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THE VAGRANT DUKE
By GEORGE GIBBS
1 ,i . Bf "The Splendid Outcast,'' "Thi Yellow Dove." "The Seen
fathor or witness," Etc.
CopvWoM. tttl, tu D. A.toUto 4 Co.
rrTntVB THE BTOItV
2f m.w,"& in
0". J aoct to work on the
f&olf l",o$an K. McOuire,
'" Si lX 0 a gang of
to" ..Aatvii it to tee that no
whLiroache the houte. By
rf " on ft Mp "'
PWto owr, one Jim
L,n o Hawk Kenned,.
ji(ll '"':' h McOurc in the
Xn thev 'cere all part
fir I'fXr Aire Mar telU
iffi '"'., ., Kennedy the vi
W V'M- ielfcMf JcOuiro'
Jain,
trim one. inc.
IV !Uon together, . both
' l,nXicat franUv out for
W $dL Cameton way A
?" Deth Cameron, a girl in
(rgtltd AM a."""x,. .faring at him
k'tlkedZ he Tried for the
" ' J- ad ono whom he
jStXuroundkU
,OTBB .tared nt him for a moment,
tat th man woulu noc
-r'::rir;
a then, an " nmuu " l ' ,
,t you doing P"" "
up by the crcr t
The tranter Mioou ". .""
!d to sWe.
Tfonndcrttanv ne muw.
i. .M. nolnt Shn'l WcIIb, who hud
floved with Jesse Brown, enme In
tween them.
Tlet'8 right, NlcnoiB, lie growini.
VnnJerstnn' he's n -giiincn.- i o
'ella all men were "BUinens who
liln't epeak his own nn;iimge.
"Italian? Arc on? French? Span-
A Siafer' ,,. ., ....
Etch time i;ne mini -juyniv mS vmi.
.j A.n. with nn inonlrntioii. Fetrr
tot at Mm n -liilclc lihiono In Hessian.
st tlie mnn Rive no sign oi (.unijiru-
"Who mit thi man on?" nski'il
ltr, turning to VVrlls.
"I did." snld tho native sullenly.
WhT?" snid Peter, crowine warin-
"Didn t I tell you mat in iiuure
would hue nil the men myself:
TVe're short-hnnded. since you fired
) cf the bct nxmon we got
"Xou dlKohcved oruers
f,ri Hell!"
"All right. 'We'll sec who's mntilnp
ill camp, you or me. .tomorrow
,lng Jcicc Ilrown starts as foreman
itre. Understand.'"
Shad'n cm"i shot firo, then smoldered
id went out as he turned with n sneer
luirh and walked nwny.
'A for you." uid l'etir to tin1
infer, who stood uncertainly, you
to thn office In the morninc and ci't
ir envelone." Then repeated the
atence in Ilusslnn. "If you don t
:lerstand find somebody who docs.
That the straneer had understood
ter's demeanor If not his language
evident, for In the morning he had
ulihed.
After that clearing of the nlr thing
at eomcwhnt better nt tlio cninp.
'tse Brown, though not ngcrcsMvc.
a Heady and honest, and hnd n cci
:n Teliht itli the .TcrHeymcn.
Aa to the othois, there ns doubt ns
,t whether an thing would line Fatls
i them. For tho present, at least.
ft a question of getting on as well
us powMo with the means nt hand,
thre waa a limit to I'etor's weekly pay
M'l and other men were not to be had.
UwMes. Teter hnd nromihed Mcfiulre
w aeep ths faninillH busy, lie knew
that when ho hnd come to Ulnek Itock
the vrprk on tho lurnhrr contract hnd
tlreatlr fnllon hphlml tho bpIioiIiiIi.. nnA
that only bv the urcatcHt perseverance
coum ne make up the time already lost.
As he rode back to Ills cabin on the
afternoon after IiIh encounjur UUi Shad
Wells and tho stronger with the black
nuatache, ho found himself quite sat
lScd with rczaul tr. his muntimr.v dis-
BWal ef them both. On Ueth's nccount
at had hesitated to ilepoie Sbnd. He
ueW ttlllt hpfnrn hK hml rnniA tA Ttlanlr
Boek they hnd been friends as well ns
olitant relatives, and Hoth In hor fro.
Hjvtot meetlncs with l'cter had expressed
" uopo mat Mind would "roiue
around." IVter had given him every
ance, even wlillo he hnd known that
r. -"ruejnmn was wiirking against
th McOuire's ind Peter's Interests.
ijnnind .Iieobi, the men Peter had
aftay, wcio radii nls and nglta-
5ij .J1""1 lmu a I'olico ricord that
ow not bear closo Inflection, nnd .Tucobi
m an anaicMst out and out. JJctoie
teter hHii iitn.. t ii.i. i..i. i... i
V..-.J rT. .. v v,f ""' vwt-i mej nun
At .. " " ir1"1" (lrt ft!r the
Hilt.!1. th.. c,!l,in e hnd been their
ti , . ' "' 'fterrupting the coniple-
t.V k I ',lu uml " l "ter couldn't
'n-V"6 luml;er out when piomispd, Mo-
mlrTu ll put ,1", blmne n the now
u teU?J nml lot llim K- '1,hllt
aa H,adS don. If ho had ever been
Si. ;?no."S to 'iirraiit Ueth's friend-
w i ii- I...., " ..- :"
ImbMm T- ii ",. "I1U urug'it ail his
--T-u till llI.TIunir
A. .. . -...
at io
ihln m. i V,rrn,lt "eth'h friend -S
"'J8'"" ll warped his judg
5,.'? . .1 eter was no loneer Rnrrv fnr
t( . f- ' , un8 " ,llnie -erloiis mut
Uob l vi?.. ';lreuinstance-H. leognl-
me nit w th uh li
ik-'" "?". '"t", i
K'iniittd trnicdhlm to Ulnel
t an. ni8 biictou in fl
Uuili.
h.lil wn'ehed
mill v cHliiu
a remalnl,.-' "lrwr had some obleot
tolect Hi,.,": An(i wnntoi ie
i.hAteu".ft.,"?l,t'l.'l mwV The trnl
a Kmahfln1 nim"r ''d hoiiio .ibloc
b &h If n"r. 1'ctcr and keepli.
(bleet .i UU5e"!on.
?ta NrS'v t,he nn-ylv-nln St
that ilJ"w. orlt- .And wheio eon
there
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nn with the look
Stn-
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from unlM. .reco,sn,,tIon hnvo "Prung
&!?, M, hr hu'l Identified Peter
olaev Itch thT'Granu Iuke Peter Nleh
tt... ltnf.. tt seemed Innnwiihin i,t
Th. lc .n5 ot,lcr enp'lnna
"e mnn l,,l t...... i.i.
mill kiiiiiu-
ncrhans
til Ident Ji.i ii " 0l I'ei'h'iiis had
l&abSlK.1 h,lV ',is Portialts
l Cantl..rM, "WIMii-a ficqiiuntll ill
Pew. i ,,; , ,u,S"neii ml news-
"dhlin tin... ,", '""' rcn,y ilicn-
e
Ucom. Z. c,."iti"ent of
her -1 ." mn" llui1 "'en hh
In IT llcrh,fll)'' I" Itussia,
y,Mi,.'l,J.''"'.o.l.rt
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t do, 2 ""? C..M - be the Hllgl.t
fwld ha,. Tni lV?rb hP tlll'
America and
fwaie him- i i '" ul Ainerico an
""I Whf Fn I.- r. "'""I'l tniuxu"
?"! aShi..' C0.uW .wnrU t th- per-
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"e Klrnim.... b.7...V.' :.."'"V.
Kb7hu'? 0( 0?ihU'n,: ' v" lg
fc..1 "J "ll nut. .On,.. ..,. , .... "'
Tho same madmen who had dona Nich
olas to death and hid killed one by on
he mligu Idod Einptc?8, Olga, Tanln,
the poor little Czaievltch nnd Uie rent
N'll,ni. t '. " .' ,wuer nun, i-eicr
iNlchols lumberjack extraordinary, ns
np'ssihlo fturo clulniuni to tho throne
oCiiUMla? Peter mllB,l lmj mi,..
lnSl"n "8.,rtt,n,"K A1. tt R,,nt WWI" wa-
lowing the carpel."
And if tllAV tnawnA 1. 1 t 1,1 t.
ti,.. .n -i ',."'" """ wny man 1
Imff .mil"7 Th0i st,rnnS had already
f l,nT,Pi0pportun,ty t0 "urfer him
in if 1 .bconm lisPwcd, could still
nml 'fttil'1" letf" Mr f''es back
0 forth from the cabin to the camp
in ",0 "PPcr resorve.
All of thnqn l,,,l.l- . t-.-l
riHVly' TJ r?s,,1'of 'o sudden inspl-
- "v !, nit; 111111 k iiriunn U'liinh ini lit.
iWMC(l.ia n.e,w t,rlln of lt,cas- beginning
oii -,.. . 1 i n"""'n 01 the Husslnn
charactcriiitles of the new lumberman,
wlilrh were more clearly defined under
Inc beard nml ivnt-lrmnn'.. .i.i-t !..
der the rather modish gray slouch hat
and American clothing in which Peter
had seen him earlier. And Peter had
niCiy ct. thS mnn - IIc bad no
piXKif of the fellow's purposes, nnd if
he nml even illarnrnFiwi ...ii., ...i..
those pin poses were, there was no re
course for Peter but to ask for tho pro
tection of Washington, and this he had
no desire to do.
If the man Rimnoptivl evVim in ni,t,ii
fcpoken HusMian sentence that Peter now
guessed ins misBlon, he hnd given no
S f" "?, U- I,ut thnt mennt nothing.
Ihe fellow wns e'evcr. He was doubt-
ICbH liwaltinir iimtrnptlnnn Ai1 nlnn,
Peter took his caic to the Department!
nf TiiuII.a l. 11 1.. . 1
.... .. uiiiku ne ciium neitncr expect ny
iiruiccuon nor nopo ftor nny security
other thnn hii own alertness.
t.At 'I1.? cnljln ncth "ns waiting for
hlin. Ihese hours of music nnd 1Mb.
were now ns much a part of Peter's
day as his breakfast or his dinner. And
he had only failed her when tho nre.
sure of his responsibilities was too great
hi iicrmii 01 nis return to the cabin.
The hour most convenient for him was
at tho clot-c of tho day, and though
weary or discouraged. Peter always
came to the end of this agreeable hour
rested and refreshed, nnd with a sense
of something definitely achieved. For
whatever the dajs brought forth of
trouble and disappointment, down at
the logging camp or tho mills, hero was
Keth waiting for him. full of enthu
siasm nnd self-confidence, n tangible
evidence or success.
The dilizencc with which she nnnllcd
his instructions, the ease with which she
advanced from onc step to nnothcr,
bhowed her endowed with an intelli
gence even beyond his early expecta
tions. She wus singing simple ballads
now, nngllsh and French, rind nlrendy
evinced a sense of interpretation which
showed thc doimant artist. IIc tried at
first, of course, to eliminate all striv
ing for effect, content to gain thc pur
ity of tone for which he was striving,
but sho soared beyond him sometimes,
her soul defying limitations, liberated
Into an empyrenn of song. If anything,
she advanced too rapidly, and Peter's
greatest task was to restrain her opti
mism nnd self-confidence by Imposing
the drudgery of fundamental principles.
And when he found that she was prac
ticing too long, he set her limits of
half-hour periods beyond which sho
must not go. Hut she was young nnd
stronir and only once had he noted the
slightest symptom of wear and tear on
her vocal chords, when ho had closed
tho piano and prohibited tho home work
for forty-cigllt hours.
As to their personal rolatlons, Peter
hnd already noticed a difference in his
own conduct toward Beth, nnd In hers
townrd him a shndo of restrnlnt in
Ueth's conversation when not on the
topic of music, which contrasted rather
strangely with tho candor of their first
meetings. Peter couldn't help smiling
nt his memoiics, for now Beth seemed
to be upon her good behavior. repaiiig
him for her earlier contempt with a kind
of awe at his attainments. He caught
her sometimes In unguarded moments
looking nt him curiously, as though In
wonder at a mystery which could not
be explained. And to tell the truth,
Peter wondered n llttlo, too, nt his com
pleto absorption in tho task he had set
himself. . . ,
He tried to bollove that It was only
the music thnt Impelled him, only the
love of nn accomplished musician In
tho discovery of a budding nrtlst, but
ho knew thnt It wns something more
than these. For reducing thc theorem
to different firms, he wns obliged to
confess that if the girl had been nny
one but Beth, no matter how promis
ing her voice, ho must have been bored
to extinction. No. Ho had to admit
that It was Beth that interested him,
Beth tho primitive, Both the niettlo
somo, Beth the domure. For If now
demure she was never dull. Tho pe
culiarity of their situation of their
own choosing lent a spice to the rela
tionship which made each of them
aware that the othor was young and
desirable and that the world was very
far away.
However far Beth'B thoughts may
have carried her In the contemplation
of the personal pulchritude of her muBlc
mastor (somewhat enhanced by the ex
tirpation of the Hellion triplet in her
own behalf) It was Peter Nicholae
itch who made the task of Peter Nich
ols difliciilt. It wns the Orand Duke
Peter who wanted to take this peasant
woman in his arms and teach her what
other peasnnt girls had been taught by
CJrnnd Dukes wlnre tho beginning of tho
autocratic Bstom of which he had been
ft part hut it was Peter Nichols who
lesti allied him. Peter Nicholaovltch
feared nothing, knew no restraint, lived
only for the hour for tho moment.
Peter Nichols was n coword or a
gentleman he was not quite certain
which.
When Peter entered tho cabin on the
evening nftcr the appointment of Jesse
Brown as foreman at the lumber camp,
Beth could not help noticing tho clouds
of worrv thnt hung over Petcr'R brows.
"You're tired," she Mild. "Is any
thing wrong at tho camp?"
But he onlv shook his head and sat
down at tho plnno. And when she ques
tioned him ngnin ho cvnded her nnd
went on with the lesson. Music always
rested him. nnd thc sound of Her voice
soothed. It way thc "Dlegie" of Mas
sciiot that he had given her, foolishly
perhaps, n difficult thing nt so early n
stnge, because of Its purity and sim
plicity, and he had mado her lenrn tho
words of the French llko a parrot
wiltten them out phoncticnlly, becnuso
tlie Fiench words wero beautiful nnd
the Hngllsh, ns written, nboininnble.
And now hhe sang it to him softly, uh
he had taught her. again and again,
while ho corieetcd her phrasing, wig
gCFtliig subtle meanings In his accom
paniment which sho was not slow to
comprehend.
'fl didn't know that music could
mean so much," she sighed as she sank
into n chair with n sense of failure,
when thc lesson wns ended. "I nlways
thought that music just meant happi
ness. But it means sorrow, too.
"Not to those who hear you sing,
Beth," said Peter with a smile, ns he
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itcd and smoked a corncob pipe, n
v vice he had discovered at thc camp.
Aheadv the clouds were gone from his
forehead.
"No I Do you really think thnt, Mr.
Nichols?" she asked joyously.
I l ' m na ituiKluj,
Who?
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