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Si ? C\ The Man From D J ' uroaiieys i By GEORGE BARR M'CUTCHEON ! Copyright. 1908, by Dodd. Me?d ? Co. o 1 * v I CHAPTER X. THE SLOUCH OF TRANQUILLITY. i?^lITREE months stole b.v with tinj i I talizing slowness. The autumn | I I passed on Into winter without L?J a change of expression in the ibenlgn face of nature. Christmas day was as hot as if it had come in mid summer: the natives were as naked the trees as fully clad. The six months were passing away in spite of themselves. Ten weeks were left before the worn but determined heirs could nnrl msh jiwflv to other cHmes. It muttered little whether they went away rl'-h or poor. They were to go! Go! That was the richest thine the future held out to them True, they rode and played and swam and romped without restraint, hut bo neatb nil of rlielr abandon there lurked the ever present pathos of the Jail, the asylum, the detention ward Not until the end of January was there a sign of revolt against the evoi growing, insidious condition of melan choly. \ As they turned into the last third of their exile they found heart to rejoice in the thought that release was coming nearer and nearer The end of March?eight weeks off! Sooti there would be hut seven weeks, then six! And all tbW time the Islanders tolled as they had tolled for years The.* reckoned in years, while the strangers cast np time's account In weeks and called them years Each day the brown men worked In the mines piling r.! gems Into the vaults with a resolute . a ; uesa mat never rairerea. < I From London came disquieting news x tor all titles to the controversy. The pstraggtc HKIIUIUWJ IU ujt tirnwn our Tot ' years, perhaps. The lonely legatees, marooned In the far south sea. began jr to realize that even after they had spent their six months of probation m they would still have mouths, even years, of waiting before they could touch the fortune they laid claim to V Tha Islanders also were vaguely awake to the fact that verytblng might be tied up for years despite the provisions of the will. A restless, stubborn feeling of alarm thread among them. This feeling gradu?Ily developed Itself Into bitter resentment. Hatred for the people who were causing this delay was growing deeper and fiercer. Their counselor, the complacent enemy. held himself aloof from the men and women that his charges were fighting. He met the two lawyers often, but nothing passed between them that could have been regarded as the slightest breach of trusft He lived (ike a rajah in his shady bungalow. surrounded by the luxuries of one to whom all things are brought Indl visiuie. ii lie nau any muikuik iui uir society of women of his own race and kind, he carefully concealed it. Hi* Indifference to the subtle though unmistakable appeals of the two ponticwomen in the chateau was irritating in the extreme When tie deliberately, though politely, declined their invitation to tea one afternoon their humiliation knew no hounds. Lady Deppinpham and Mrs. Browne should not lie misunderstood by tin' i reader. They loved their husbands? . ! atn quite sure of that?hut they were , tired of seeing no one else, tired talking to no one else. Moreover, in support of this otie sided assertion, they experienced from time to time the most melancholy attacks of jeal ousy If Mrs. Browne in plain despair went off for a day's ride with Lord Deppinphaw. that pentlemau's wife true el/*!* tvlfli Snolnncv I f T <wlv A nes strolled in the moonlit gardens with Mr Browne, the former Miss Bate of Boston could scarcely control her emotions. They shod many tears of anguish over the faithlessness of husbands, tears of hatred over lite vlciousness of temptresses. Their <juar rels were tierce, their upbraidings characteristic. but In the end they cried and kissed aud "made up." They did not know, of course, that the wily Britt. despite his own depression. was all the while accumulating the most astounding lot of evidence to show that a decided streak of insanity existed in the two heirs. "If they could only be married in some way." was Britt's private lament to Saunders from time to time when despair overcame confidence. "I've got a ripping idea." Saunders tsaid oue day. "Let's have it. You've always got "Can't do it just yet. I've been look- ! j ins up a little matter I'll spring It . j soon." < ! \ "Dow long have you beeD working j t on tbe idea?" c "Nearly four months." said Saunders. yawning j "Gad. this climate is enervating!" j J was Hrltt's caustic comment. j r Saunders was heels over head in love , E witJ Miss Pelham at this time, so it ; t Is not surprising that he had some 1 sort of an idea about marriage, no ! , matter whom it i?neerncd. y Night after night the Deppinghams I t qdJ Brownes gave dinners, balls, mu- j sicales. "bridges." masks and theater t suppers at the chateau. First one ] would invite the other to a great ball, j then the other would respond by giv- i j ing a sumptuous dinner. t One morning during the first week 1 , in February the steamer from Aden j t brought stacks of mail?the customary j newspapers, magazines, novels, tele- t grams and letters. It was Noticed that t her ladyship had several hundred let- t ters. many bearing crests or coats of i arms. I At last she ctmo to a letter of many pages covered with a scraWl that look- ! ed preposterously fashionable. Lady Agnes gave a sudden shriek and. leaping to her feet, performed a dance that set. her husband and Dobby Browne to gasping. "She's coming!" she cried ecstatical- j ly, repeating herself a doze'J times. f ''Who's coming. Aggy?" roared her i husband for the sixth time. "The princess! Doppy. I'm going to squeeze you! I must squeeze somebody! Isn't it glorious? Now?now? i now life will be worth living In this beastly place." . | Her dearest friend, the princess, had written to say that she was coming to i tpend a month with her. "I n her uncle's yacht. Deppy?the big ?ne that came to Cowes last year, don't >*ou know? Of course you do. Don't ,; :ook so dazed. He's cruising for a ' rouple of months and is to set her | down here until the yacht returns from I Borneo and the Philippines. She say? j she hopes It will be quiet here. Quiet! ' She hopes it will be quiet!" "1 say, Deppingham, yoo can take j ^ her out walking and pick up a crowu- ? ful of fresh rubies every day or so," said Browne. "Hang It all, Browne. I'm afraid to pluck a violet these days. Every time I stoop over I feel that somebody's going to take a shot at me. 1 wonder why the beggars select me to shoot ul They're not always popping away at yen. Browne. Whyls it7" "It's all right so long as they don't kill you." was Browne's consoling remark. "By Jove!" said Depplngham. starting up with a look of horror in his eyes, sudden comprehension rushing down upon him. "I wonder if they think I am you. Browne! Horrible!" The enemy's office hours were from 3 to 5 in the afternoon. Twice n week Miss Pelham came down from the chateau in a gayly l>edecked JInriklsha to Bit opposite to him In his stuffy corner of the banking house, his desk between them, her notebook trembling with propinquity. air. urm generously lent the pert lady to the enemy In exchange for what he catalogued as "happy days." 5 Miss Pelham made It a point to look as fascinating as possible on the occasion of these Interesting trips Into the j enemy's territory. The enemy, doing his duty by his j clients with a determination that j seemed incontestable, was the Inst to j realize that an intrigue was shaping ( itself to combat his endeavors. Von j Blitz, openly his friend and ally, dospite their sad encounter, was the thorn which pricked the natives Into a state of uneasiness and doubt as to j their agent's sincerity They began to believe that no good could come out of the daily meetings of the three lawyers j It was Von Blitz who told the leading men of,the island that their wives I ?the Persians, the t'ireassians. the j itlgypiians anu lue lumyi>ii imui n were in love with tho mil stranger. It was he who advised them to unserve the actions, to study the moods of their women. The German knew the condition of ' affairs in his own household His overthrow at the hands of the American had cost him more than physical j . ignominy: his wives openly expressed | 1 an admiration for their champion, j Every eye in Japat was upon him; i '' every hand was turning against him It was Miss Pel ham who finally took j It upon herself to warn the lonely j ' American. The look of surprise and j disgust that came into his face brought 1 her up sharply I ' "Miss Pelham." he said coldly, "will 1 ' you be kind enough to carry my con-1 J dolences to the ladies at court and * say that I recommend reading as an 1 antidote for the poison which Idleness ^ produces. Neither my home nor my j 1 barroom is open to ladies. If you don't mind we'll go on with this report." J Miss Pelham flushed and looked very ' uncomfortable. "You're wrong about Lady Depping- r run and Mrs. Browne." she began f hurrii dl.v "They've never said any- 1 thing mean about yon. It was just I my miserable way of putting It. The 1 r talk ?-omes from the islanders. Mr f ?owles has told Mr Brltt nrd Mr Saunders. lie thinks Von Blitz is vorldng against you. and he Is sure ; hat nil of the men are furiously jeal>us." "Perhaps there Is something In what :ou say. I'm grateful to you for premrlng mc." It had suddenly come to nind that the night before he had ieen a man skulking In the vicinity of he bungalow. "I Just thought I'd tell you." mur- j nured Miss Pelhain nervously. "I? ve don't want to see you get Into rouble?none of us." "Thank you." After a long pause le went on. lowering his voice: "Miss 'elham. I have had a hard time here n more ways than I care to speak of. t may interest you to know that I tad decided to resign next month and m hnmo I'm n Urine ninn and a liv ng man objects to a living death But i've changed my mind. I'll stick my lme out. I've got three months longer o stay, and I'll stay. If Von Blitz hlnks' be can drive me out. he's mlsaken. I'll be here after you and your 'rlends up there jave sailed away, diss Pelham?God bless you. you're all vhlte?and I'll be here when Von Blitz md his wives are dancing to the tunes play Now let's get back to work, f Von Blitz Is working In the dark. *11 compel him to show his hand. And. diss I'elham." he concluded very slowy, "I'll promise to use a club. If necesiary. to drive the Persian Indies away. >o please rest easy on my account." The next morning the town bustled vlth a new excitement. A trfm. benulful yacht, flying strange colors, itearaod Into the lltt e harbor of Araat. Every one knew that the yacht >rought the princess who was to visit ler ladyship. The enemy came down from his bun- . ralow, attracted by the unusual and iniplrlng spectacle of a ship at anchor. ^ line of anxiety marked bl9 brow, rwo figures had watched his windows ill night long, sinister shadows that always met his eye when It penetrated he gloom of the moonlit forest I-ord and Lady Depplngham were on he pier before blm. Excitement and oy Illumined her face. Her eyes were iparkllng with anticipation. He could ilmost see that she trembled In her ttgerness He came quite close to hem before they saw him. Exbilara- : Ion no doubt was responsible for th- ! cry ugreeuuie bluiic ui icvu^uiuui i hat she bestowed upon himf Thee^^ imy could do do less than rlth his pleasant'est acknow^^H^H Ihu ragged .face related rharming, winsome smile, naif diffi- i lent, half assured. Fie passed among the wives of his lients witliout so much as a sign of ecognition, coolly indifferent to the admiring glances that sought his face. The dark, languorous eyes that flashed pager admiration a moment before now :urned sullen with disappointment. He hud ignored their owners. "1 have beard that you expect a vistor," said the enemy in his most agreeable manner. "Won't you go aboard with us*?" tsked Deppingh :m, at u loss for any:hing better to say. The eneiuy shook lis head and smiled. "You ure very good, but 1 believe my ' dace is here." "The princess is to be with me for a nonth. We expect more sunshine than ;ver at the chateau," ventured her adyshlp. "I sincerely hope you may be disappointed," said he commiseratiugly, 'aiming himself with his hat. She uuglied and understood, but Deppingmm was halfway out to the yacht be:ore it became clear to him that the iieiny hoped literally, not figuratively., 'I'liii nnoniv Kiiiintorpd back to the Vtncricnu bar. lonelier than ever before n his life. He now knew what it was Ini lie Ind missed more than all else - woman. P.ritt and Saunders were waiting for dm under the awning outside. "Hello!" called liritt. "We saw you iown there, but couldn't get near. I'.y tinger. old man. 1 had no idea your Persians were so beautiful. They are uieiital gems of"? "My Persians? What the devil do ron mean. Itritt? Porno in and sit town: I want to talk to you fellows. ms' here, this talk about these'women tas got to be stopped. It's dangerous 'or you. and it's dangerous for me. it s so full of peril that I don't care to ook at them, handsome as you say they ire. Do you know what I was thinkng of us I mine over here after leavng one of the most charming of worn a?your Lady Deppingham? 1 was hinking what a wretehed famine there s in women. I'm speaking of women ike Lady Deppingham and Mrs. Browne, neither of whom 1 know, and ret I've known them all my life?the cind of women we love, not the kind ve despise or pity. Don't you see? 'm hungry for the very sight of a vomau." 1 "You sec Miss Pelliam ofteu enough." ;nid Saunders surlily. The enemy was unking a pitcher of lemonade. "My dear Saunders, you are quite ight. I do see Miss Pelliam often 'iiough. In my present frame of mind 'd fall desperately III love with her if saw her oftener." Saunders blinked ind glared at him through his pale yes. "M.v word!" ho said. Thon he got op abruptly and stalked out of the room. Brltt laughed Immoderately. "He's a lucky dog." reflected the enemy. "You see. he loves her. Brltt?he loves little Miss Pelham. Do you know what that means? It means ev-1 erythlng Is worth while. Hello! Here he Is back! Come In, Saunders. Here's your lemo!" Saunders was excited. He stopped In the doorway, bur looked over his shoulder Into the street. "Come along!" he exclaimed. "They are going up to the chateau?the princess and her party. ' My word, she's ripping!" At the corner they stopped to await, the procession of palanquins and jlnrlklshas which had started from the pier. The smart English victoria from the ^chateau, drawn by Wyckholme's thoroughbreds, was coming on in advance of the foot brigade. In the rear seat of the victoria sat Lady Depping His helmet came off with a rush; a dazed smi e of recognition lighted his face. ham f.nd one who evidently was the princess. Opposite to them sat two tfder bat no less smart looking woB^jala day h^Aratat," observed the whole party overnight op at the chateau. Hello! By thunder, old man. she's?she's speaking to yon!" He turned In astonishment to look at his companion's face. The enemy was staring, transfixed, at the young woman In white who sat beside Lady Deppingham. He seemed paralyzed for the moment. Then his helmet came off with a rush; a dazed smile of recognition lighted his face. The very pretty young woman In the wide hat was leaning forward and smiling at him. a startled, uncertain look In her eyes. Lady Deppingham was glancing open mouthed from one to the other. "I must be dreaming," murmured the enemy. Britt took him by the arm. "Do yen know her?" he asked. The enemy turned upon blin with a radiant gleam in his once somber, disconsolate eyes. "Do you think I'd be grinning at her like a fool If I didn't? Why the dickens didn't you tell me that It was the Princess Genevra of Itapp-Thorberg who was coming?" (To be continued.) WS6&3M SICKNESS ^ PONT CHUM TO BE HAPPY KEEP Wl USE ONLY DR. 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