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Co., Kew York sad London, j CHAPTER XIII TO AWAIT CONFTR3IATTON. HE day appoint? ed for P- rey's trial was a week after he left New York. During this period his mother and sister and Judge Ke? tella were the on? ly persons wno knew of his es cape. On the morning of the trial the judge dropped into In? spector Byrnes' office, with a newspaper in his hand and a very grave face. "I want to call something to your rec? ollection, inspector," said he; "some? thing of importance to me, though you mayliave forgotten it." "Oh, you mean young Percy Nolen s case, don't your" returned the chief of detectives. "I remember; ho was ac? cused of a robbery in a jewel ry store and you went bail for him in fifteen hundred dollars. Yes, the trial comes on today." "You havo a good memory. Well, you aro perhaps not aware that Percy left New York on the day following the examination and never returned." "Yes, judge, I happen to be aware of that, tool You see, we anticipated there .might be some difficulty of the kind, and so we put a man on to watch him. Mr. Nolen spent that night at Mr. Martin's rooms on Fifth avenue. The next morn? ing, somo one whom our man took to be Martin walked out and went up town. An hour or two later. Martin himself came out. Instead of following him our man made the mistake of going up stairs to see whether " Nolen was in the rooms. In that way they both got off. We did everything in our power to stop them, but it was too late. I sincerely hoped he would think better of it, and come back. I am sorry for you, but there it is!" "As regards myself, Pia not a loser. I don't mind telling you that, a few hours after his escape, I received by letter the amount of the bail; it came, I have rea? son to believe, from Martin. Ali Percy's outstanding bills were also paid, proba? bly by tho same hand. Of course, Percy shoul 1 have stood Iiis trial, and had I lind any inkling of what ho intended I should havo used every means to prevent his de? parture. But at any rate he ief t no debts j behind him." ..Ho made the mistake of his life," said tho inspector, emphatically. "As the reason why will bo known in a few hours, I may as weil tell you now. In tho first place the evidence against him ! was not conclusivo, and, taking every- ! thing into consideration, thc* chuncos are that lie would have been acquitted. Iiis looks and manner and Iiis previous rec- | ord and social standing were in his j favor, though it is true that he had been I making a fool of himself here and there, | as boys sometimes wilL But a feiiow j like that is not likely tc steal a lady's j pocket book in face of tho absolute cer? tainty of being suspected of it. The game wasn't worth the candle." "I quite agree with you," replied the judge; "still there was a possibility that the verdict might go against him: and you can understand that a conviction would be as good as death to him." "Even then, if we were innocent, the guilty party would be sure to turn up sooner or later and ho would be vindi? cated. I could make a guess, even now, as to who the thief really is; but he has not committed himself yet, and as the money stolen was in bank notes of course j it is more difiScult to trace tlian jewels j or any kind of personal property would j be. But that is not the point I was going to make. If he had appeared in court ? today he would have been a free man j ever after." "How can you know that?" "In this way. You have heard all about that affair of his wish the wife of j the plaintilf. No actual harm had been done, but she was compromised and lier husband had heard of it: they had had some words about it probably; and when j he found Nolen in such an awkward pre- . dicament, he naturally was not going to lose the opportunity of jumping on him. So he? pressed the charge, as we saw. ! But his wife did what he had not antici? pated-she joined him in the accusation, and thereby ranged herself definitely on his side. Of course that took the wind out of hi3 sails; it proved that she hated Percy as much as he did, and therefore removed his own chief reason for hating him." "I understand; but" "Very welL Having no longer any j especial reason for revenging himself j upon Percy, and probably not believing, on sober second thought, that he had j committed the crime, he would begin to ! ask himself how the public trial would j affect his wife and himself. And the first thing he would see would be that it would involve letting out the whole story of the flirtation. Now, if his wife had persisted in her folly, instead of act? ing the part of a virtuous cur, as she did, he might have been wiiling to have her 6hown up; but aa it was, he would desire to hush it up as securely a?; possible. There was only ono way to do that, and that was" "Ah! I see. The plaintiT would de? cline to prosecute?" "Exactly, and that (as I have tho best ? reason for knowing) is just what ho has ? done. His counsel aro instructed to j withdraw the charge; and of course, under tho circumstances, tho judge would allow him to do so. But when they see tliat the prisoner is not on hand, it may cause them to modify this course. They might profess themselves ready to go on with tho case, and as the prisoner j is absent judgment would issue against I him." "It is that result that I hoped to avoid. It would bo a sud thing for an honorable | family to be dragged through tho dust in this way for a crimo for which thc ac? cused is not responsible." "He should have had tho manliness to face Iiis accusers," repeated tho inspec? tor. "No one knows better than j ou, judge, that in this world a man must de? fend himself. Ho cannot expect other Deople to lind excuses for him. But, as i I say, he may live it down; he is a young fellow yet, and" "Have you seen this morning's paper?" j interposed the judge. * "I have looked through it. Is there j anything particular?" The judge held out tho paper, with his j finger on a certain paragraph. The in I pector took it and read as follows: "A terriblo hurricane is reported as : having occurred in the neighborhood of ! St. Thomas, W. I., on the 13th ult. It : is described as tho severest ever know? I in those latitudes. It was preceded in ! the morning by a dead calin and exces j sive heat. Early in the afternoon i weatherwise persons predicted a heavy ! blow. Tho prophecy was soon verified. .'Clouds were observed collecting in the i southwest; they rapidly increasd in size and darkness, and advanced toward the northeast, from which quarter a gentle breeze was blowing. The storm burst with terrific fury. Tho harbor of St. ; Thomas is a large basin, the entrance to j which is a comparatively narrow pas j sage between two headlands. The har i bor was at the time filled with shipping, j including several steamers and large ves I sels. One of the steamers was at the time ! taking on passengers; the captain gave I orders that this should lie stopped, and j steamed out of the liarbor in the hope of weathering the gale. The steamer has not since been heard of, but fragments of it have been picked up at ?ea, and there is no doubt that she perished with ! all on board. The storm **xts acconipa I nied by intense darkness, greater than j that of ordinary midnight without moon or stars. Tho wind's velocity was esti? mated to reach no less than two hundred miles an hour, and the destruction it caused was terrible. ? After blowing for a ccuplo of hours j from the southwest it hauled about and blew with equal violence ixom thenorth ! east All tho shipping in the harbor was ! destroyed, and several vessels were lifted j out of the water and carried inland. One large merchant ship was taken up bodily and planted in the midst of s warehouse near tho shore. The houses of the town were unroofed and in most cases annihilated. Upwards cf four hundred lives were reported lost, and the harbor was full of corpses, which were devoured by the shirks. One of the most remarkable episodes of this dis? astrous storm was that of the U. S. and B. Co.'s steamship Amazon. She was due at St. Thomas on thc ?lay after that on which tho hurricane occurred. She had cleared from New York with six passengers and a full cargo. Sho had fair weather up to within two hundred miles of St. Thomas, and was some? what ahead of her schedule time. Ac? cording to the narration cf tho surviv? ors, she met the hurricane about " o'clock on tho afternoon of tho 13th. She was put about so as to ron before the gale. The wind and waves almost immediately dismasted her, and it was found impos? sible to do more than keep ber before the wind, even this taxing all the powers of those on board. At- one time she was pooped by a heavy sea which broke into the foreeastleand swept many overboard. **When the win d veer id about the steamer became virtually unmanageable; she drove before the gale, and it was ex? pected that she must founder. But after several hom's she was sudd .-illy beached; j and on tho storm breaking it was dis covered that she was lying in the main i i street cf St. Thomas, close to her own i dock. In tlio darkness she must have j been driven through the narrow entrance ; cf the harbor, and so across to thc town, | avoiding by a miracle numberless ob- ? stacles. She is, however, a complete i wreck, and half her ship's company were : swept overboard and drowned, while many of the others have received severe i injuries. Of the six passengers who were ; on board the following are killed: Alfred ; Harper, wt nt insane and washed over- j board; Charles Tupper, neck broken; j James Blair, washed overboard, Percy ! Nolen, washed overheard. The sur riving passengers are Herbert Simp- i son and Valentine Martin, lir. Martin ; occupied the same stateroom with Mr, ; Nolan, and is much affected by his death. He says he saw him sher.ly before tho j time when the steamer was pooped; he j was on his way to the forecastle, under j the impression, it is supposed, that thcro I was greater security there than in the ; stern. "Mr. Martin left for Vera Cruz yester- ! day. it is his intention to return by way ; of Aspinwall to his sheep farm in New Zealand, near Napier." Having read thus far. the inspector j laid down the paper, and stroked his j chin awhile with a meditative air. 4,So ; the young man ts crowned, is ho?" ho I said, at length. "The account seems to ! look that way." "Do you mean there can be any doubt j about it?" exclaimed the judge. **1 don't say there is; and as a matter . of course, judge, I recognize thc sincerity of your attitude. Still, if 1 were inter- j ested in the boy, I shou'<J think twice before I accepted this news as conclu- : 6ive. llave you heard anything [?orson- j ally?' , \ j "Nothing. This is all wo know, so. i far." _ j .AVell, you are aware that people re- j portee* drowned at sea souietimcs have a j way of coming to life again. The sea is | a big place, and it's di??icult to be sure j what becomes of a man in a heavy storm ' when everything's ns black as pitch, j Tl -.ea again, young Nolen, you must ad- j mit, might find it convenient to have it j supposed he was permanently out of the I way. Ho could start in under a new name, with very little fear of ever being , interfered willi. When this affair lias | blown over or been cleared .ip. he might ? come back ana ail would be right again, j 1 don't say that is what has happened: 1 only say it might be so. And. consider- | ing that Mr. Martin was a friend of the j family, it seems a little odd that he shouldn't havesenta letter giving a full j account of the affair. He must have ? known what a vallie the mother and sister would have pul upon it." 'I hope with r.H my heart your th<x>ry j may be the true one," said the judge, j *i*ut 1 fear the report is correct." he added, after a paused. "There can be no doubt about the hurricane, nor that Percy was on the steamer. There was Uv? necessity of inventing a r: ??ort of his death; he would boas safe in Mexico or Ne A* Zealand as at the bottom of the ] Atlantic. No, I'm afraid the poor boy j is gone. And. as I was saying just now, I trust that no steps will bc taken today to blacken his memory. The cause of justice would not bo vindicated, and >t would add a terriMe pang to his moth? er's arel sister's grief. Some considera? tion should i:e shown to them." "'.Veli, kt us go down to th,- courl room." said th - inspector, rising and taking ?-.is hat. "I <?<?rt"t s->uj#{>oso ?my one wants to trample on a dead man not even the woman he was in love with." This surmise proved partly correct On the case being called, counsel forthe plaintiff submitted that theil client was disposed to abandon tiie pros< eu', ion Thecourtasked where the prisoner was. and the report of his death was pul ?a The court observed that the prisoner ap? peared to have intended forfeiting his j |>ail, and was of opinion thal the evi dence of death was hisufricient. But as the plaintiff" wished to withdraw, and there was only a moderate presumption of guilt, tho caso would be adjourned pending confirmation of the report of death, when the question of estreating the bail would be decided. CHAPTER XIV. A POWERFUL ALLY. EVERAL days after this event, the inspector wa? informed that a lady desired to see him. He gave orders that she be admitted, and a young woman dressed in mourn? ing entered the room. Site was pale and hand? some, with pow? erful dark eyes The inspector rose and placed a chair for her. She sat down, regarding him with great intent? ness, as if endeavoring to satisfy herself what manner of man ho was. "Can I be of any assistance to you, madam?*' the detective inquired. "I hope you may," was lier reply, "for I don't know where to look for help, un? less to you. You were officially cogni? zant, were you not, of the caso of Mr. Percy Nolen. who was accused of a rob? bery a few weeks ago?" Tho inspector inclined his head. "It came to my knowledge in the ordinary routine," he said. "It has been ad? journed, as you are probably aware, and the chances are that it will not soon be heard of again." "Percy Nolen was my brother," she resumed. "Ile was lost at sea." Her tips trembled, but she recovered herself -the inspector noted that she seemed to possess unusual self command-and went on. "My mother and I are tho only ones of the family left alive; and my mother Is an invalid. My brother died with a shadow upon his name, and I consider it my duty to remove it. I am sure that it can be done; and I am ready to make any effort or sacrifice to do it. Nothing would be a sacrifice that would accom? plish that result." "I'm afraid you will find it no easy matter. Miss Nolen. Speaking as a pro? fessional man, 1 must say that tho pros? pect is not a hopeful one." "I don't expect it to be easy; but I am determined to succeed, and I mean to give all my life and energy to it," said she. in the same quiet tone which she had used from the first, but with im? mense underlying earnestness. "Of course. I know nothing about the ways of finding out criminals, and I don't think that, in an ordinary matter, I should make a good detective; but tins is a thing I care so much about that it's dLTereut. I believe that if the man who stole that money was to pass me on tbe street 1 should feel that it was he." Tho inspector dropped his pencil and stooped to pick it up. The notion of identifying criminals Ly emotional intu? ition was not without its humorous side; but he did not wish his emile to bo seen; anti by tho time he had recovered his pencil lie had recovered his gravity like? wise. *'Eveu if you wero able to recog? nize him in that way, Miss Nolen," he remarket!, *. there would be no evidence in that to fasten the crime upon him. Tho jury might think you were mis? taken, and would refuse to. convict; in fact, I don't think you could persuade any judge on the bench to grant you a Warraa t.M "I wasn't thinking cf putting it on that ground," Pauline replied, coloring a little. "But when I have convinced my- j self that I know the man, I.would find j evidence against him that would con- j vinco the world too. Only let me know ! Lim first, .".nd tho rest would be easy." "Well, all i can say is, I hope you'll ?nd iiiin." "I should not have come here to waste your time merely by telling you this," **.e continued, looking up at him firmly. "I wish to tell you something that may indicate who he is, and then you will bo able, perhaps, to help me find out where ? lie is and what his record is. I don't suppose you know that Percy was not my only brother?" Tho detective intimated that ho did not. "My other brother's name was Jerrold. He died a few years ago. They had rea? son to think that his death was hastened by foul means. The man whom lie ac? cused of it was tried; the case was "ap? pealed several times, but at last, after having been con tined for over a year, the accused was acquitted. Ho said that he would be revenged upon us. Why may lie not have taken this way to be re? venged?" Tho inspector began to bo interested. "What was his name?" he asked. "His name was Horace Dupce. ne was a medical student." "Tell mc the circumstances. I may recollect something of it." "When my broil ?cr Jerrold left college he decided to be a physician, and lie be? gan tiie study of medicine here in New York. Ile attended lectures and went to the hospitals. Ile was fond of fun anda favorite with his fellow students, and I suppose he was rather imprudent in Iiis habits. Ile was good natured and excit? able and the others led him on. "The way the end came was this: There was a supper given to ono of the students who hail got through his course. He was the Horace Dupee 1 spoke of. He was a clever man, I believe. 1 never saw him, and he and Jerrold were great friends. There were ten or twelve other young men at the supper. They drank a good deal of wine ?nd became noisy and excited. They began to ??lay practi? cal jokes on one another. At last Hor? ace Dupee got up to make n speech. My brother, who sat near him, kept inter- i rupting him with jokes and laughing, j He got aagrv linallv-Pupee did-and maile some threat or saul sume insulting thing. My brother instantly threw a glass of wine in his face, glass and ail. "Dupeo rushed at him and struck him with his list. They bogan to light; but I my brother was the stronger, and he ' struek Du poe in the face, ><> that he fell i over a chair. Then the others separated : them; und my brother, after a-moment, j forgot Ins anger, and wanted to make j friends with Du pee again, hut Dupee j would liol fi.;- a while, but the others i urg<*d him, un; il at lasl In? laughed and ! caine and shook Lui;ids with my brother, i RIK! J??V!I :i>ii <] th.il ii-- v. ?s ?juite Kreon- ! ci led, bulbe said afterwards to one of ! iii? young men that ho'would bo even j with Nolen yet.' "T?iey had L?een on the point of break- 1 ing up. but after this they got to drink- I ii' : ; i : ! 1 talking again; ami Dapeecamo ! :i?:d sal down by my brother, nm kept fli?ing lus glass for him. but erny prc- ! tending to drink himself, until my ; brother got quite intoxicated and acted foolishly. It was then after midnight, j and the young men began togo home, ] and Dup?e said he would see my broth ; to his lodgings. My father and moth i and myself were not in New York ju ! then; we had gone down to a southe: i watering place on account of .my moth being delicate, and Jerrold was stayii in furnished rooms in a boarding hous "He and Dupeo started off togeth after leaving the others. My broth could walk, but he was not fit to tal care of himself. The boarding hou was on West Twenty-third street, son way down. The door had a coven I porch to it and was nearly on a lev j with tho sidewalk. It was a wint< j night, but there was no snow on tl I ground. "It was not quite 1 o'clock in the mor ing when they left tho restaurant t gether. At 2 o'clock the policeman who; ! beat was on that part of Twonty-tlifc ; street saw some one lying in tho pore I of the boarding house. He examine and found that he was in evening drcs with an overcoat on; he was insensibl and his pockets were empty. There di : not seem to be any mark of violence c him. The policeman thought he was ii sensible from drink. Ho knocked u the people in the house, and when b i found that my brother lived there helpe to take lum up to his room. But the* was a physician living in the house, an he came and looked at my brother an saw there was something wrong. A ! last he found a bruise on his head, bc 1 hind the ear, made with some blunt ir j strument, for tho skin was not cut, bu ! it had produced concussion of the brair I Towards dawn he partly recovered cor sciousness, and when he was askod abou his injuries he mumbled something abou Dupee; but they could not got anythinj i definite from him. A telegram was sen to U3 at Old Point Comfort, where w were stopping. My mother was too il to move; I stayed with her, and my fathe went on at once, but he arrived too late My brother'* Her voico faltered, and sho broke o? The story had been told with entire sim plicity, but with intense vividness an< earnestness. The scenes which she de scribed seemed to be before lier as sh spoke, and tho emotion which she ha< striven to repress broke forth at last in i few quick sobs. She soon controller herself and added, "My father had ai inquest held; the young men who hat been present at the supper were callee upon to testify, and they told of th? quarrel and the apparent reconciliation, and it was shown that Horace Dupee wau the last person seen with my brother In his examination Dupee said that he had taken him home and left him in hii doorway, bidding liim good night; anc tliat, though my brother had seemed not quite himself, yet he was able totako care of himself. Ho denied any knowledge ol the blow. But it wos proved that he had threatened my brother; and it was thought that he might have emptied my brother's pockets only to make it appeal that tho murder was tho work cf some common thief. So the coroner held him for trial." "I remember the case now," put in the inspector. "Tho case was pushed against him vigorously, but it broke down at last for want of conclusive evidence, and Dupee was discharged, as you say, after having been kept in jail for a year. Well, I must say. Miss Nolen. that tho doubt as U his guilt is a reasonablo one; and supposing him to have been inno? cent, he has certainly received hard treat? ment: for such an accusation as that, though not proved, is enough to ruin a man's career." "I do not believe he was innocent, In? spector Byrnes! I am sure that he was guilty, and, having escaped punishment for that, ho means to do us moro injury still. No-an innocent man would not have been ruined by an unjust accusa? tion! It would have stimulated him to prove by his after life that he had been wronged." "Do you know what his subsequent lifo lias been?'' inquired the inspector. "I have heard enough to know that it has been what I should have expected it to be. Ile has associated with low and dishonest people; he has gone under dif? ferent namer, and it is probable that he may have been arrested more than once for other crimes. 1 have al ways felt that he was our enemy, and have expected that something like this would happen. I am the only one of us left to fight Mm, Ins?>ector Byrnes. He killed my eldest brother; he was the means of bringing about the disgrace and death of Percy; my father died of disappointment and grief; my mother is a broken down in? valid. But I am strong and well, and I nm determined to bring him to justice! Will you help me?" Her eyes darkened and her cheeks flushed as she put the question. The in? spector, though he could not but per? ceive that the chances were against the correctness of her theory, was touched by her earnestness. "In what way would you expect me to assist you?" J te inquired. "You can communicate with the po? lice in all parts of the country," she an? swered, "and you know, or can find out, the history of all the criminals who have been arrested in New York and in many other places. What I ask you to do is io trace the record of Horace Dupee from ! the time he left the jail on the tormina- | tion of his trial till now. Find out his ! associates, and make them give evidence j aga?isc him; learn what his aliases have j been, and whether he was not in New i York on thc day that Mys. Tunstall lost i her money. If he was-and I am sure j it will tum out so-it will be found that ? ho had money to spend soon afterwards, j and perhaps some one of the bank notes can bo traced to him. Oh!" she ex claimed, lifting ono hand with an irre- \ prcssible gesture, "if I can sec lum stand ? before mo in the prisoner's dock, I shall have lived long enough!" "Upon my word. Miss Nolen," re marked tho inspector with a smile, "I wouldn't envy the man who had done i you an injury, l>c he who he may: and if this fellow Dupee. or any one else, has j been guilty of the crimes you charge him j with 1 hope with all my heart you may ' live to see him convicted of them-and a ? long ti nu afterwards, too! As for my j sitare in the business, I can assure you j that all possible investigations shall 1K> I made and, if Dupee lias really joined the ; criminal classes, it will probably only be j a question of time before we run across ! him. lt is something to have a definite ' person suspected in conner!ion with tho affair. 1 don't, want to give you any ; hopes that 1 cannot fulfill: but I ara will? ing to say that it is not impossible some? thing may come out of this." "I ?li.n't ask Tor promises-only let ; something be done!" Pauline replied, j rising and giving her hand to the detect- I ive. I ie felt the strong clasp of her lit-j tie lingers, and smiled again. "Voa may depend upon my being at least, as good a i my word." ho said kind- j ly. '"Your cause is a good ene. and, so far as \ am connected with it, yera may ! bo certain that it will not suffer. But you must bo prepared for disappoint- i ' m-.n?, and you must bo patient." CHAPTER XV. A MESSAGE FRO?I THE SEA. IT had been t custom with t Nolens, duri the s u m m < a seaside rose ??/M&G??3L tig Point, on t ^WILNcw Englar ^^^^^^_'^^!^ coast. They ow ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ting room, \hi ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ bedrooms, and y'4^ of which wi larger than all the rest of the hom Hie house stood upon a low bluff dire< ly overlooking tho beach. There was semi-circular inlet at this point, abo fifty yards fl cross; in this a pier had be* constructed, to the end of which a ca boat was moored. It was a pretty place, but n very qui one. To reach it it was necessary drive five or six miles from the railwi station in tho neighboring town. Wit in a radius of a mile there were perhaj a dozen cottages similar to the Noler. and occupied chiefly by artists. Mil eggs, jK?ultry and vegetables were fu dished by the Farm houses in the vicinit, fish couid bo caught by any one with fishing line and a boat; meat and gr cqries must be fetched from the towi It was out of the lino of fashionab travel: and those who knew of its exi tence, and had established themselv< there, were united in a conspiracy 1 keep fashion away from it. If thc themselves felt tlie need of a littio diss pation, they could be at Newport in foi; or five hours or at Swarnpscott befo: night But hero they could always t suro of rest, seclusion, charming scener and aa much fishing, sailing and batbin as they wanted. Of course they coal not hope to keep their secret long; soor er cr later somebody would appear an build a hotel; but meanwhile they er joyed it all the more for feeling tkr? their exclusive possession of it must b limited. Opposite the point was a lino of lot islands, 6evcn or eight miles distant which served as a natural breakwate against the violence of tho Atlantic' waves, and gave to the intervening ex pause of water the advantages of a bay They were also a chyirm and attractioi in themselves; for th*y were constantia undergoing the most ?uprising change under the influence of the mirage; and being within an easy sail, were oftei visited for picnicking purposes by tb? sojourners in the cottages. Baskets o provisions were carried over, and tin materials for a clambake or a chowde were always obtainable from the sand and the sea. The time not occupied h cooking and eating could be devoted t< picking huckleberries, practicing wi tl the rifle or shotgun, or, if the age an< circumstances of the members of th< party permitted, in quiet flirtatious alonf the beaches or in the woods. The sai home was made by the red light of sun set or by the white luster of the moon. The winter and spring had pass?e away without any news having been ob tained concerning Horace Dupee; if ht had really been in New York at the tiru? of the perpetration of the robbery h< had entirely disappeared. The only tiling to be done was to wait patiently until he came back again, keeping a bright bul undemonstrative lookout for him in thc meanwhile. As Inspector Byrnes had the matter in charge, it was not neces? sary that Pauline should remain in New York; she could be communieated with at any time, and it might even hasten thc result she desired if she were known tc be out of the city. Accordingly, as sum? mer approached, and her mother's health manifestly demanded a change, prepara? tions were made to go down to Squirt ig Point. Judge Ketelle, for reasons which the reader will perhaps comprehend, ar? ranged to accompany them. Ile had not as yet made any avowal to Pauline of the nature of his s aliments towards her. but ho had been assiduous in his atten? tions; and only th- greatness of the prize at stake withheld him from putting his fate to the touch at once. They arrived about the middle of June. The cottage had previously been put in order for their reception; curtains un? packed and put up; mattings spread on the floors; hammocks swung in tho ve? randas; Venetian blinds fastened over the windows. The catboat had been routed out of her winter quarters in the barn, a nev/coat of paint had Uioa given her, new sheets and halliards rove, and her shrunken seams laid been soaked till they were water tight. There she rested at her moorings as gracefully as a sea gull. Every thing being ready, the party, convoyed by the judge, drove out from tho town one fine day and took possession. It was sunset by the time tho last trunk was moved in. They had supper, and then sat out on the veranda enjoying the pure salt air and the liquid outlook over the bay. There was a, faint breeze; littio waves made a barely audi? ble plash on the shore of tho cove. The boat courtesied gently off the end of the pier, as if welcoming its owners back to nature. The moon rose late and red; it was past the ruli To the right, beyond tho point, tho lighthouse lamp flashed intermittently; a sloop drifted nasi haif a mile out, and tho sound of a bunjo tinkled audibly across the water. "It's delicious!" murmured the judge. Hitting with Mrs. Noleu on one side of him and Pauline on the otlier, anti a cigar between his lips. "To-morrow we'll go out in tho boat and visit tho island." Mrs. Nolcn gave a sigh. Sho was thinking of her son drowned at sou. Pauline understood what tho sigh meant; but she was made of other metal I titan her mother. "I mean to learn how to sail the boat myself this su miner." she said. "1 like tho sea: 1 would like to i livoibeside it, or on it. always. How j . # * j soft and gentle it is now! But when tho storms como-!" "I can give you lessons in sailing," ob- j scrveil tho judge. "You know, when I ! was a boy 1 spent a vear before the ? mast." "I learnedsomething la>t year from : Percy," Pauline replied, "and. now that ' he has become a par t of the sea. 1 shall feel mere at homo on il then before-." j The next day, according!y. tlv.? prac- : tico of navigation began, and was eon-: tinued day by day thereafter. Paulino showed herself an '"apt pupil, and wa.;, deed, quicker tu an emergency than tho judge himself. Mrs. Nolcn at first could not be prevailed on to accompany them; but one warm day they induced her lo venture out, and the experience was so plea: ant that she repeated it from lime to time. Meanwhile the judge's affair was man- ! ?featly approaching a crisis. The con- i stant companionship of tho girl he loved ; was inexpressibly sweet to him. ami he j was unable to repress ?eme manifesta- i tic-?i of it; yet he could not decid whether or not Pauline cared enoug about him to accept him as her husbanc That she esteemed him higldy was ev dent, and that her affection for him wa deep and sincere; but there aro man kinds of affection, and the question wa whether her affection was of a kind ci pablo of being developed into the love c a wife. The judge wished with all hi heart that he could do her some immene service, or make for her some noble sac rifice which might serve to draw he nearer to him. But such things cannc be commanded at will, and seldom occu when t?iey aro wanted. It seemed tha ho must trust to whatever unaided meri he possessed to win her heart Pauline liad always been mature fo her age; but since the calamity that lia? fallen upon her 6he had developer greatly. She was graver and more tad turn than before, and her manner wa more thoughtful and controlled. Sh? seemed already to have outgrown he girlhood and to have attained the strengt! and experience of a woman. All thi was in tlie judge's favor; for Iiis age wa the factor in tho matter which he fearec most If they could meet on more near!*, equal terms in this respect, lie could fee more confidence as to the rest. She con versed with him on his own intellectua Jevel, and consulted him freely and con fidentially on all matters of interest te herself. No friendship between a ma? and woman could iiave been more inti mate and genuine; but it was something more than friendship that tho judge longed for; if he could have detected c single glow of passion in her cheeks he would have been a much happier man On tho other hand, Pauline was quit< able to veil her feelings; and no young woman of healthy mind can be expectee to show what emotion may be in her or even to acknowledge it to herself until she has been fairly challenged. At length, having become quite accus tomed to the management of the boat they decided to make the trip to tlie island The lunch basket was packed and stowet amidships; fish lines and hooks wer< placed in the locker, in case they shouli come across a school of bluefish; cush ions and wraps were provided for Mrs Nolen, and extra ballast was put into thc hold, in order to keep her steady in eas? the wind should increase. An earPj start was made, for the breeze was se light as scarcely to ruffle the water, anc set nearly tn a direction opposite to thai wliich they wished to go. In order t< get out of the little cove it was necessary to use the oars; but after that the wine gently swelled the sail, and, proceeding by long tacks, they slowly made theil way toward the island that seemed te quiver and waver in the heat on the ho rizon. About ll o'clock the breeze freshenec a little, and the boat slipped more swiftly, but still with an even, gliding motion, through the water. The judge, who fancied he detected signs of blue fish, now relinquished the helm to Pau? line, and got out his lines. The squic was thrown out astern, and cut a tinj wake through the waves, while the judge, with his finger on the line, watch? ed it like a hawk. For an hour, in spite of several false alarms, nothing wai caught, but finally there was an unmis? takable lug, and, hauling in with fever? ish rapidity, the judge, in a few mo? ments, had tho pleasure of lifting OE board a fine large deinijolin, tightly corked, which had been hooked by the handle. After the laugh had subsided ?he judge suggested that the demijohn might con? tain something, and he knocked off the head against tlie gunwale of the boat. About a pint of salt water came out and then a fragment of wood-apparently part of the lid of a cigar box, on which something had been written with a pen? cil. The writing was almost obliterated, but two or three words, or portions of words, still remained. "See if you can make them out, Pau? line," said the judge, after scrutinizing the inscription a few moments. "Your eyes are I setter than mine." Holding the tiller in her left hand Pauline took the bit of weedin her right and looked ai it. "I can make out part of a name," site said presently, "and seme figures-a date. I suppose. Ah!" Her lip? closed tightly and her eyes dilated. . he boat swung round into the wind and lay with the sail Happing. She had forgotten the tiller. ..What fa it?" asked tho judge in sur? prise. S? ie met his eyes, end then glanced stealthily toward her mother. ..Nothing," said she; and put tho helm overagain, The boat resumed ?is course, the waler bubbling under thesiercz. Mrs. Nolen gazing toward the island, which was now near at hand, had noticed noth? ing; After a moment, she leaned towart: him and whispered in his ear: "It is the name of tho steamer in which Percy sidled, and the date of thc hurricane. Some one must have thrown it over? board in the storm-perhaps it is his own writing. Say nothing; mother must not know." She thrust the bit of wood into the front cf her dress, while the judge drew back with a grave, concerned face aud folded his arms in silence, lt was a strange event, indeed. That demijohn had been drifting about on the ocean currents for months, to bo brought, at last, to the very hand for wliich it had been perhaps intended. Pauline did not doubt that Percy had tlirown it over? board at tho moment when ail hope sectJ^d gone, and probably just before ho hims*.'* ww swept from , the deck; and if so it mu'* haT keen to lier tliat he had in his heart addressed it. The incident brough tho picture of the disaster vividly before n^r imagina? tion; the had never realized lb *0 in? tensely before-the plunging hull, ?J-** reeling decks, the shattered masts, thc j white leaps and seething vt the mad? dened seas, the deafening shriek of thc gale, tlie black darkness around and overhead; raul lier brother, her ow rt be? loved brother, staggering forth into this blind fury of chaos to waft to her tho last message of despair. She saw it all; j and then, with a long indrawing of the j breath, her eyes beheld tho blue surface of tho summer sea, the warm and tender sky bending over it the given shore of tho island toward which they were softly .'-liding. Her heart melted, and tears viet her cheeks unawares, "I am really glad I came," said 3Irs. Nolen. turning round with a smile. "It ! has bee? a delightful sail, ami the island ! looks so pretty! i hope it will be as nico ' "Weil begun is half ended." said the ! i'udge, raising the centerboard as tho j ?oat entered an inlet and ran up on the j beach; "and, if the worst comes to the : worst, we have provisions enough to stay here over night." CIIAPTEK XVI. A STRANGE WOOING. ---- wn?^ HE judge pulled j 8 off his shoes and tr ty ta ; Grty fi stockings ana ! ?Pl j jumped into tho ! ??SHW?Wk % shallow water, ^^^^?S^L and, tugging //Q&7^r&f?m\ manfully, pulled ^^^jf ?? ^ an eas^ mattet /JL^C^^^^^^^ len he took in bis j |^^rS^\^\ *" a r LU s and set *\ down on the ' ? * beach; then he : turned to do the like service for Pauline, j and his heart beat at the thought of having her for a moment so near him.. I ftut as she stood poising herself in thew bows, light, beautiful and agile, be per-'1 cei red that she meant to make a leap of. it, and, indeed, the distance was proba? bly not beyond her powers. She glanced at him at that juncture, and could not,, have failed to notice the sudden faltering, of his expression from its previous joy? ful expectation; she hesitated, and then,; with a faint blush, held out her arms, , saying: "After all, perhaps you had bet? ter take me." The judge could not speak; the revul* sion was too sudden. She had never be*, fore done anything which seemed so sig*, nificant, and as he received her on his sturdy shoulder he experienced a liappi-. ness more poignant than be had ever known. The action lasted but for an in-, stant, but the effect was by no means so transient; on the contrary, it kept glow?, ing and increasing in his soul, and quit? illuminated his whole aspect. Pauline, too, was in an unusual mood; she seemed softer and more accessible than was usual with her. The tears which she. had lately shed had brought all the. woman in her to the surface. There were tones in her voice that thrilled ta the judge's heart like exquisite music. The memory of her brother had done her lover good service, j A spot was selected under the shade J of a cedar, with clean white sand under j neath. Here Mrs. Nolan was established I with her cushions, and the cloth waa spread for lunch. The basket was tm-, packed, the plates and knives and forks arranged, and the good things set out They had brought a jug of water, but it had become so warm as to be unpalat? able; so the judge proposed that they should go and find a spring; there was sure to bo one not far off. Pauline assented and they started, leaving Mrs. Nolan beneath the cedar. 'I did not know whether to be glad or sorry that I was the means of bringing that strange message to you,** said the judge, when they were out of earshot. "And yet I could not help thinking that there must lia ve been some providential design in the matter. It was as if Percy had appointed me his messenger to you." "Oh, I am glad-I am only glad!" re? joined Pauline musingly, with her eyes downcast "It puts my doubts at rest All this time I could not realize that he was gone. I knew it, of course; but it had not been brought home to me. Now I can feel that ail is well with bim. ? am glad it came.** "It seems a pity that so much of the message should be illegible,** remarked tile judge. "It would have.been well to know for a certainty that it came from Percy's own hand." "Perhaps it will become more legible when the wood is dried. But I should not care if it turned out to have been, written by some one else. It is from Percy's ship-the Amazon-and in that case it is from him.** "I am a little surprised,** said ? the judge, after a pause, "tliat Mr. Mart?n has not written us somo of tho details of the affair. Ho can hardly have failed ta j understand that any information,' how-. ? ever slight, would have been precious ta' you. You have not heard from him, have you?" "No, and I think you are right He should have written. But I can imagine, why he has not It was his suggestion that Percy should leave New York. He I urged him to go with him; he took that I responsibility. The least he could do was j to guard him from harm. When that storm came he should not have let him go out of his sight. But, instead, he let him be drowned. I can understand why he has not written to me-ho would not dare!'* She said th?3 with a passionate cn* pliasis. The judge was secretly con? scious of a feeling of relief, but his sense of rectitude compelled him to say: "If; would not be just, I think, to charge MrV Martin with being accountable for Per? cy's death." "Perhaps it is not logically just; but that is the way I feel," was ?it-r reply. By this time they had reached the spring, which trickle;! out of a sa nd bluff a few feet above high wat?* mark, and filled a barrel that had been sunk in the san?! below. The judge knell down and planked the jug into the cool water,",, w?iic!? gurgled into it with a refreshing' sound. Pauline stood, with her hands hanging foided. looking down on him. The blue sea. the sunshine, tho warmth were inexpressibly soothing. "How pleasant it is here." she sahl The judge rose, with the jug in hfs" hand. A moment before he had not * meant to speak so soon, but now the words seemed to break from him invo?* untarily. "Pauline, will you be my wife?"* ho saki- \ Sho took a step backward, and their' eyes met She was startled, and tho ex-' pression of her face at first seemed te* indicate refusal. But after a few mo? ments the softer look returned to it, mingled with sadness. " Wouid that be best?** she asked. "Sn?wu'tely best for me. But it is yo?, who must decide. I have loved you eve* since you were a little girl*" j "Does my -cather krtow of this?** "Yes, since Inst year; and she lias bid? den me Godspeed. Bat I do not wish you to IK? influenced by thaH Decide ?r yourself alone. I am twifee your years, and inorej but in my love for you I am youbfc*. and ?hall always be." # j She stood silent for a while. She #?!r evidently touched by his w.-urd*. and by*; the manly generosity of his appeal; bu?" something was yet wanting to give tho final conviction to her heart, and sha was too true to herself to commit herself without it i "There is no man living for whont t caro so much as for you," she saiiafe' length; "but 1 have nevon Lt^Kgisfc- o?: caring for you in tfcsgmtj? 1 have .des? pended on you and trusted in you,.but \ to be your wife. . . . Oh. you must ; give nie time! I do not know what X think, or feel But I shall not be itt doubt-I will give you an answer soon,. It seems to me that if I could love you as you wish it would be a fortunate thing for mc-fortunate tliat a man like you 6hould wish to marry such a girl as I. au?. But give me till to-morrow.* . "As long as you need." answere&.tbe.; judge, huskily. "It is my duty and myj happiness to wait for you and upon, you,; as long as I liva** The breeze fell again dmiig th* after? neon, lind they delayed their starting ia expectation -f rh??**?? laffer on.-. The. COKTJL??EO ca rouan?, r^gz^.