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The boat swung off into the tideway. Ser progress shoreward was watched ?hy a small knot of people, mostly loungers and coolies. Among them, however, were two persons who had ??rivoi rapidly to the landing place, when the arrival of the Orient was rer ? ported. One ?bore ail the distinguishing marks of the army officer of high rank, frat tile other was unmistakably a ?lobe trotter. The older gentleman made no pretense that he could "hear the east a-callin'." He swore impar? tially at the climate, the place and ita Inhabitants. At this instant he was In a state of wild excitement He was very tall, very stout, exceedingly red faced. ; Producing a tremendous telescope he vainly endeavored to balance it on the shoulder of a native servant * "Can't you stand still, you blithering idiot," he shouted, after futile attempts to focus the advancing boat, "or shall I steady you with a .clout over the ear?" His companion, the army man, was looking through a pair of field glasses. "By Jove," he cried, *T can see Sir Arthur Deane and a girl wh< " coks ilka fais daughter! There's that infernal scamp, Ventnor, too." The big man brushed the servant out of his way and brandish*! the tele? scope as though it were a bludgeon. 'The dirty beggar! He drove TI y lad to misery and death, yet he bas c back safe and sound. Wait till I n-ee: film. FIT "Now, Ans tra tlier! BemeraSer y cur 'promise.v I will deal with Lord Y-r. sor. My vengeance has first claim. What! By the lumping Moses. I do believe- Yes. It is. Ans tm the:: Tour nephew is sitting next tc the sSAr \-y<: The telescope fell on the stone? with ? crash. The giant's rubicund face suddenly blanched. He leaned cn his friend for support "You are not mistaken?' he almost w?iimperecL "Look again, " "' '* rirake. man: iiake sure before you j Sjngak. Tell joel Tell .me!" .'?Calm yourself. Anstruther. It is ? Hebert, as sure as Fm alive. Don't yon j think 1 know him, my poor disgraced friend, whom L like the rest cast off in his hour of trouble? But I had some excuse. There! There! I didn*t mean that, old fellow. Robert himself will be the last man to blamo either of us. Who could have suspected that two people-one of them, God help me, my wife-would concoct sn ca a hellish piotr The boat glided gracefully alongside ,the steps of the quay, and Playclon sprang gracefully ashore to help Iris to alight What happened irnmediate fy afterward can best be told in his own words, as he retailed the story to ?n appreciative audience in the ward? room, j "We had just landed." he said, "and i some of the crew were pushing the ; coolies out of the way when two men j Jumped down the steps, and a most 1 fiendish row sprang up-that .is,, there.] was no dispute or wrangling, but one j chap, who, it turned out^ was Colonel ; Costobell, grabbed Ventnor by the shirt ' front and threatened to Msash his face . !n if he didnt listen thea and there to what he had to say. I really i^onTht Thc Gentleman BY BOOTH ' Every line of the stoi American life of today miliar. Whether stui right at the risk of his 1 lng his love, Editor Jol ter whose fortunes yon interest. Thc Story will bep , By LOUIS z?M ? TS??CY g^gi Copyright 1903. by s^??l m*r Edward J. Qode . ? about interfering until I heard Colonel Costobeil's opening words. After that I vgould gladly have seen the beggar chucked into the harbor. "We never liked him, did we?" ? "Ask no questions, Pompey, but go ahead with the yarn/' growled the first lieutenant "Well, it seems that Mrs. Costobell is dead. She got enteric a week after the Orient sailed and was a goner in four days. Before she died she owned up." s He paused, with a base eye to effect Not a man moved a muscle. "All right," he cried. "I will make no more false starts. Mrs. Costobell begged her husband's .forgiveness for her treatment of him and confessed that she and Lord Ventnor planned the affair for which Anstrnther was tried by court .martial It must have been a beastly business, for Costobell was sweating with rage, though, his words were icy enough. And you ought to have seen Ventnor's face when he heard of the depositions, sworn to and signed by Mrs. Costobell and by sever? al Chinese servants whom he bribed to give false evidence. He promised to marry Mrs. Costobell if her husband died, or, in any event to bring about a divorce when the Hongkong affair had blown over. Then she learned that he was after Miss Iris, and there is no doubt her fury helped on the fever. Costobell said that for his wife's sake, he would have kept the wretched thing secret but he was compelled to clear Anstrnther's name, especially as he caine across th? other olcl Johnnie* "Pompey, you are incoherent with ex? citement Who is'*the ether old John? nie?* " asked the first luff severely. "Didn't I tell you? Why, Anstruther's uncle, of course, a heavy old swell with just a touch of Yorkshire in his tongue. I gathered that he disinherit? ed his nephew when th 3 news of the court martial reached him. Then he relented and cabled to him. Getting no news, he came east to look for him. He met Costobell tho lay after the lady died, and the two v?>w-?d to be re? venged on Ventnor and *o e'er-r An? struther's character, living or dead Poor ol J chap! He erie.! like a baby when he asked the youngster to for give him. It was quite touching. "Well, Costobell shook Ventnor off at last with the final observation that Anstruther's court martial has been quashed. The next batch of general orders will reinstate him in the r?gi? ment? and it rests with him to decide whether or not a criminal warrant shall be issued against his lordship for conspiracy." "What did Miss Deane do?" "Clung to Anstrnther like a weepinc angel and kissed everybody all rounc when Ventnor got away. Well-hand off. I mean her father, Anstrnther and the stout uncle. Unfortunately I wa.* not on in that scene. But for some rea son they all nearly wrung my arm o if and the men were so excited that the, gave the party a rousing cheer as thei rickshaws went off in a bunch." The next commotion arose in the ho tel when Sir Arthur Deane seized th first opportunity to explain* the predic? ament in which his company wu. placed and the bl JW which Lord Vent nor yet_had it in his power to de.A. Our New Story THE HERO -A fearless country editor? HIS ENEMIES-? band of murderous vrMte caps* THE HEROINE-A glorious young woman of "thc nighest American type? What these la? dies saw when they looked out of their window into the storm you will see, and much more, VU OUR NEW STORY From Indiana TARKINGTON y pulsates with life with which you are fa rdily battling for the ife, or eloquently plead in Harkless is a charac follow wi'.h breathless a in our Next Issue Mr. William Anstruther was a terested auditor. Robert would spoken, but his uncle restrained b "Leave this to me, lad," he claimed. "When I was coming h< the Sirdar there was a lot of about Sir Arthur's scheme, and should not be much difficulty in ing all the brass required if half I heard be true. Sit you down, Si thur, and tell us all about it" The shipowner requined no sc bidding. With the skill for wine was noted he described his opera in detail, telling how every farthh the first installments of the two j loans was paid up, how the ean of his fleet would quickly overtaki deficit in capital value caused bj loss of the three ships and how ii months' time the leading fina houses of London, Paris and B would be offering him more m than he would need. To a shrewd man of business project could not fail to commen self, and the Yorkshire squire, thc a trifle obstinate in temper, was si larly clear headed in other resp He brought his great fist down on table with a whack. "Send a cable to your company, Arthur," he cried, "and tell them your prospective son-in-law will vide the ?10,000 you require. I see that his draft is honored. You add, if you like, that another ten be ready if wanted when this lc spent I did my lad one deuced turn in my life. This time. I thin am doing him a good one." "You are, indeed," said Iris' fa enthusiastically. "The unallotted c tal he is taking up will be worth 1 times its face value in two years." "All the more reason to make holding twenty instead often," ros the Yorkshireman. "But look h You talk about dropping proceedi against that precious earl whon saw today. Why not tell him no1 try any funny tricks until Robe money is safely lodged to your count? We have him in our pov Dash it all, let us use him a bit" Even Iris laughed at this naive s gestion. It was delightful to th that their arch enemy was actui helping the baronet's affairs at t very moment and would continue do so until he was flung aside as be of no further value. Although Yent himself had carefuly avoided i formal commitment the cablegra awaiting the shipowner at Singap showed that confidence had aires been restored by the uncontradic use of his lordship's name. Robert at last obtained a hearing. "You two are quietly assuming 1 attitude of the financial magnates this gathering,*' he said. "I ?UUS? : m;:t that you have man.-'.ced thir very well between you. and I do r oropose for one moment t<- snterf? with your arrangemenrs. ?severiheie Iris and I are really the chief money persons present You spoke of fin? cial houses in England and on the cc finent backing lip your loans ? months hence. Sir Arthur. You ne not go to them. We will be yo bankers." The baronet laughed with a whc hearted gayety that revealed wben Iris got some part at least of h bright disposition. "Will you seffe your^island, Robert he cried. "I am "afraid that not evi Iris could #ueedle any one into bu ing it'? "But father; dear," interrupted tl girl earnestly, "what Robert says true. We have a gold mine there, is worth so much that you will hard believe it until there can no longer I any doubt in your mind. I suppo; that is why Robert asked me not 1 mention his discovery to you earlier." "Xo, Iris, that was not the reason said her lover, and the elder men fe that more than idle fancy inspired tl astounding intelligence that they ha just heard. "Your love was more ? me than all the gold in the world, had won you. I meant to keep yoi but I refused to buy you." He turned to her father. His peni up emotion mastered him. and h spoke as one who could no longer r< strain his feelings. "I have had no chance to thank yo for the words you uttered at the mc ment we quitted the ship. Yet I wi] treasure them while life lasts. Yoi gave Iris to me when I was poor, dis graced, an outcast from my fa'mil: and my profession. And I know wh: you did this thing. It was becaus? you valued her happiness more thai riches or reputation. I am sorry nov *I did not explain matters earlier. I would have saved you much needless suffering. But the sorrow tas spec like an evil dream, and you will per haps not regret it, for your action to day binds me to you with hoops ol steel. And you, too, uncle. You trav? eled thousands of miles to help anti comfort me in my anguish. Were I as bad as I was painted your kind old heart still pitied me. You were pre? pared to pluck me from the depths of despair and degradation. Why should I hate Lord Ventnor? . What man could have served me as he did? He has given me Iris. He gained for me at her father's bands a concession such as mortal has seldom wrested from black browed fate. He brought my uncle to my side in the hour of my adversity. Hate him! I would have his statue carved in marble and set on high to tell all who passed how good may spring out of evil-how God's wisdom can manifest itself by putting even the creeping and crawling things of the earth to some useful purpose." "Dash it all, lad," vociferated the elder Anstruther, "what ails thee? I never heard you talk like this before?" The old gentleman's amazement was so comical that further tension was out of the question. Robert in calmer mood, informed them of the manner in which he hit upon the mine. The story sounded like wildest romance-this findine of a vol? canic dyke guarded by riv ... es of "J. and the poison nlleiVquarrv-T but the production of the ore samples changed wonder into certainty. Xext day a government metallurgist estimated the*value of the contents of the two oil tins at about ?500. yet the specimens brought from the island were not by any means i&e richest available. And now there is not much more to tell of Rainbow island and its cast? aways. On the day that Captain Robert Anstruther's name appeared in tbe Gazette, reinstating tim to his "Sweetheart," said Tier husband. rank and regiment. Iris and he were married in tbe English church at Hong? kong, for it was his wife's wish that the place which witness<?d his igno? miny should also witness Ms-triumph. Soon afterward Robert resigned his commission. He regrette! the neces? sity, but the demands of his new sphere in life rendered this step im? perative. Mining engineers, laboreas, stores, portable houses, engines and equipment were obtained with all haste, and the whole party sailed on one ?f ??r Arthur Deane's s'hips to con? voy a small steamer specially hired to attend to the wants of the miners. At last, one evening early in July, the two vessels anchored outside Palm Tree rock, and Mir Jan could be seen running frantically about the shore, for no valid reason save that he could not stand still. The sahib brought him j good news. The governor of Hong Ceil that any reasonable request made 1 3 Anstruther should be granted j ii possibles. He had written such a ! strong representation of the. Mobarn I me?uii ? case to the government of In? dia that there was little doubt the re? turning mail would convey an official notification that Mir Jan had been granted a free pardon. The mining experts verified Robert's most sanguine views after a very brief examination of the deposit. Hardly aifV preliminary work was needed. In twenty-four hours a small concentrat? ing plant was erected and a ditch made to drain off the carbonic anhy? dride in the valley. After dusk a par? ty of coolies ^cleared the quarry of its ronner occupants. Toward Jthe close of the following day, when the great steamer once more slowly turned her head to the northwest. Iris could hear the steady thud of an engine at work on the first consignment of ore. Robert had been busy up to the last moment. There was so much to be done in a short space of time. The vessel carried a large number of pas? sengers, and he did not wish to de? tain them too long, though they one and all expressed their willingness to suit his convenience in this respect. Now his share of the necessary prep? arations was concluded. His wife. Sir I Arthur and his uncle were gathered in a corner of the promenade deck when he approached and told them that his last instruction ashore was for a light to be fixed on Summit rock as soon as the dynamo was in working order. "When we all come back in the cold weather," he explained gleefully, "we will not imitate the Sirdar by running on to the reef should we arrive by night." > Iris answered not. Her blue eyes were fixed on the fast receding cliffs. "Sweetheart," said her husband, "why are you so silent?" . She turned to him. The lignt of the setting sun illumined her face with its golden radiance. * "Because I am so happy," she said. "Oh, Robert, dear, so happy and thankful!" THE END. NO MONOPOLY OF BRAINS. 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