto of me, my thoughts would revert to George, and I would sco myself even as the Peddler pic tured me, out In some secluded corner of the woods, lying stiffly upon my back with glassy eyes staring up sightlessly through tho whispering leaves above. while my blood soaked and soaked Into the green, and with a blackbird Blnglng gloriously upon my motionless breast. CHAPTER XV. CHARMIAN sighed, bit the end of her pen, and sighed again. Sho was deep In her housekeeping accounts, adding and subtracting and, between whiles, re garding tho result with a rueful frown , Her slcccs were rolled up over her round, white arms, and I inwardly won dered If tho much vaunted Phryne's wero cVcr more perfect In their modeling, or of a fairer texture. Had I possessed the genius of a Praxiteles I might have given to the world a masterpiece of benuty to replace his anlsheU Venus of Cnldus. but, as It happened, I was only a humblo blacksmith, and she a fair woman who slched, and nibbled her pen, and sighed again "What Is If, Charmian?" "Compound! addition, Peter, and I hate figures I dclpst, loathe and abominate them especially when they won't bal ance!" "Then never mind them," said I. "Never mind them, Indeed tho ldcn, sir' How can I help minding them when liv ing costs so much and we so poor?" "Aro woY" raid I. "Why, of courso we are." "Yes to be sure I suppose we are," said I dreamily. "We have Bpent four shillings for meat this week, Peter!" Bald Charmian, glanc ing up suddenly. "Good!" said I. "Nonsense, sir four shillings is most extra vngant'" Oh! Is It, Charmian?" "Why, of course It Is." "Oh!" said I; "yes perhaps it is." "Perhaps!" said she, curling her lip at me, "perhaps, indeed!" Having said which, Charmian becamq absorbed In her accounts again, and I In Charmlnn "And bread, Peter" (this In a voice of tragedy) " elghtpence." "Excellent!" said I recklessly, whereat Charmlnn Immediately frowned at me. "Oh, Peter!" said she, with a sigh of resignation, "you possess absolutely no Idea of proportion. Here we pay four shillings ror meat and only elghtpence for bread; had wo spent less on lux uries and moro on necessaries we should havo hod money In hand Instead of let me see! ' and she began adding up the various Items before her with soft, quick little pats of her fingers on the table. Presently, having found tho total, she leaned back In her chair and, summon ing my attention with a tap of her pen, announced: "Wo havo spent nine shillings and ten pence, Peter!" "Good, indeed!" said I, "Leaving exactly twopence over." "A penny for you and a penny for me." "I fear I am a very bad housekeeper, Peter." "On the contrary." "You earn ten shillings a week," "Well?" "And here Is exactly twopence left oh, Peter!" "You are forgetting the tea and the beef, and and the other luxuries," said I, struck by the droop of her mouth. "But you work so very, very hard and earn so llttle-and that little " "I work that I may live, Charmian, and lo' I am alive," "And dreadfully poor!" "And ridiculously happy," "I wonder why?" said she, beginning to draw designs on the page before her. "Indeed, though I have asked myself that question frequently of late, I have as yet found no answer, unless It be my busy, care-free life, with the warm sun about me and the voice of the wind in the trees." "Yes, perhaps that Is it." "And yet I don't know," I went on thoughtfully, "for now I come to think of It, my life has always been busy and care-free, and I have always loved the sun and the sound of wind In trees yet, like Horace, have asked 'What Is Hap piness?' and looked for It In vain; and now, here In this out-of-tha-world soot. working as a village smith. It has come to me all unbidden ana unsought which Is very strange!" "Yes, Peter," said CharmlanMstlll busy with her pan. "Upon consideration I think my thanks are due to my uncle for dying and leav ing ma penniless." Do you mean that he disinherited you?" "In a way, yea( he left mo his whole fortune, provided that I married a cer tain lady wiuiin me year." "A certain lady?" "The Lady Sophia Sefton, of Cam- bcurne." sam i. Charmlan's pen stopped la the vehy middle Of a letter, and she bent down to examine what sho had been writing. "Oh," she said very softly, "the Lady Sophia Sefton of Cambourne?" (CONTINUED TOMORROW) $ SCRAPPLE WITH THE ENEMY , THE PADDED CELL A NH H Iv - j rerL, floT" . FSRLrl I -r- Voumgladv MY I S BfZAjk ft y' M 1.7 wk Bought mz. This A SmiSTlZ n iC3.nn'SS5isiSSSSf.v-Ou VLJ : l f Cutty. Cnr. a DmniM., V w"mg5ZibtiUtm ' "H ir:Kvmwr mmvmmmhwm8mKr-wwA vc&w x :z:';z. ; Vlm'iVQ X4W9&f?) 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