WZTrin T7lEll ATT rTTTSr TIE GVMPS-My Wife's Gone to the Country i ' : " . : ' ; ; - By Sidney Smith ?HE VAGRANT DUKE By GEORGE GIBBS nhar ot "The Splendid Outcast," "The Yellow Dove." "The Seerei Author vi Witness," Etc, CopvrioM. I'll. O. Attttton 4 Ce. rrrnlNB THE STOUTf 1.1-Kicholaevlioh, Russian Grand iraSV revolution, we. to K t? rtuire. JcOIr i oofn7 & ft ""Itaokmotter. Hawk "?.. nitm Jim Coast, Kenneay fl"vi.7.vi killed a man namea Ml Ucquire" MBauire savs Vs0,. mAU the killing. Peter Sieau.auirc. Cameron teat the W'Jffelh Cameron, a virl uith lUr of B"i" jun :n love, and k" '.il s. nil) no singing lestdns. '".-tomeron M,M '.r "'(i r covered Peter evolves a v . iiiiKiiiin uiiu uuv uv l'1" .Juriahtlg belonging to her. I. T.Lu nolle up his mind to FW .Bn"i TAi i due o cafe. TV a brand Duke, nut his heart U Uni him. Beth notes an axr of " ."'-i. ' nlowt Mm na annoy f. TTeli. ot " '"Pe"-'0"'"'. P- 1 m IIBKB IT CONTINUES T WAS just discretion, moybc, or LM.'ithlDK clw, she couldn't decide v.L But Beth didn't want to bo put BMvu . in, ids wiit flnwpra lit. 1 flaSS Case hub "" "" mt Her voice was n raero mcchnnlcal . .n na he had taken pains bo . foil her. but he seemed to bo SS the mWnkc of thinking her a ut i,ii Instrument, too. She wasn't. '? '... mnrh allVc. thlngllng with ..lilt very human under her demure U.U. ''.win.? the singing lessons, and bothered her that Peter shouldn t .. It His ignorance. r iuuunitw Zn ted her. Didn't he see what she Kft like" Didn't he see that she lOMO !" . .t,lno Inn. tn WltM.y0""'""" 1 . . . nnp uta l'"ie n v"' ' frVfrlouds hnd broken suddenly, al- ni without warning, when he hoa ft like a Profossor about Bcntlmcnt ipologiieu-i. - --. -.- -T- kH npOlCgUTO lor UUl imn...S ..-.- CA then things hod happened swiftly Incredible, unbe evawo tn ngs. xne !h-?.'i"SM; KlfliolH a different Mr. Uols from anything that she could "uu. . 1 J. In. Tim tlilnva hn Hare imng ncu ui " ".,'--."'-: ad nld to ncrt -,, --"? Btiameiui iiuugBi 1 u 1 L.-...U...1 ttinm nfr 1 11 A tnft mes sue imu oru0. cu .... --; -r islon of him irom ner uimu. ra i9t returned, warm and puWng to ;r 1IP. Ana eu i"v "'"" "- - rned remained. Ho had been so nlco her before. ' v Tiotli snt In the ble chair onno- Ite Peter in the cabin by the log fire (or tho evenings were getting cool) Ihlle he finished telling nor nDoui me cath of Ben uamcion, ot tuo muruer nd of Jonathan K. McOulre's share In 1. ntinln terrible affair. It was with .m mlsirivlnes. cvon after swearing er to secrecy, that ie told her what he td learned through Kennedy ana flic- ulre. And she had listened, wide- ted. Her father, of course, was only it sbedow of n memory to her, the evil !de in a half-forgotten dream, ami itreforo it was not crlcf that she could !, not even sorrow for one who In re bad been so vile, even it nis miser- lie death had been bo tragic only nor r and dUmuy at the thought of the rpetrator of the infamy. And not itll Peter had come to the end of the ory did she realize what this rcveln- 9b meant, that the very foundation ot cGuirc's great fortune was laid upon operty which belonged to her. "Out of all this evil must come some lod. Beth." he finished soberly. "That pper mine was yours. McGuire took 1 and he is going to pay you what he ires." Beth had already exhausted all the iplctives of horror and amazement, id now for a moment this last iufor- atlon staggered her and the starod at :m unbelieving. "l'ay me7 I can't believe " It was your property by every law God and man. anil I monn Hint- vnn ball have It." Ho unused 11 nd nmllpil fftly. "You see, Beth, you won't need depend on me now for your train- !?". Oh then this was what you meant 'What I mennt whon T nM lm n.. I0(uld owe me nothing that I '' i?utin wl" owe 'ou everything. I an Mm uwe you everything." And ben, wonderinslv. "And i) iii. If my livln' here all this time so near he man and not knowin about " Her words trnllnd ..ff ;n,n .,;m.. . .. khmenU ' "s"v Mluu "Ye. And tn Mr.V nt 1.1 -!.! IS lortune on muni, il...f 1...1 1 1- loul Millions. And hVT "."""f ' K" Ji" he sot out of the Tarmitu a Fate7 W,th interest t0 But how rnn .... Ml.. 1.1. , kit".i. 1 1 ' . u""l "im uo "air she cried eucpr v. u'i,., ... aye you got?" ' He smiled irrlml,. I. .1.. eia!intou"elart " ut 1 .T '!8y word, lleth. :SLv. Wouldn't bo blackmail, if sl at really lutniv ... -I.WI l, ! J."."" " ""' -. ..v.- iiuiHi give u to you. It vo got to fight Ken- n? 1. .rml.n ' b0 Wnckmnll. rimn 'he Price of setting what ZT l? .U- McUire Is UMln "ney and ho mimf i.i, u , .. . . ' " - IV Lit II ur moucj-not his. If he won't civ. fn Tit i , .own, frco wl" ho will mi asl cd Beth timidly. tT savin til... r... r-t ,. .- rht'. i,. "'"'" " iiiiwu ivenneuy. Iat 3 mv nrion nr.J l ' "n... t." v. """J"' I don't know. I'vo g dv u in. 1. ,.. '" Im 1 ,. .,0M, Wm0lh outwit ;: m,t'j-:: linn. 7 i ". '" l0" miiHtnt "'any furtlinr ,.iui,u ,i,i. ,,, latfor ,ne" "m" "KU etr only smiled. ' Will Biniisn mn Tlntl. t.l 1... I IF 1 ' "v"' -HIU uu- r lil t 7 . """ iu mini lilt' Besides T ',llJm,,T,te,y Krftvo n,!a", o.'. SI tlli,lk 1 wo you that, riHriUVi,t00?, whnt he n,ennt Q'1 hi-,?u,tly- II(;r Jy UaA m h'k hu.t,. i ',".' A'i uirougn tni' pueic , nd through the recital of P1 laie Of mvstorv ul, l..i 1. IchanS'ln " ",S VrdH d e cnanj ng expression on his fenturL's "laiueci nto tho fire. This wan What do you Ifc: er Mr. vtM.i to.in5.e1d n,m,'ncntor' who wanted ! nn nacr?,n,'i1 t'wt this was his wuv miS TentV .,n,,.t sl,e lnor'l '''s ln rl "? '' .f!!". 'I.rtot of llti "-""'i-imiiiiiii, HOW Im... . 1. ...... lonm, iiiilii will tip tic ill., r 'nuglied. illlW-ji " 1U lor yrseif. I u f 11 "II. 1J " .... - j.utn nV""," million dollars 1" 7 tt Ion or more!" Amllllcn! God-n..'ni.rov!" ter recm-niTo.i ...... .hm m..i.. -;;..". """ " ""in urn nademin, '. ue vocabulary ''"euote to Hie sltuntioii. aljf you nilvt'"'t Bot it y. I-on't ii,! !lnr? ' ,hi,,k of wttln' It I turl ,li"8H ' Wnn,'',, k wo,ll,l J"sl "urailj bustf 0h lonl ... ,mr laughed. oa" 00 wnnt a "t of things, don't Of -MUMS A -III. .1.1. - .1- p being hr klrt, some rilk stocking but most of 8"( a real euro enough piano," she gasped. And then, ns though In rot-roach of her solflsbness, "And I could ray off tho mortgage on Aunt Tlllle'a farm back In the clearing I" i!ow m,lcu ls that?" 'Three thousand dollar. I've al ready paid off three hundred." "There ought to be enough for that," said Peter soberly. "Oh, Mr. Nichols. I hope you don't think I'm nn awful fool talkin' thin way." "Not unless you think I am?' 'But It Is nico to dream of things EuincnmPS." "Yes. I do that too, dream of, Beth?" Oh, of beln' a great singer, mostly Btandln' on n stage with people look in up and clappln their bands at me." "What else?'' "Oh," -she laughed gayly, "I used to dream of marryin' a prince all girls do. But there nln't any princes now to marry." "No, that's true," he assented. "The old world hasn't any uso for princes now." And then, "But why did you want to marry a prince?" he asked. "Oh, I don't know. It's just fairy tales. Haven't you ever lived in a fairy tale and loved a prlncesi?" "Yes, I'vo lived in a fairy tale, but I ve never loved a princess." "I guess if everybody kricw," said Beth with conviction, "the princes in Europe are, a pretty bad lot." "Yea," said Peter slowly, "I guegB they arc." She paused a moment, looking Into the fire. And then, "W'cro you ever acquainted with any princes In Europe, Mr. Nichols?" Peter smiled. "Yes, Beth. I did know ono prlnco rather Intimately rather too intimately." "Oh. You didn't like him?" 'No, not much. Ho wbb nn awful rojter. Tho worst of it was that he had good Instincts and when he went wrong, he went wrong in spite of em. You sec he was temperamental." "What's temperamental?" "Having the devil and God In you both at the same tme," muttered Peter after n moment. "I know." she said. "Satan and God, with God just sittln' back a little to see how far Satan will go." He smiled at her. "You don't mean that you have temptations too, Beth?" She Ignored his question, her face sober, and went back, to her subject. "I guess your prlnco wasn't any bet ter or any worse than a lot of other people. Maybo ho didn't give God a chance?" "No. Maybe not," said Peter. "It seems to me he must hnvn been kind of human, Bomchow," Beth com mented reflectively. "What's become of hlm-now?" she asked, then. "Oh, he's out of it," replied Peter. "Dead?" "Yes. His country has chucked all the nobility out on the dust heap." "Russia V' "Yes." "Did they kill him?" "They tried to, but couldn't." "Where Is he now." "A wanderer on tho face of the earth." "I'm so sorry. It must be terrible to have to cat pork and beans when your stomach's only used to chocolate sun daes." Peter grinned. "Some of 'em were glad enough to get off with stomachs to put beans and pork into. Oh, you needn't waste your pity, Beth." "I don't. I read the papers. I guess they got what they deserved. The workin' people in the world ain't any too keen on buyln' any more diamond tiaras for loafers. I reckon it was about time for a new deal all around without the face cards." "Perhaps, Beth. But there's always the ten spot to take the deuce." "I hadn't thought of that," said Beth reflectively. "People aren't rcnlly equal are they? Some npples are better than others. 1 guess," she sighed, "that the real trouble with the world Is because there nin t enough friendship In it. Peter was silent for a moment. "Yes, that's true," he said, "not enough friendship not enough love. And it's nil on account of money, Beth. There wouldn't have been any European war if some people hndn't wautcd prop erty that belonged to somebody elbc." "I hope wuiitine this money won't make ino hate anybody or make apy body hate me. I don't want to make Mr. McOuiro unhappy or Miss Mc Guire " "You needn't worry," said Peter dryly. "You see, it's your money." Beth gave n deep sigh. "I can't help it. 1 would like to have a sport coat and a cerise veil like Peggy wears." "You shall have 'em. What else?" "Homo pretty patent leather shoes with rhlncstone buckles " "Yes " "And a blnck velvet hat nnd nice lin gerie " (Beth pronounced it lln- gery). "Of course. And the piano " "Oli. jes. A piano and books lots of books." "And n red automobile?" "Oh, I wouldn't dare wish for that." "Why not? It's just as easy to wish for an automobile as a piano." "Yes, 1 supposo so.1' She became immediately grave again. "Hut I cau't bcem to believe it all. I'm nfruld." "Of what?" "Of Hawk Kennedy. I feel that he's cnlng to miiko trouble for us all, Mr. Nichols. I'm afruld. I alwas hcvm to feel things beforo they happen. Any man who could do wliut he did mur der!" "There will be somo way to cet around him." "But It's dangerous. I don't feel I've got the right to let you do this for me." "Oh, yes, you have. I'd do It nny how. It's only justice." "But buppose he suppose " "What ?" "Me might kill you. too." Peter Inughed. "Not a chance. Yon t-eo. I wasn't born to die n violent death. If I had been. I'd have been dead months ago." "Oh the war, you mean?" she asked soberly. "YeB tho war. Everything is tame nftcr that. I'm not afraid of Hawk Kennedy." "But there's danger just tho same." "I hone not. I won't cross that bridge until I come to it." lsetli wus silent tor a long moment ami then with a glauce at the clock on the mantel, slowly gathered her music, uwnre of his voice close ut her "And If I do this, Beth, If I get what belongs to you. will ou believe that I have no motive but friendship for -you, that I care for you enough to want you to forgive me for what has happened?" lie hnd caught her fingers In Ills own, but sho did not try to release them. "Oh, don't speak of thnt iilease! I want to forget you that day." "('iin't .Miu forget It more easily bv I'l'iucmiieriiig mc as I am now, HethV See. I want ou as much now ns I did then just as much, but I cannot have you until you give yourself to me." i CONTINUED TOMf)EHOW. -, s -J ' " ' BSlP ' - ' . " w"b : SSzZr s Hl JLt i tJ JllillS COME ON Vtt- MWsM-4 MCftVUHC, tH . M & jryt "StCAMSE "SOME BJACKMml gg- WWEH GO A.ROUMD VM OOW6 T& Mr 60VHC tovo W G0W6 1 M. MtxVE A Ut TWC GKTE om M t I ) vw N0y? 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