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THE VAGRANT DUKE
By GEVHVU GWBS
1 i rAc Snlendld Outcast," "The Yellow Dove," "The Secret
"jltthoT of "c p Witness," Etc.
CopvrioM. lttlt h O. Apvltlon 4 Co.
THE GUMPS Not Local Talent
By Sidney Smith
TmNB THE STORY
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fiW uyJ The man feared, arcana
""Mho cuarTonl talk, to tho
"&? who evidently kmwsMm
ttuWttr ,!?",t ilxe taot to Peter.
k"" not ,.k is cither the father
WjSerVffbmutltdl girl
I.VkZ neighborhood) or a
KL of the housekeeper, but he
MuaW(no of what hold ho has
h5?i!"Wr will McQuirc tell
AfcOuIrc however, is oaaiy
ff McQuirc, however, ts onui,
ft- Sen i'ctcr finds a warn
rff ,JJM McQuirc" and signed
.Hv" which says, among other
SvTknow what I've pot and
W9 x:, ....'., nnt. Act nronio.
Friday
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ViT) HERB IT CONTINUES
rr3-ycs-Friday.M And thep, his
Tf tours trembling along the plac-
r-$ got to do what ho wants
rr .1 mrh of them was wrenched
SB? tCat. And then, with nn
dortatBclNcontroi .
j;SitVocc.n tills. I-ni have tn
:frmorc.-CIpI-tMnk-ril need
'CrSet'flerl by his cm
.tor', manner and curious as to tho
ferSvl0thia0t-thi(.-thi8 'Hawk'
ylfn IZ of mine. Nlchols-u bit
"I.mvunscrunu ouk a mnn better
ImVihot him last night."
'"Sorry, sir." nl(1 J'0.1" cheerfully.
I-Fw got to do Svhat he wants
! Sim 1 can't hnvp. thin sort of
S.S on-with everybody in Ijlncl;
JS. w W daUBl,tcr l cggy know-
I'd'tc pretty sure o that "
M h9 mlght-nny time if he
Mb in more placards. I've got t
S that, Nichols. This thing mustn't
,Drthtfyou''may trust me."
'VtS. I think I can; l'vo got to
wrt you now, whether I wnnt tn or
'fe man' who wiotc this scrawl
"'lie man I came down here to gel
iiiT from." Peter waited while M.
Eir. niiuie. "Tou mny think it h
Kange It is strange. I kiiro
Jrf? man-called 'Hawk,' many years
J; I-I thought he was dead, but
ii'i come bade. , , .
McGoire paused again the placard
feW hands, reading the line which bo
tiarly announced that fact.
Ve speaks of something I've got
.mrthlnrhc's got, Nichols. It's n
Ser-a-er-a partnership paper wo
up years ago-out ,t niwl
t'me. As long as he holds it I.
IcOnlre linltert to wipe the sweat from
nil not exacny u . ' -
I kind of menace to my happiness anil
rw8, . , ..... ,.. t inOP
"1 uauerFtnnu, hi, !"" j "
rirtly. "Ulnekmail. in short.
"UaCliy er limtniiiuii. " "
iWinm NVw York. I refused him
SZ,'. n,l in hlnrkmnll once you
;fcld-and 1 came down hero but ho
Mowed me. But l'vo got to get that
jtwr aay from him. .... ,..,,
I'M nn Turrn mire ho had it Wltll
Hm "
"That's just it. He's too smart for
Cat. He's got It hidden somewhere.
Vre got to get this money for him--torn
New York I haven't got It in the
tonie before Friday night
'But blackmail !"
I've tot to, Nlchola this time. I vo
., a. Ti-. .Imiilft
"twoulda t, sir. sam rcicr iwuui.
"But you don't know everything. I vo
mlytold you part." Faid Mctiitlrc. ai
DMt whining. "This if no ordinary
o-no ordinary blackmail. I ve got
to be quid. I'm going to get the
Bcnejr-1'm going to get you to go to
Kw Totk and get it."
"Ym v TMa tn Wednesday. I
(o't take any chances of not having
It hers Friday. PeKsy is going back
till afternoon. I'll cet her to drive you
p. I'll phone Sheldon to expect you
Ml give you the money nnd you can
came back tomorrow.
"But tonight " , A
"He knows the dancer of trying to
th me. That's why he wrote this. 1
TO't be bothered tonight. I'll shut tho
Itcw tight and put borne of tho men
hide. If ho comes wo'U shoot."
"But Friday . Do you mean, sir.
6at you'll got out to him with five
tbaound dollars and risk "
"No. I irnn'K Yn will." Enid Mc-
Wrt, watching Pctcr'H faco crnftlly.
,"06, I see,7' replied Peter, awiro
ptx at was being drawn more aecpiy
btotha plot than he had wished. "Ion
Mtme to meet him."
MeQulre noted Peter's dubious tone
Ud at once got up and laid his hands
ipon his shoulders.
"You'll do this for me, won't you,
Mchols? I don't want to sop this num.
I can't explain. There wouldn't be any
("ter. lie hnsn't anything ngniixt
I"). Why should he hnvcV I haven't
w one else that I can trust but
FWr. And Btrvkcr well I'd have
tnj Stryker. You know ulrendy..
troof of my confidence. You're just the
J I want here. I'll make it worth
jour while to stay with me well worth
Mr while,"
lVeriWaB cnBeloii8 of a feeling pnrt-LC,,I'"-.
partly of contempt, for the
idling creature pawlnir nt his shoul-
m j I5tcr 'ln1 "ever liked to be
Hon r way. Hut McGulre's need was
-"nlan,'.l"5- wan.
tin,?.,' l L1'0 k if y like." ho xniil
ti.i 5 aBWe and releasing himself from
t?.glnJ.','Rcrs' "provided I nssumc
".mponsibllity
lltr,,iat ", Jt No ref,non"lblllty," said
m rbc hi a tono t relief. "You'll
i,-l ,n0,,Cy out then com
'And get nothing In return?" asked
(3puilv.rprlBC- "No Paper no re-
till'M1 th,i" once- Nikola. It
la tfc. .p him 1"lt far n month or so.
PiuS meanft:hlle " Tho old man
fteSLnW.fty I0 i" his eyes.. "In
Wavt, : ,v " "aT" nmoto ucvise
u.i'.m,,,!t his situation
Vke n,v 1,rCCi8Cly whutV'
i K,n. .
ih,;:"Yu'fB
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"Nothing to Sheldon?"
"No."
"And you'll wo this this niece of
the housekeeper's?"
"Yes."
The man gave a gasp of relief and
sank into his chulr.
."Now go, Nichols and shift your
clothes. Peggy's going nbout four.
Como back hero nnd I'll give you a
letter nnd n check."
Peter nodded nnd reached the door.
As he opened it Strykcr straightened
nnd bowed uncomfortnblv. Hut Potnr
knew thnt he had heen llqtrnliif nt tli
keyhole.
CHAPTER IX
Sitae! Is Unpleasant
Pqter returned from Now York on
Thursday night, havjng accomplished
his curious ralsslort. Ho had first in
tercepted Hcth on her way to tho
kitchen nnd sworn her to secrecy, ad
vising her to say nothing to Mrs. Ber
gen nbout the events of tho previous
night. And she had agreed to respect
his wishes. On the way to New York
he had sat In the rumble of the low
red runabout, Miss Peggy McOnlro at
tho wheel, driving the fashionable
Freddy. Miss Mcttuirc, after having
yielded, the night before, to the musi
cal predilections of Miss Delaplane, had
apparently reconsidered Peter's social
stntua nnd had waved him to the scat
In tho rear wlHi n mere gesture and
without apologies. And Peter, biting
back n grin nnd touching his hat, had
obeyed. The familiarities tolcrnble in
such a wilderness aa Iilack Itock could
not, of course, be considered In the halls
of the fnshlonablc hotel where Miss
Peggy lived In New York, and where,
by dint of ercat carp nnd oxcluslveness
she had caught a hold of the frlng" of
society. Hut I'ctcr snt uo very strnicht.
trying not to hear what was said In
front. If he could only have worn his
colonel's uniform and decorations, or
his grand ducal coronet, nnd have
folded his arms, the irony would have
been perfection.
He had gone to Sheldon, Senior, in
tho morning nnd in return for Mc
Oulrc's check had been given cash In
the shape of ten virginal five-hundred-dollnr
bills. This money had been put
into an envelope and was now folded
carefully in Peter's lnbldc pocket.
Sheldon, Senior, to be sure, had asked
questions, but with a good grace Peter
had evaded him. Dick Sheldon was out
of town, so Peter put in the remaining
period before his train -time In n music
store, where he spent nil the money that
remained of his salary on books, a few
for the piano but most of them for
Ileth. Peter hod wasted, as he had
thought, two perfectly good years m
trying to learn to sing. But those two
years were not going to bo wnsted now
for Ucth was to be his mouthpiece.
Ho knew the beginnings of n training
how to give her the advantage of the
instruction h hud received from one of
the best teachers In Milan. He wns
lucky enough to find books on the Itnl
inn method of voice production and on
the way back to McQuiro's, armed w'Mi
these, be stopped off nt tho Bergen houne
in Black Hock village and returned
Ueth's call.
There he found Shnd Wells, in his
shrt-sleees, smoking a pipe in the
portico, nnd looking like n thunder
cloud. In response to Peter's query,
he moved his right shoulder half an
Inch in the direction of the door, nnd
then spat in the geranium bed. So
Peter knocked nt the 4oor softly nt
Ilrht, then loudly, when Beth emerged,
her slee'es rolled to her shouldcrB and
her arms covered with soapsuds.
"Why, Shad," she said withcrlngly,
after she had greeted Peter, "you might
have let mo know! Come in, Mr.
Nichols. Excuse my appearance.
Washday," she explained, as ho fol
lowed her into tho dark interior.
"I can't ston." said the visitor, "I
just came to bring these books "
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"If ...n.LC(,.n the your affair."
"lj "?'JU l be," said Peter niilelilv.
ht u.'J! t0 remember that I came
atrw,iBifre.s,er ad Buperintendcnt
"artelf fr J. Jtuaril your liouto nnd
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lJat ..a ""Hhing a a gentleman
"that's ShK ,raid Pctcr Anally ,
HWerv0 ov,c,r nn'l Inced Poter,
"For me!" she exclaimed, hurriedly
wiping her arms on her apron.
"I got them in New York "
She pulled up tho shado at the side,
letting in the sunlight, nn act permissi
ble in the parlors of Black Kock only on
state occasions, for tho sunlight (as
every one knew) wns not kind to plush
covered furniture.
"For mc!" Both repeated softly. "I
didn't think you meant it."
"Tone production Exercises," ex
plained Peter, "and here's one on 'The
Lives of the Great ComposcrH.' I
thought you might be interested in
reading it."
"Oh, yes. I am If will bo. Thank
you ever so much "
"Of course you can't do much by
yourself just yet not without it piano
to get the pitch-tho key but l'vo
brought n tuning fork nnd "
"Hut I've, cot the harmonium ,
Beth broke in excitedly. "It's a little
out of tune, but " .
"The harmonium!" nsked the bewil
dered Peter. "What's that?"
Beth proudly Indicated n piece of
furniture made of curly walnut which
stood in the corner of the room. There
were several books on tho ton of It
"Gospel Tunes Moody and Snnkey,"
n Methodist Episcopal hymn book,
and a glass case containing wax flowers.
"We play It Sundays ," said
Beth, "but it ought to help"
"You play : no saiu in sur-
prirc . , .
"Aunt Tilllc nnd I oh, just
hylimH ." Sho sat, while Peter
watched, began pumping vigorously
with her feet nnd presently the instru
ment emitted a doleful sound. "It has
notes anyhow," sold Beth with n
al"Si')lcndid!" sold Peter. "And when
I've told you what to do you can prac
tice here. You'll como soon?"
Sho nodded. "When?"
"Tomorrow somo tlme7 And then,
"What's the matter with Wells?" he
She frowned, "ne just asked me to
marrv him. It's the twenty-seventh
time."
.Oh "
"I enn't be hothcrin' with Shad
nut on uashduy or any other day,"
the added as though iu nn afterthought.
Peter laughed. Ho was qulto sure
that nobody would over make her do
unything he didn't wnnt to do.
'He knows I was nt the cabin yes
terday," sho said in n low volco. "He
wns wntchln'."
Peter was silent a moment, glnnclng
nt the books he had just brought her.
"Of courte if he has any claim on
you, perhaps ," he began, when she
broke In. ,. ,, . ,
"Claim! Ho hasn't." she gasped.
"I'll do as I please. And he'd better
quit pesterlu' me or I'll "
"What?"
She laughed.
"I'll nut hlin through the clotncs-
W Voter grinned. "Ho almost looks as
thouch you'd done thnt already."
a. V.i iu ul. fMlnwed hlin to the door.
"I thought I ought to tell you about
Shad. When he gcto ugly ho s ugly
un' no mlstnko."
"Do jou still think hc'll-er-swollow
me at one gobble?" he asked.
She stared nt him n moment and then
laughed with n full throat. "I bono he
don't at Icaht not 'til I've had my
slngln' lessons."
"I think I enn promise you that,"
said Peter.
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