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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEBr-PHIL'ABELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1921
Py Sidney Smith
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THE VAGRANT DUKE
By GEORGE GIBBS
r e "The Splendid Outcast? TeUew Deve" "The Seem
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CllArTET XXIH
A Visitor
....- nnrAilttcd by the
if rbj ?,-Tlr
much te say witn .-.-nu.n...
vor Beth, admonished
ISeatic'nt must he kept nutet nml
P1 . . ..n iey nt I'ctcr's premised
-FW2 for his pale face,
I""! w leek at him and murmur
leases whlte sorely
Kr;ndh.ld h hand. But tha , t
mjedana . f Bct rcn,i ln
fe that what had happened had
f ut an enduring seal upon the
ti
l rrnoem Sh had ntcd te
Rite the vrangc" but McOulre had
l?.i,,non her staying where she
fc.UX care of the doctor until
under the care
'rvTere pfeafede call the
" .' i.. qrutcm had yiciueu 10 mm
4 'IttSAS.? Drth .b d nothing, She
flit
P'.I.T.t hcreclf ana quire neic u
KVp hr life Ju.t where m.c na,
l!A,,TCcn.cd ofnnkehlm
?""1"- .hn ncnulcsced in liH
HC BeVldM, It was nice te be
&en and te be net te the room
'Ita .. ntcKPiit was.
e tnc "'""'-'" tn i.nfnr. i(ipn.
?? ITC i .lc awd. Brlcrly
f" "i tc tnle back from the
Lb.r,S. and the village .was all
m -iTh excitement. But lictn una
P UA 'w Mr. llcOulrc and Aunt
Rtn
55. .E Peter had requested that no
I. .Vrnid tell her but himself. Aim
V 5w.lfl -" -. .ln TUth went nte
.! flLweund him with a
Ker la his chccks nnd wcnrlnB n
f"f hntitht you were never cemln;?,
fcjth." he said. , ,
"I came as nu" " ' ,,
SltM. De
"Every 1
re. And
"Ob. I'll
UO you mei Biiuiinw t
hour. ucuer wnuii "u i
And you?"
lint. I'm nil ricnt.
He looked nt her with his heart en
3"De you think you could stnnd hear-
,t Mmctbing very icrnuii: u..t ....,
'she glanced nt him anxiously nnd
hn a mlle of perfect faith responded
a Mi. She knew that he was getting
rtfl new. because this was n touch of
:Ii old humor.
"H-m. I guess se. I don't believe
icon be be very terrible. Petcr."
j( in very terrible, Beth.
But the pressure of hli Angers was
injuring.
"I'm listcnin'," she said.
"Well, you knew, you told me once
lit you'd marry me no matter what
I'd been "
"tea. I meant that, Peter. I menu
II new. It's what you arc "
Peter Nichols chuckled. It was his
lit chuckle as Peter Nichols.
"Well. I'm net what you thought I
m. I've been acting under false
olers under false pretenses. My
iime isn't Peter Nichols. It's Peter
flchelacvltch "
"Then you arc all Russian ! she
aid.
Peter shook his head.
"Ne. Only half of me. But I med
te live ln Itui'.iu at a place called
ZiiIote. The thing I wanted te tell
i ion tras that they fired mc out because
iter didn't wnnt mc there."
"Yeu! Hew dared they! I'd like
b give them a piece of my mind,"
f aid Beth Indignantly.
"It wouldn't have done any geed. I
tied te de that."
"And wouldn't they listen?"
"Ne. They burned my my house
ifel tried te sheet me."
U "Oh! Hew could they!" And then.
1 ently, "Oh, Peter, leu have naa
troubles, haven't you?"
"I don't mind. If I hadn't had them.
I wouldn't have come here and I
wouldn't have found you."
"Se after all, I ought te be glad they
!!d fire you out," she snld gently.
"But aren't jeu curious te knew why
ley did?"
"I nm, if you wnnt te tell me, hut
!Tn If It was bad, I don't care what
ran did, Peter."
He took her fingers te his lips.
"It wtihn't he very bnd, niter nil.
tb. It wasn't se much what I did
i what my or my family had done
hit made them angry."
'Well, you weren't responsible for
'! your klnfelks did."
Peter laughed softly.
"They teemed te think se. My or
-By klnfelks were mixed up ln politics
i Russia nnd one of my cousins hnd n
, My big job tee big n job for him
M that's the truth." A cloud pnsbed
or a moment ever Pete's face ana he
ed nwnv.
"But what did his Jeb have te de with
foul" nhe asked.
"ell, ymi cce, we were all mixed
J With lilni. lust hv bnln relnted nt
!llt thttt'H u-lint- thn neSfiln linnilit
bnd te uiien my cousin did n let el
WjW the iii-eplp thought he oughtn't
ue ami didn't de n let of ether things
Ml they thmnrht he etieht tn hnvp
Pe, they believed thnt I was just the
e Beri or man that tie was."
Hew unjust, Peter."
He Mailed at the celling.
r tlinilirlif un T 1.1 4l.nM ...l.M 1
Wtht. T ill. I O'lmf T n..M In .,f,ll,t..
fllnE8 OUt nnd til lirlii tluim hnl- tlu.v
Wdn't listen. TnKtenil linv lnrnil
tVmy house down and I had te run
ray.
,."Hew terrible for you!" And then.
fi,ter nP,lue "Was It n pretty house,
les," he replied slowly, "It was.
Terr nrnttv l.nl.Un I.. n. ...i,iut f
u
. v ,' j ..uut.v in ii initial, in
wrest, with great pines all about It.
'Wish they hadn't burned that house.
Ml!;, becnuse I loved it."
0f dear. I'm se sorry."
r&S ft llllr linllin X.'lfl. nr,tnw.nu UrxnXtu
aailcJl" " """""'
All burned! Land's sakes nllvc."
nij'l a wonderful grand piano."
fcn ' 'li anu mpn wun n nasn
r,W. "But you're coin' te bave nn-
' .f ratnl Piane just like it seen."
jj,, - .ii.un BUillR lu Hive Jt lu
,,i. l "m." said Beth quietly. "And an
an,f ..eusc nml Pictures and books and
r rca ,lpr Psslen eagerly.
Aed
. .UCIiUlrn Una tnl.l rani" he
Sb
be nodded
'Yf.u 'iv...
Yeu knew?"
Mav." '
he replied. "He told me yes-
Ami I'i' 't wonderful?" she whispered.
5, ,'' went en rapidly, "he you
t . . ""db i can de some goeu
"."u after all."
Piiiil I'ri'i"'ei1 1,cr flnSs. enjoying her
I Can linr.lln l.n1tA.... 14.. ... II t.A
RleT'!n' but " mu8t uc heciiuau Mr.
ItJSJ" re hnd his lawyer here yesterday
lJlln' nliniit it i
liJ3; It,s true- r "'Ink he's pretty
PPy te Bet nil that off litu i.inHi.ii.nf.e
llih"a.r,cu Kr'- cth." And then.
Vr. ' " w snnic, "That was one of
-"c rcaierm i.Iim T ...t.i 4. i.ii. ...iii.
0U ..;" "?' ""iu i" "" wmi
hs..';v, wne i was. you see. I
("""gai th.f new (hne vnn,. !., tn
UBVa 11 ..." --- w jv. mv nw-.n
i ou mig njeney. toil mlcht want
uninii4k . ' i . " -
L..i ..!
kOtesttr i ,uu uuuuv 1UU111UK u
Bti::. ::. uur mnu bdeu
tatejLT 773 11"!?" ? W W te
They Had Been Raised
Together
The result was that the girl
ndercd him, but "his feeling tewnrd
her was that of cool friendliness.
And Then They Married
Arranged by the family nnd all
thnt Bert of thing. It was a geed
match from a worldly point of view.
But Her Heart Ached
She loved him se nnd she was te
him just n kid ; and he hnd his own
life te live.
He was
"A Bacheler Husband
Thnt Is the tltle of Itubv
Ayres' story, which
BEGINS ON SATURDAY
In the
Euenttts public Kc&ger
Peter! Don't mnke fun of mc.
PIeas. And you hurt me fe!" she re re
prenched him. "Yeu knew I'll never
want he change my mind ever, ever
veil if I bad nil the money in the
world."
He laughed, drew her face down te
his nnd whiskered. "Beth, dear. I
rnew you wouldn't want te but I
just wanted te hour you say It."
"Well, I linve said it. And I don't
want you ever te say such n thing
again. As if I cared for nnythin'
nnytbln' but jeu."
lie kissed her en the Hps nnd she
straightened.
"I wanted te hear you say that,
tee," he said with a lninrh.
And then, nfter n silence which they
both improved by gazing "t each otlie1 etlie1
mutely, "But you don't seem very curi
ous about who I am."
Beth pressed his fingers confidently.
What he wan te her mattered a great
deal and she realized that nothing else
did. But she knew that something was
required of her. And se, "Oh. ves. In
deed I nm. Peter awfully curious,"
she said politely.
"ell. you knew, Beth. I'm net
leally se peer is I seem te be. I've cot
n let of securities in a bank in Russia,
becnuse nobody knew where they were
and se they ceuldnt take thpm."
"And thry would have taken your
money, tee?"
"Yes. Wlien this cousin of mine-
Lis name wan Nicholas when Nicholas
was killed "
"They killed him! Who?"
"The Bolshevik! they killed Nich
olas and his whole family his wife,
son nnd four daughters "
"Peter!" Beth started up and ftared
at him in startled bewilderment", ns she
remembered the talks she had had with
him about the Uus.sian Revolution.
"Nicholas !" she grasped. "His
wife H)ii dnuKhters. lle had the
came name os ns the Czar !" And
as her saze met his n";ain she sceivd te
giiess. "Peter" he gasped. "What
what de you mean?"
"I menn that it was the Little "Fa
ther the Czar who was my cousin,
Beth."
Hhe stored at Peter in awe and a
kind of fear of this new element in their
relations.
"And and you ? You're ?"
"I'm just Peter Nichols ," he
fa id with a laugh.
"But ever there "
"I'm nothing. They chucked us nil
out. the Belsheviki every last rne of
us that had a handle te his name."
"A handle ?"
"Yen. I used te be Grand Duke
Peter Nichelnevitch of Zukove and
Gnlltzin "
"G-Grand Duke reter!" she. whis
pered in n daze. And then. "Oh hew
hew could you?" she gasped.
Peter lnughed.
"I couldn't help It, Beth. I was born
thnt way. But you will forgive mc,
won't you?"
"Forgive ? Oh it It makes
siirh a difference te find you're net you
but somebody else
"Ne. I am me. I'm net anybody
else. But I had te tell you some time.
Yeu don't think any the leus of me, de
:ou. Beth?" , ,
"I I don't knew what te think. I m
se you're te "
"What?"
"Grand and I'm " , , ,
Peter caught her hands nnd made her
leek nt him.
"You're the only woman ln the world
I've ever wanted the only one and
you've premised me you'd marry mc
you've premised, Beth."
Her fingers moved gently In his and
her gaze, wide-eyed, bought his.
"And It won't make any differ
ence ?
"Ne, Beth. ' Why should you think
that?" ,. , , , .
I I win afraid it might," she
gasped. And then for a while Peter
held her hands, whisperiug, while Beth,
still abashed, answered in monosylla
bles nodding from time te time.
Later the nurse entered, her glance
en her wrist-wntch.
"Time's up." she said. And Beth
rose as one In a dream and moved
slowly nreund the feet of the ueci 10
the deer.
Jonathan K. McGuire had been as
much astonished as Beth nt the revela
tion of Peter's Identity, and the service
that Peter had remlcrea nun mrnie nun
morn than nnxleui te show his appro appre appro
ciatlen by doing everything he could for
the wounded man's comfort nnd happi
ness. He visited the bedsidn dally and
told Peter of his conversation with
Beth, and of the plain that he was
making for her future which new. It
seemed, was Peter's future also. Peter
told him something of his own history
and hew he had met Jim Coast en the
Bermudlan. Then McGulni related the
sterv of the suppression of the out
break at the lumber camp by the Hlierlfi
nnd men from Maya Landing, and the
arrest of Flvnii and .facebl en charges
of assault and incendiarism. Seme of
the men were te be deported ns dan-
.. mull " llilerlr had -been tem-
rw.,nrii, tin in ehnrire at the mills and
, :... nrv much ptinstened. was
helping McOulre te restore erder. Shad
1 '. . " ... -. , II. .1.... nnef ter
wa u ivnt reriiTiiciiiiv uimi-i ui-ii- "
ti.. r-n.,ni. lm.i ''viewed" the body
of thn Russian committeeman before It
had been removed by his friends and
burled, nnd taken the testimony. But
McGuire had given ball and nrranged
for n hearing both as le the sheeting or
nnd the death of Hawk Kennedy, when
Peter was well enough te go te Mays
"rhe'Tlcath of Hawk had produced a
remarkable change in the character and
personality of the owner of the Black
heck Reserve. His back was stralghter.
his leek mero dlreet. and h.e entered
with avidity Inte the business of bring
lug order out of the chae; that had re
sulted from the riot. His word car
ried Bome weight, bin money mere,
and with the completion of nls ar ar
vftniritTnenM witli Beth f' ?ren, lie
. ... .
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