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to me." be boasted, "but T didn't know
until tonight she really loved me."
Tony shot him a look of hate, but
she lowered her eyes instantly. She
dared not risk Paul Pendlehaven seeins:
her revulsion.
But it was to Reginald's credit that
he believed she spoke the truth. His
vanity wouldn't allow him to think
otherwise.
"I'd like to talk to her alone." he
said crisply, directly at Cousin Paul.
"Women are peculiar creatures. Why,
I've loved her over two years, and to
think she made Philip believe she was
going to marry him?"
"So she is." snapped Philip, raising
his head.
"When I've done my damnedest to
get her to kiss me even." continued i
Reginald, overlooking MacCauiey's :
"Yon remember your- ;
Devon into tLe library where Doctor
John and Doctor Paul still sat, struggling
with the mystery that had come
into their usually quiet home. After
vainly trying to force more than monosyllabic
replies from Tonnibel, they
had put her to bed, gibbering with
fright. . >
Edith advanced to the middle of the
room, holding the little bag in her
hand, looking first at Doctor John, who
tried .unsuccessfully to recall where he
had seen her, and then at Doctor Paul.
"Where's my man, my Uriah?" she
asked hoarsely, and then Doctor John
recognised her and rose to his feet.
"You got my husband here with a bit
cf lead in 'im," went on Edith, moxioionousiy.
"i want to see 'im; i want
to take 'im back to the boat."
For the space of thirty seconds, perhaps,
no one ventured a word. Then,
as jthe woman swayed, Doctor John 1
leaped forward and put her into a
chair. The bag dropped to the floor '
beside her. Tears began to flow down
her cheeks and, with her sleeve, she
brushed them away.
"Where's my man, my Uriah?" she
demanded again fiercely. "Give 'im
back to me, mister, and I'll? Where's
the pup that shot 'im?"
"Who shot him?" cried Doctor John.
Edith gave him a peculiar look.
"Reggie, Reggie Brown," she whined.
"I saw 'im, and Tony, thinkin' I did
it?"
A sharp cry fell from Dr. Paul Pendlehaven.
"Tocy vowed sh? did it," he gasped.
"Oh, my poor little girl! She didn't
even mention your being here."
"Tony's like that," assented Edith.
"She wouldn't peach on a dog."
Doctor John came to her side with
one long stride.
"Are you ready to swear Reginald
Brown shot your husband?" he demanded.
"Of course I am, mister," nodded
Edith. "He was always runnin' after
Tony, and she hated 'im. He was
right over there when, suddenlike, he
banged a bullet smack at my man.
That duffer, the dirty pup, ain't fit to
clean Uriah's boots. When Tony
pushed me out of this house she says,
well, she says, 'Run, mummy, before
somebody gets you,' and I was kind a
dazed like and ran away."
!!!?? i"nt-tho rrw~?rn
J U>'1_ UIU11 IT 1 liiv 111b * W?.
room.
'Tin half crazy," he exclaimed and
then stopped, see in it Edith Devon, but
he was so filled with misery that he
gave 110 further heed to the stranger
and went on hastily, "Jack, Paul,
there's something behind that affair
of Peggie's!"
"There sure is," sitid John Pendlehaven.
"Sit down, boy. We're just
getting at it. This is Mrs. Devon."
"And my man." she insisted, struggling
up. "Uriah always was a d?11 j
fool, niixin" up with swells like Peggie
Brown, but I love 'ini; and, mister."
she wiped her face and, shmlderingly,
appealed to Paul Pendlehaven, "if you
give Mm to me, mister?"
"We'll see Tonv first," he interrupt1
? self,
Phil, what happened that day on j
the boat."
"Don't repeat it," cried Tony. "Oh, j
all of you 2:0 away. Let me alone. I j
want to be by myself." j.
"You want to be with me," contra- j
dieted Reginald, and he whirled in 1u- j
bilant ecstasy on one heel, then clicked j
his feet together: "You love me, Tony! j
You do, don't you?"
The dark head made an almost im- j
perceptible nod, but Philip in his jealousy
saw it.
He got up as if he were an old man.
The youth had gone out of him.
"If she doesn't love me and never !
has," he muttered dazedly, "then I'd j
better go."
He waited for her to speak, to deny
her words, but the fearful expression
In the gray eyes turned upon him con- i
fused him still more.
"Yes, go," Tony told him, rousing i
" - " - J ^ r, I
herseir, "ana?ana?never uhuk j
again."
There was silence in the room as he ,
went away, but no sooner had the door ;
closed than Tony flung up her arms |
and sank unconscious in a forlorn, lit- j
tie heap against Paul Pendleliaven.
CHAPTER XVII.
Payment in Full.
Edith Devon, with the small black
bag in her hand, crept out of the Pen- I
dlehaven garden, unapprehensive. She
had no power to think?110 desire to go
anywhere or do anything. She lingered
about Pendlehaven place until
the morning dawned. During the hours 1
preceding daylight she studied over
the events of the afternoon and evening.
As her mind cleared, all her
tove for Uriah rose up and clamored
to help him. She remembered leaving
< him stretched out on the floor as if he
were dead. When the town below began
to show signs of day she walked
back into Pendlehaven place and slowly
up to the house.
Ic was a servant who ushered Mrs. |
ed. "Wait."
While their cousins were with '
Uriah's wife below. Mrs. Curtis and
Katherine were talking over the events
of the night.
"If Tony'll only stick to what she's
said," Mrs. Curtis was repeating, ,
"nothing could he better. She'll probably
go to jail, and Reginald will forget
her." .j
"liege's such a fool," commented the
girl. "I wonder if she really did say
she loved him. She simply couldn't
care for him when she has Philip, nor ,
after knowing lie tried to kill Cousin
Paul. I'd like to know what's behind ;
it all."
i
Tony received the call to the
library listlessly. Nothing that any- ,
Tony Received the Call to the Library !
Listlessly.
one could say now would make her
lot any easier. Nothing! Nothing!;
Philip, her new father, kind Uncle
John, all had vanished in the waters
of bitterness that had overwhelmed
her.
The room seemed full of people
when she crept timidly in. Uriah Devon,
with a white cloth tied around
his head, lounged in a large chair.!
Mrs. Curtis and Katherine were seat- j
ed, rigidly erect side by side. The I
girl's gaze passed over their glaring '
eyes and settled on Philip MacCauley.!
Was that a smile she saw lurking
around his lips? Of course not! He
couldn't smile when she was in such '
trouble! She shivered as she met
P.eginald Brown's eager eyes, and,'
thrusting back a sob, she went to Paul
Pendlehaven because he had held his '
hand out to her. Then she saw her
mother, and a bewildered expression
spread over her face. Doctor Paul, j
his eyes soft and gleaming, his lips I
twitching nervously, drew her down!
beside him.
"Mummy doesn't know anything!
about it," gasped the girl, extending :
her arms to Edith. "I won't hear any.j
one say?Oh, Uriah," she turned to j
Devon, "you know. Oh. say I did it." j
"Won't say any such thing," mut-!
tered Uriah.
"Of course he won't, Tony," exclaim-1
ed Doctor John. "We know the truth 1
now." i
Tonnibel get to her feet, pulling herself
away from Paul Pendlehaven.
"Oh. fou can't arrest my poor littls
mother,* she cried. . "Her whole life,
has been so miserable. I must hell
her. You must, you, Philip?H
Philip got out of his chair, but Doo |
tor John put him back into it again, j
"Wait," he whispered into the boy's
ear.
"I want to tell you, everyone,"-went j
on Tony, fiercely, "that I'll swear 'til
I die my mother?"
Paul Pendlehayen took the speaker j
by the shoulders and forced her face
up to his.
"This woman, here, your mother,"
and he waved his arm toward Mrs.
Devon, "says you didn't have that gun
in your hand, and it's loaded to the
brim now. She didn't use.it, either."
Reggie's jaw dropped. lie made a
dash for the door, as Mrs. Curtis
screamed. Doctor John caught the
fleeing boy and wheeled him around
to face his horror-stricken mother.
"It's a lie! I didn't," he mumbled.
"Wliere'd I get a gun to shoot anyone?
This woman did it herself. I
saw her."
"Then you were here,'" cried Philip.
Mrs. Curtis acted as if she were going
to faint, but, as no one paid any
attention to her, she slumped hack beside
her daughter, who turned away
contemptuously.
"That settles one question," commented
Doctor Paul, grimly. "You
shot Devon, Reggie," and the boy sank
into a chair beside his mother. "Now,"
continued the doctor, "who robbed the
safe?"
To know that her mother hadn't
^ oliAAti nor hilt (\T1Q nf
uuue IliC 311WUUft iciiv ttu O" Li. L UUL Vi
TonnibeTs worries. Uriah wasn't hurt
much anyway, but the doctor's question
brought vividly to her rninti another
danger, not a whit less serious.
Edith was certainly involved in looting
the safe11
"I told you once," Tony began
weakly.
"Child." interposed Doctor Paul,
"you'll shield no one else. I shudder
to think what might have happened if
your mother hadn't come here for her
husband."
His tones were low and stern,
though much moved.
Ilis eye caught sight of the black
bag at the same time his brother's did.
Doctor John opened it and, amid an
appalling silence, took box after box
out of it.
"Plain stealing," he growled, and
then he stared at Mrs. Devon in openmouthed
amazement. "What'd _you
ibrinir 'em back for?" he questioned. j
Edith paid no attention to Doctor i
John's query but addressed her hus- j
l^ai/d.
"Uriah, now you went and done it
asrain!" She turned to Doctor Paul.
"You pu every thin' back, ffive me my
man. He didn't know what he was j
doink sir."
1 "Then he'll be tausrht a lesson, the
same as Reginald will, madam," rejoined
the doctor. "Ever since your
daughter came to us, she's been in ;
> dread of your husband, her father.
Once he was sent a\Uay, and she had ;
noneo This; rime he won't CCUie back !
in a hurry."
Doctor John reached into the drawer j
of the table near him and produced
the roll of bills that Philip had found
on Devon the night before.
"How about this, you?" he inquired
of Devon. "Where'd this come from
before it was in your pocket? While
we're at it, we might as well clear up
everything."
The center of interest, Uriah Devon
shifted uneasily in his chair. He had
discovered the loss of the money but
had not dared to make any inquiry
about it. Hastily he ran over the situation.
and it appeared to him as hopeless
as possible, but five thousand dollars
was a good thing for a man to
have, whatever his position. If Mrs.
Curtis claimed the money, her connection
with him would come out, and
that might make things easier for him.
If she didn't, he'd have the cash anyhow.
"That's mine, mister," he grunted,
"and I didn't steal it, neither. Give it
to me."
The same considerations had been
chasing through Mrs. Curtis' mind,
and, in the general cataclysm that she
saw before her, she concluded the
money might be very necessary for
her and her children.
"Don't let him have it, John," she
screamed. "It's mine. Give it to me."
Doctor John arose and stood between
Uriah and Mrs. Curtis, holding
the roll of bills in his hand. Amidst
the closest attention of the rest of the
group, he looked from one to the other,
while the claimants indulged in a dispute.
"You give it to me, didn't you,
ma'am?" asked Uriah, roughly.
"Didn't vou?"
"Yes, I suppose I did." she acknowledged.
"but you haven't done what you
said you would."
" 'Twasn't my fault," Uriah grumbled.
"If that fool of a son of yours
hadn't butted in and shot me, I'd taken
Tonv like I bargained to."
i
Then Doctor Paul interposed, rnd
a few questions, sternly put and categorically
answered, discovered the
whole conspiracy between Mrs. Curtis,
her children, and Uriah Devon.
John Pendlehaven, whose anger had
been steadily rising, suddenly stepped !
forward and brushed his brother aside, j
"I'll take charge of this now, Paul," i
he stated. "You're too d?d easy.
Here's where you treacherous snakes
go to jail," he included Uriah and the
Curtises in a sweep of his hand. "Every
one of you!" He turned savagely
upon Reginald. "You little pup," he
charged swiftly, "you tried to poison
Paul, didn't you?" He crossed to his
side and towered over him with upraised
fist. "Own up, d?n you. Didn't
you ?"
Reginald cowered, slipped out of his
chair and attempted to shield himself
in Mrs. Curtis' arms, who leaned protecting!}'
over hinn
"T?I was 'lruuR," he excused hin>
j self, "and I thought," he whimpered
to his mother, "1 thought you wanted
| me to." '
I Then Edith projected herself into
the excitement again. She glanced at
Uriah, her eyes melting with tenderness,
arose and stood looking at the
Pendlehaven brothers.
"Mr. Paul," she said in a low voice,
"don't you remember me?"
Paul looked her over with no sign
of recognition, and his brother turned
away from Reginald to observe this
uew development.
"No," said Paul, and he shook his
I head.
| "Never mind! That don't matter!"
! was the reply, "but I'll make a dicker
! with you. You give me my man for
i keeps, and I'll give you your girl,
; Caroline. I'm Edith Mindil!"
j You could have hoard a pin drop, so
i deep was the silence. All were lookI
ing at the haggard woman, facing Paul
' Pendlehaven, who was rising unsteadily.
"Give me my man," she repeated.
"Don't send 'im to jail, and I'll give
| you your girl."
Doctof Paul had become so whPe
j "You Little Pup, You Tried to Poison
i Paul, Didn't You?"
that his brother went to him and tiling
an arm across his shoulders. 1
"Are you lying?" he thundered at
Edith. "If?if Sit down. I'aul.
Let me?
"Where's my baby?" quavered Paul
Pendlehaven. (
"Does my Uriah go free, scot-free?"
questioned Mrs. Devon.
"Yes, yes," consented both brothers
at the same time.
Tony had dropped to the floor. Now
that little Caroline had been found, t
she could no longer be a Pendlehaven daughter.
Edith went to her and knelt
beside her.
. "Here she is, sir." she said in husky
tones, lifting a tearful face to the
men, "and you couldn't have a finer 1
girl in the world. I ain't goin' to say (
for you to forgive me, sir, but you've had
'er over two years! Now, gimme
Uriah, and we'll go."
Tony threw her arms around Edith's
neck. What a change two minutes
and a few words had made! She
seemed to have taken on a new dignity
as, with shining eyes, she said to
Paul Pendlehaven:
"Father, darling, whatever it was
that separated us, I want, oh, how I
want to do something for the.only
mother I've ever known."
Of course, Doctor .Paul consented; <
he even did more. lie got a promise
from the confused Uriah that he'd ]
turn his back on the old days and
old ways, and begin again with such ^
aid as the Pendlehavens would give ]
him. {
While Doctor Paul was settling the )
fate of the Devons, John Pendlehaven
had been sizing up the Curtis family.
I They were grouped together, clinging
to each other.
"Reggie," he ejaculated, "I reckon (
you did a good job when you stopped
Devon with a bullet last night. As 1
for you, Sarah, you and your children
aren't safe to 'have in the house.
Here!" He stretched forth his hand
and offered the five thousand dollars ,
to her "Here's your money. Now 1
go, and take Reggie and Katherine ]
with you."
j Mrs. Curtis was so utterly overcome
j that she could do nothing but sob, but
{Catherine took the bills from the doctor's
hand and turned to her brother.
"Come on, Rege," she muttered.
"Help me get her out of this. We
better go." She pinched her mother's
arm spitefully. "Get up. mother.
Quit that crying, and come on." ,
The others watched them leave the
room, and then Mrs. Devon spoke up:
"We're next, Riah! And we're everlastingly
grateful to you, Doctor Paul,
j and you. Doctor John, for lettin' us
go. Ain't we, Riah?"
Devon straightened up from his
chair and grinned sheepishly.
"That we be," lie agreed, "and I'll
try to show it."
*******
That evening when Tonnibel and
Philip were alone together, the young
man said chokingly, "You don't for a
moment imagine I ever believed you
did that thing, darling? I went away
because I thought you didn't love me
any more, that you never had loved
me. You don't think?any other way?"
"No,' dear," she answered gently.
"No. of course not!"
The bov pressed her to him, and,
as they whispered so low, no one could
- hear anything, there isn't another word
to record, except that Tonnibel Pendlehavcii
had everything the world
could give one little girl.
[THE END.]
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