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I GEORGE BARfc Ale AUTHOR OF Beverly of C iPr ILLUSTRATED BY This is the new serial which will begin in 5 needs no introduction to readers who liav "Brewster's Millions" and other fascinat McCutcheon, you know, is the author the MS. of a now novel in his gripsack a $ir> ,000 adva ce royalty. And his publ either. Ho is tho man who wagered ho cov without his name. "Brewster's Million! millmna r*f liofoi'rt l.llft 1'On.l I M result. Look for 14Beverly of Graustork I IK OUR NEX ' fgsfeWing. - ft Morning ir&.vUA ' ..n.? iw.i-.ils!" ! ( niultore f Air "it'll lUVU?ii,u I . "Not n groat sum for (lit* nillionaii. had financier. Sir Arthur Doane, to rnls? bell 011 liis note of lianil. A few moulls net bos men oflfereil me one hundred limes tie. tor' amount on no better .security. An' agt now to tbini; Hint a sot of jabberim H fools in London should so destroy my pin credit and their own: tbat not a bank " will discount our paper unless they wa nre assured Lord Ventnor lias joine' we ^^Ihe board! Fancy me, of nil men, be- tub ^ ing willing to barter my child for u few pieces of gold!" <pi Tlie thought was maddening. For a of little while be yielded to utter despond- i oncy. It was quite true that a com par- hii at vely small amount of money would ag restore the stability of his tirni. Fven up | without it, were his credit unimpaired, or he could easily tide over tba period of sn depression until the first fruits o? his enterprise were garnered. Then nil "I men would bail him as a genius. Ci St Wearily turning over ids papers, lie t0 suddenly came across the last letter written to him by Iris' mother. How the doted on their only child! lie re- r< y called one night shortly before liis wife " died when the little Iris was brought into her room to kiss her and lisp her Si I . infantile prayers. She hud devised a tl rj formula of her own: I' "God bless father! God bless mother! L God bless me, theif little girl!" | Aud wliat was it she cried to him ' I from the beach? * A "Your own little girl given back to ' I* you!" 1 p Given back to him! For what?to . 1. marry that black liearted seoundroi jfL whose pastime was tlie degradation of . r dCfiEr wAmon nnd the defaming of liouest rmcn? That settled it. Instantly tno cloud was lifted from his soul. A great peace eunie upon him. ' in of his business he might not he able to avert, but ho would save from the wreck that which lie prized more than nil else, his daughter's love. The engines dropped to half speed. They were entering the harbor of Singapore. In n few hours the worst would be over. If Ventnor telegraphed to London his withdrawal from the, board nothing short of a cabled draft for ?10,000 would prevent certain creditors from filing a bankruptcy petition. Ju the local banks the baronet had [about a thousand to his credit. Surely among the rich merchants of the port, men who knew the potentialities of his scheme, he would he able to raise the money needed. lie would try hard. ue lias evidently decided a good ly things during the last hour." l'cs," was the shipowner's quiet rt. "I have decided that my daugbi happiness should be the chief conration of my remaining years. Ail must give way to It." le earl's swarthy face grew sallow i fury. His eyes blazed, and there a tense vibrato in his voice as ho : I % 'hen I must congratulate you, Miss lie. You arc fated to endure adtures. Having escaped from the xlramatic perils of Rainbow Island are destined to experience another ety of shipwreck here." s left them. Not n word had Robspoken throughout the unexpected iriwpnnwmnmi ih an din ip? iifhi^i i)oa IP mar -! [ . ' ' i?9 P tflse i! who CUTCHPQN P^| $ but I ri ? in a MEYER ? vorj r face our next issue. Tlio author ' Pr e enjoyed his "Graustark."' ^ vain ing stories. 5 sho\ who went to New York with ? "t ad carried away a check for ? idio ishers weren't disappointed A to f ? I si ild sell a story on its merits w ca,'< s," which found a publisher '< II author was known, was the j look " to begin j "I F Art! :i> f J seal M W MHil ^ Tl iSSiHiSMSt 1'", > (Vi?*ti/<? V*5r 'U' ; ! /' *. ." *. * *V* V;.' /* % I 111 II softhegi By LOUIS ll't ? TRACY M 1 > Copyright, l?>03. by "l a Edward J. Clode ,'.'...'"*.':V. k Sll ^:;V: ^r; > v:;^* t-;;":::?:*v;:--.:?.-iV:: V F w 1 sa oady lie felt braver. The old fire sl' [ returned to his blood. The very ief that he was acting in the- way t calculated to secure hu? daugh- ^ s happiness stimulated ?td encour* *r d him. ,a to went on deck, to meet Iris skip- 0J g down the hatchway. Oh, there you are!" she cried. "I '' s just coining to find out why you re moping in your cabin. You are ,'r ssing the most beautiful view?all M >ens am' blues and browns! Hun, ^ lek! I want you to see every inch ? " * . . . -. s 5he held out her band and* pillled j n gleefully up the steps. Leaning ~ " ? aiust the tan ran, rsumu art from each other, were Anstruth- c and Lord Ventnor. Need it he J id to whom Iris drew her father? "Ilere Jie is, ltol)ert," she laughed; ; do helieve he was sulking Mutue aptain Fit'/roy was so very attentive , i nte. Yet you didn't mind it a bit!" * Tlie two men looked into each other's >-cs. They smiled. How could they ?sist the contagion of her sunny nalre? "I have been thinking over what you aid to me just now, Anstrutlicr," said lie shipowner slowly. "Oil!" cried Iris. "Ilave you two ieen talking secrets behind my back?" "It is no secret to you, my little ;irl"? Her father's voice lingered on he phrase. "When we are on shore, itobert, I will explain matters to you aiore fully. Just now I wish only to tell you that where Iris has given her heart, I will not refuse her hand." She took his face between her hands nnd kissed him. Lord Ventnor, wondering at this effusiveness, strolled forward. ! "What has happened, Miss Deane?" he Inquired. "Have you Just discovered what an excellent parent you possess?" 4 oimnst hvsteric The unrouui icii?u?. . ally. " Ton my honor," lie cried, "you could not have hit upon a happier explanation." Ills lordship was not quite satisfied. "I suppose you will take Iris to Smith's hotel?" he said, with cool impudence. Iris answered hini. "Yes. My father has just asked Robert to come with us?by Inference, that Is. Where are you going?" The adroit use of her lover's Christian name goaded his lordship to sudden , heat i "IndeedI" he snarled. "Sir Arthui it\ ins neart was trobbing witli emendous joy, and his lordship's irs were lost on lilm. But he could fall to note the malignant purpose ie parting sentence. his quietly masterful way he ed his hand 011 the baronet's slioulVTiat did I.ord Ventnor moan?" he ! id. i r Arthur Dennc answered, with a I smile: "It is difficult to talk openit this moment. Wait until wo : li the hotel." ie news flew fast through the sot- I icnt that her majesty's ship Orient returned from her long search for Sirdar. The warship occupied her II anchorage, and a boat was iow! to take off the passengers. ie boat swung off into the tideway, progress shoreward was watched a small knot of people, mostly gers and coolies. Among them, ever, were two persons who had en rapidly to the landing place n the arrival of the Orient was reed. One bore all the distinguishing ks of the uruiv oQluuv ?>f the other was unmistakably a e trotter. The older gentleman o no pretense that he could "hear east a-eallin'." He swore inipary at tnc enmnte, tno piace nnrf its bitants. At tbis instant be was state of wild excitement. lie was tall, very stout, exceedingly red d. oduclng a tremendous telescope be TZ ily endeavored to balance it on the ^ ilder of a native servant. * 'an't you stand still, you blithering t," be shouted, after futile attempts ^ ocus the advancing boat, "or shall ^ toady you with a clout over the ^ cu is companion, the army man, was , inn- tliivmirh o l>!lir of field ClUSSCS. ly Jove," lie cried, "I con sec Sir 01 luir Den no and a girl who looks like n* daughter! There's that infernal np, Yentnor, too." 111 lie big man brushed the servant out w his way and brandished the tele- to I'lie dirty beggar! lie drove my lad ^ misery and death, yet he has come rc k safe and sound. Wait till I meet U( i. rir? I] Now, Anstrnther! Uemeinbcr your 'r anise. I will deal with Lord Vent- v My vengeance has first claim. R lat! By the jumping Moses, I do I ieve? Yes. It is. Anstrutlicr! v ur nephew is sitting next to the R 1!" The telescope fell on the stones with 1 crash. The giant's rubicund face J ddenly blanched. lie leaned on ills t end for support. c 'You are not mistaken?" he almost * liimpcred. "Look again, for God's 1 ke, man! Make sure before you f eak. Tell me! Tell me!" < "Calm yourself, Anstrnther. It is ob*crt, as slire as I'm alive. Don't you ink I know him, my poor disgraced lend, whom I, like the rest, cast off i his hour of trouble? But I had some reuse. There! There! I didn't mean int. old fellow. Itobert himself will ~ lilnnie either of us. t? lilt' Itt.t.. ilio couhl have suspected that two eople?one of tl^eni, tJod help ine, my. Ife-Mvould "concoct such a hellish lot!" The boat glided gracefully alongside he steps of the quay, and IMaydon prang gVacefuHy. ashore to help li-ls n alight. What "hapjayiod immediatey afterward can beside to\iI in his ?wn words, as he retailed the story to in appreciative audience in the ward ooin. "We had just landed,".he said, "and )Oini< of tile crew were pusjiing the oolles out of the way when two men lumped down the steps, and a most liendish row sprang up?that Is, there was no dispute or wrangling, but one chap, who, it turned out, was Colonel" Costobell, grabbed Vent nor by the shirt front and threatened to smash his face In if he didn't listen then and there to what he had to say. I really thought about interfering until I heard Colonel Costobell's opening words. After that I would gladly have seen the beggar chucked into the harbor. We never liked him, did we?" "Ask 110 questions, Pompoy, but go ahead with the yarn," growled the first lieutenant. it nr>nms that Mrs. Costobell is dead. She got" enteric tt "VfceK kaffW the orient sailed and was a goner 1r four days. Before she died she own? up." lie paused, with n base eye to effect Not n man moved a muscle. "All right," he cried. "I will mak no more false starts. Mrs. Costobel bogged lior husband's forgiveness fo her treatment of him and confe3se that she and Lord Ventnor planned th affair for which Anstruther was trie l?y court martial. It must have bee a beastly business, for Costobell wt sweating with rage, thongh his won were Icy enough. And you ought 1 have seen Ventnor's face when 1 heard of the depositions, swum to ai signed by Mrs. Costobell and by sevc nl Chinese servants jvhom he bribed v false WMehce. IIo promised 1 marry Mrs. Costobell If her luisbai 1 died, or, In any event, to bring about dlvorco when the Hongkong affair h r blown gvfer.. "yusajfe* Proved I By a Record o at You are banking on expei 9 other fertilizer is so well balan harvest. Don't take a substit H crop. It is the leading fertiliz Ka It has been proven by ove 1 for growing cotton. Fanners' 8 MA[ I y^lQOS-" 30,091 B F. S. ROYSTER CU is after Miss Iris, and there is no --l0 ym. uht her fury helped on the fever. you (aj| stobell said that, for his wife's sake, .,j?ainSt would have kejtt the wretched thing ga^v lf)(1 eret, but lie was compelled to clear trv anv istruthor's name, especially as he ni0nev me across the other old Johnnie"? count? 'Fompoy, you are incoherent with ex- ?)a.;j, jt tement. Who is 'the other old John- Even e?" " asked the llrst luff severely. ^estion. "Didn't I tell you? Why, Anstruther's J^)at (]l( tele, of course, a heavy old swell helping 1th jlist a touch of 1 orkshirc in his verv mi ugue. |I gathered that he disinherit- (j0 go UI l..liis-nephew when the news of tlie cf no fu dentei."*vtial reached him. Then he himself o news, lift came ea?c *.? .*>?.- . .. . [e met Ce^tobell the day after the showed idv died. anlV the two vowed to be re- i been re cnged on Vrtitnor and to clear An- nse of 1 truther's character, living or dead. Holier >oor old chap! lie cried like a baby "You rhen be asked Uie youngster to for- attitude . . ?J. Snrr. 1 liIS IT 11 ive mm. 11 was ?i UllU ^ "Well. C'ostobell slibok Ventnor off at mit tli ast, with the final observation that very w Vnstnither's court martial lias been proposi plashed. The next batch of general with y< irders will reinstate liim in the regi- Iris am nent, ami it rests with him to <lecido person! whether or not a criminal warrant cial ho diall be issued against bis lordship for tincnt conspiracy% I month! "What did Dcaue do?" I not g< "Clung to Anstrutber like a weeping bankei angel and kissed everybody all round The when Ventnor got away. Well?bands licarte off. I mean her father, Anstrutber and Iris the stout uncle. Cnfortunately 1 was bright not on in that scene, But for some rcn- | "Wi son they all nearly wrung my arm off, he cri and the men were so excited that they Iris o gave the party a rousing cheer as their . ing it rickshaws went off in a bunch." "Bu The next commotion arose in the bo- girl i tel when Sir Arthur Donne sci/.ed the true, first opportunity to explain the predle- is wo anient in which bis company was bclie\ placed and the blow which Lord Vent- any i nor yet had it in bis power to deal. that Mr. William Anstrutber was an in- meat terested auditor, ltobert would have "X< spoken, but bis uncle restrained him. said "Leave this to me, lad," he ex- that claimed. "When I was coining here in ostot the Sirdar there "was a lot of talk just about Sir Arthur's scheme, and there 1110 1 should not be much difficulty in rais- had ing all the brass required if half what hut 1 I heard l>e true. Sit you down, Sir Ar- I If thur, and tell us all about it." up The shipowner required no second spol . .! a,n al- ill fur which lie stra IMUUUlg. "111 1WV. was noted lie described his operations "I In detail, telling how every farthing of for the first installments of the two great men loans was paid tip, how the earnings trca of his fleet would quickly overtake the Rav deficit in capital value caused by the f?ra( loss of the three ships and how in six and months' time the leading financial J'ou i tiouses of London, Paris and Perl in >'on dwould be offering him more money n(,l , than he would need. * j To a shrewd man of business the wo project could not fail to commend it- ; RU^ self, and the Yorkshire squire, though a trifle obstinate In temper, was singu- ',aI e larly clear 'headed in other respects, ^a.1 II lie brought his great fist down on the ,r table with a whack. ?'e ? mii,|n f? vour company, Sir (1 pvuu .. . ... o Arthur," he cried, "niul toll them that uu <1 your prospective son-in-law will pro- ^e n vide the ?10.000 you require. I will ')a m see that his draft Is honored. You.can Is add, if you like, that another ten will 1 to he ready If wanted when this lot Is e0 ie spe*.? I did iny lad one deuced had 1,n id turn In ?ny life. This time, F think, 1 i flt r- am doing him a good one." I nfl to ."You are, indeed," said Iris' father HI to enthusiastically. "The unallotted capind tal he Is taking up will he worth four J11 . a times Its face value in two years." ad " "All the more reason to make his OI lie ( , holding tweuty instead of ten," roared 8< i the Best Fertilizer f Twenty Years' S ience when yon fertilize with Farmc ced in the plant food supplied from s ute. Farmers' Iione has no equal fc er of the South. Freely In Any Drill r twenty-one years of successive us< superior to any other known amine Bone is the fertilizer 5E WITH FISH "V BECAUSE <s X IT ?ROWS >NS \ CROPS kshireiuau. "l?ut, look here. I Ul ; about dropping proceedings V '' that precious earl whom I ? J ay. Why not tell him not to ' 1 funny tricks until Robert's v ' ' ' * is safely lodged to your ac- lu'v,' ' We have him in our power. 1. .. .. <r\ iMiti.it nil, lot us uso 1)im a int.- , ? - Iris laughed at this naivo sug- j ul ,1"' ? It was delightful to think ' Holier dr arch enemy was actually H:om ol the baronet's affairs at that ul) )!> ,!l anient and would continue to wildest ilil he was tlung aside as being tunic <1 rther value. Although Ventnor "J- s" had earefuly avoided any lnit Hie that eonlhlence had 'already '.bvilit:"fv? stored by the uncontradicted |vv< lis lordship's name. I sPteimc t at last obtained a hearing. , were 11 two are quietly assuming the , "1 lal? ' of the financial magnates of : And 1 thcring," he said. "I must ail- j ,r" at you have managed things j "ways, ell between you. and I do not Ilobert for one moment to Interfere H'O nit* arrangements. Nevertheless, il I are really the chief moneyed i present. You spoke of tinan- ^ uses in England and on the con- ****** backing up your loans six || 3 hence. Sir Arthur. You need ! i to them. We will be your I :s." baronet laughed with a whole | il gayety that revealed whence ;ot some part at least of her 1 l disposition. 11 you sell your island, HubertV" y ed. "I am afraid that not even ould wheedle any one into buy- * t father, dear," interrupted the " earnestly, "what Uobert says is i<ii We liave a gold mine there. It . rth so much that you will hardly ;e It until there can no longer l>e j) doubt in your mind. 1 suppose I is why Uobert asked me not to 3^; ion Ifls discovery to you earlier." | "*"Yr >, Iris, that was not the reason." J her lover, and the elder men felt more than idle fancy inspired the Hiding intelligence that they had heard. "Your love was more to han all the gold in the world. I won you. I meant to keep you, jfTTTfj I refused to buy you." ||Hjj[l > turned to her father. Ilis pent- Vk^: emotion mastered hini, and he ;e as one who could 110 longer rein his feelings. rani have had no chance to thank you mar the words you uttered at the 1110- '{onj it we quitted the ship. Yet I will the sure them while life lasts. You mill, p Iris to me when I was poor, (lis- ' ^ . ed, an outcast from my family C0|n my profession. And I know why s't.v (lid this thing. It was because spin valued her happiness more than Pcri les or reputation. 1 am sorry now 8l?t id not explain matters earlier. It ?'pi tild have saved you much needless fering. Hut the sorrow has sped otic & nn evil dream, and you will per- voj is not regret it, for your action to- j nit y hinds me to you with hoops of | -A el. And you, too, uncle. You trav- the Oinnanntls of miles to help and I'1'1 lifort 1110 in my anguish. Were I as rui (1 as I was painted your kind old for art still pitied mo. You wore pre- nol rod to pluck 1110 from the depths of Koi spair and degradation. Why should ko hate Lord Ventnor? What man nir uld liave served me as he did? lie if s given me Iris. lie gained for me ?ti her father's hands a concession such >??' mortal .has seldom wrested from dii nek browed fate. He brought my tu icle to my side In the hour of my no Iverslty. Hate him! I would have tr s statue carved in marble and set l high to tell all who passed how jod may spring out of evil?how God's* J saa Assess I owing time to >r any kind of can manifest itself by putting i' creeping and crawling: things .trth to some useful purpose." it nil, lad." vociferated the nstruthor, "what ails thee? I eard yon talk like this before?" Id gentleman's amazement was L*id that farther tension was out itiestlon. t, in calmer niooj, informed f the manner in which he hit e mine. The story sounded like romance?this finding of a volyke guarded by the bones of atul the poison filled quarry? production of the ore samples . oil tins at about JCiitfO. yet the us brought front the island ot by any means the richest le. aow there is not much more to ltalnbow island and its castOn the day that Captain Anstruther's name appeared in met to, reinstating him to his "Succllwartsaid her husband. i and regiment, Iris nnd lie were ried in the English church at Ilongfor it was his wife's wish that place which witnessed his ignoy should also witness ids triumph, ion afterward Itobert resigned his mission. lie regretted the neoes, hut the demands of ills new [ re in life rendered this step 1m- ? itive. Milling engineers, laborers, os, portable houses, engines and ipment were obtained with all te. and the whole party sailed on of Sir Arthur Iteane's ships to con a small steamer specially hired to end to the wants of the miners. it last, one evening early in July, two vessels anchored outside l'alni [>e rock, and Mir Jan could be seen liiing frantically about the shore. no valid reason save that he could t stand still. The sahib brought liini ad news. The governor of Hongng felt that any reasonable request ule by Anstrulher should be granted possible, lie had written such a on" representation of the Molianinlan's ease to the government of Ini that there was little doubt the rcrning mail would convey an official tltlcntlon that Mir .Ian had been anted a free pardon. The mining experts verified Robert's Continued on page 6. * y ?