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JACKSC~
cAhK h TgWb" MARGARETR T .d.LH
Author of "The Tanslkd Web.· "The Runaway Wde." "He Rod thel Home~t," asc.
"Eh, Maggie, girl," he said. "Isn't
t near time we'd be gohig home
low?"','
She tumrned back andihe noted that
she was whbite -aidltiredIlooking.
"Oh, no, nDddy!. :Not yet "please.:
sot for anothri o'oiir,' she plealedei.
Then swiftly 'hlb? :iit 'deown ad
:issed him oni theiforelhed"
James rousedhlitmself oil lit 'i cigar
itie, an inniicisciii ed foerbns of snoem
vhici madeil hiins fel 'th'at ?'e ,:looed
Maggie drifted"a fiy;, ih iih ier. ather'.
rwondered if ii. shl?duild nt':finhf'D:Dia
nmont and irge' liini~'ti '6s, d 'idii j'::thl',
)arty, or at lea'fi.-t t:o cosliseint to :tlhe
'ride elect's 'wii.tli hraWl.: : : :
CilAP ER' XIX#
Aiii whiiit, one. may ws ender, wsas
ii" gyp.Sy" adveinltel?oiignall thiis
Uiinfortunately.for his fite?, liut Dert
uaps just is is?ell f?i :liIf?peace 1 o
nind, Jack Delaiiontlit :,ias bllissfully
inawrre of the- adilat?ige Iis cousisn
had taken over Iii,, oi of thie t'ickeruy
.vlich ind ieien eiililuloye? ?o d'iscredlit
Iis good faitih. . .
IThle ansiwer to his tolegranii a..Mag
7ie had aiii rd:i'l iliii completely tlhat
-1) was well, and that she was sialting
'or himi ' Waltiig for thile retiiin 6f her
sea-rovi ng "gipsy,'" andi siclici li'as
lack's ipride aind romanticisni that he
dletermine iil to coiie liiickto hto: ini
ihat Imiibl e guise.
lHis groielt diffidulty hild lieen th?t,
hiu'ving smuggled teli ::discoveiici
t:reasnre out of Peru, w'itli ithe aid of
eoung Paineti, ivhose ship ,he had
waited, foi ,and joined at Rio, and liav
ing travelledl to Antwerp toi hari the
,tones cut aind weighedi he foundii himi'
self faced with as contlngency lie 'hfiil
not foreseen. This of coir se ,was?
ifteri leavlng thle Cheiley farmIi-.i:
Th?e t?e oi mnen .who haidl traicked hini
persistenitly, .anld meint to ioli" h-siiif
they got: the dlib nce; laidl faise infoiiial
tion against lhinii pourporting thal I
Tmd his:phl , ack :Palmiier of New Rttis
se.,: wer ee codnnected w.i lit' ? jewel.
swindle *for l,;ith ,they tlheTi'slves,:
bad i been appi'liefnlded.['.; ',
, 'Havinsg,'such enou"unouis. tiraasui' ai~
'iia otw 01 ;:ii 1 "ison mibt f.eiinon ' "ase:
d0lhif 19alw'unsif 'in belichs
Into custodyevn "forthie bri efestfil
lerval. S??ft?ir' consigning the jessels'
tbo, a safety deposit jvault in, Lonldon,
ie wias obliged . to hasten to Paris,
wvleri, lie hi'll'l . already transactfdm:ia
idecd of. tiaisfer to the. Peiruvisn?v.
"rnnienit aind:. given liodus for;tliha
necessary rele'ase oioney. lis: objecti
of couise, was :to, obtain .he Pern;'
ianm Legation's. confirmniatio of? o 'hiis:
businessoiand to get diuplicates of the
receipts;'to' send 'toi'.e, liolice ?inuthri
ties in Pari i,: and' 't'. Scotlnnd Yciid.
as griantedes that ioth.li hiniself sandl
.Talck Polier.' "were liinnbocnt of' inyi
criimiial offence. : : ::
F romi'start to finisil the Whoe iLE:
fair had bieni lnezardousn 'ini'ili':i :e
irehe.; and 'lie: haid ,been kelt 'longer.
ii. Paris thiiani he expected. on accoun tn
of the :Periviain -'Minlister's: clioosing
that psaiticlar i:imoimelit to-l taikeLa
holiday.
Bu13t niow it'as ovebr,.nd ,adk DTela-':
mont wis':bi aclk in Loldon'ff, with all his'
assilancces' in oroiddr, tp'epaired . tD
claiim lis bridd.e andl spi'ig' the ama?'z
lig andl dellghltfill surpiS' of: his stiac
ciss illonl his ioiuisin, Arinold?,i '
Almsost his: first act iipdoi g.tiirllig
hlad l Ieen tio siiil?certini of:fhe mondr.e
magniflcqi!t, stoiies :li :ti'd t collection
to a 'falmois Bond Street :jewellor's,
to.,ho set iiito ornaments for thedgri
lhe so idored andl confidelntl? expecl-;
ei lo f kte his wife;• his' nt?'?t ha,
been to fti'e himself to.Savile-row, anid:
h6 miieasi'med for ea'srything .tlid:ihe
soi"rcefil tailor coild: suggest iii' :thle
.ray of male attire.:' i : ,:;.::i :
.Yet .Tack Delhiion i:itas arra'yedin
oneie of thiege ultria-sniiit: gartiieiiti
whiien lie: scttllid' islf: l f iii a 'tlhlid
cliss riilway cariage, first stolplOi'ak
fordl. eonu' ' cirtain litle , i if fernioirii
Decombeli.
It mnist niot e soupposedi'tliatidt mIilg
these many past sweek he liilhtadie?oer
ofiee looked at i .nlewspapeir, ,) ii,:iost
1y they had hlecni foreign shedts!noti
goreatly concerneld swtls :tithe isedi'lfing of
Si" Ainoll Delianon t:ilid thpiatighltei:
of a 'willthy. l Keiityshtil faornur lcidl:
since his airriv?uil. in Loidoli, aJioti hld
mien toil buisy to do imlolib than eglinic,
at the liecxfil lines ,
SNow' lie latu se'itial pp?ii i: wth'
him, andl tiiei1 wsinps peiity o?f lols'mi'o
to reiad theini dufring :tlih ttiali jurney.
Other ep1le fintl th ciiriliage looled
t lt h n "frDlsie, ~1o imewtinb t .wtlil
cccealtl. dliiiieest ';lli hy sasvlifl .nnum
usually dlitilsoDIio young gp?psy, '' 61didn
brinze oi 'slil , dressed;,!with :'a flghlit
siiggestldh of nauitlcnl attire;bhot wear
ig ,i liked l tefl cuidp 'iviitli ,it gay' slllk
muuuffiy ,:arraigred ,:Cockney fiashion
srei'iiid hisnneck" On his right hand
th?ri.iWas ii tattoodl 'devlce.
'Jaci liii bieeon at soime palns 'to
ichloiove the.old.dlisguise anid wvonderedl
lio' lheie ciild .contri?e. to leave his
faslhbiiiible hotel so strangely got nup,
until it occurred to him to say lie
l'se going" to, aflancy dress cocktaull
pcrty.
*"Nos, i-n .the tirin, his fellow iiS
sonlgers .'suldinlnly oblsored th le iilcir
mstlingmyoing gipsy to give a violent
stairt. thlen bring thie ilnwslphapir ]ii !
's's romading close to hlis eyes, is
though hle dlistrustedl his own vision:
After that lhe said sommmcii g under
his l)reiath, which neverthieless wa;I
iloardl. 'anll comlnloited I1non afil, 'r lihe
idi left.the carriage. It was to tie
effect that he wnuld break some sltecl
fie' swine's neck.
"Slluch la lngnage," said a lalldy ravel
ior. "indi yet it seeiedi to mie hle sl)oket
i ke ia gentleman." Whlich doubtless
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was more a tribute to Jack Delamon't'·s i
Cambridge accent thian to: his choice "- ,
Maggie :Cheieneyloodked dohbtfully at
tie: -olled: slip of D lpaper6onie ofP the
itei?s lil ( put into .he· lhanid:. :::
"or: me?.
Ye ms Tie 'ou ar liss
Cleney, sret youdii iis"s "
e :: asohn':iie otf tlhe m"en supplied Iby
the ee?ai;ifcte a kyfnosed ind-nidsil,
ellose imanner codnveyed an impres
isin:'o f;shiftitess'i iTle: truth ;was his
insitfctiolb "i hliadlie"i bee not to dally
oer thIe I vel'ivey of that message, and
0noi-i;510',he .:sidled away ,on liis own
liluness'; le?vinifg Mirgr garet Choeney to
ihsestigatew: ,hliat ';iivs w' itten on the
folded slip
.A'dla;, finld M-iggie'.i.I t's ".well.a fter
one,; and 'noW I'm going to- pit my 'foot
10 -sild '1 Jainoes C"heney.
r'''e ? lieilg' sudsh"a':ii: marvellous :..
;,·rm:as ? 1E~~iii')ln ',t0?'vl;,?I·. :fldi?): ?!'"', ,::'
sq i o'?fin. fll ' y "nil 'com I:' ' : ames
las begin?fing to-visia tilhe' paty"' a ,
sonsething which Imigh~t soo1 hecomo
ilnkid thaii."slefi?dIproper an?id.i'deed'
ilmost cveier1bo1dy011 'i'hd becoedde" tooo
ively.g l'rhe' ,al;espueciallit t ax--,
pidi one, apgpea rehl to".hav:e :gone
plytly 1mad;1"11 'assislg I-alls-:
miltlI, Jn?ries codldoll l himo l.lfftself- . ::
lmaied., :ainent l niote--of thlefaht-tl: that
h ler ;tini;.iiededlstIr?d'fisiltnulg :
5. ansotll'r.'fell~i. iom eI n ewheser,t
tile orche otra 'va55 stilled an curl
iiis s5rti of hush fell ove-th, fisenm:b-.
ly' a, h1s111 indelr wllliclT ranan a:niler- .
currenlt ofE ?sibnil~nt '.'lllpeis5 and "
" .Th 'le:,itU ,:tulle" :I saw h'ler- 'she--!was •
dlaniing \ ?1itg1 Captl -in 'Clarges' -
Oi:.: l,"h . '. l ls a .lie r t hat., 10 S e said
she'll'tars" -"ler frock andai wl.as going
to find a ioatid t repiar it.
-,litoicit- s- ,liher talcing to that
tdiobisloly csiiid father ' lifiers. Per
hIsps:-: 1hes?-:, :si.' annoved; lbecause.
Alrldh'a be.n ii ciiici ?ig sich a' liot with
ilsii:: TS'lislsllh, anso"d has. hidden
aw• y rsosmewhere to nulk.'k "
,But in tile: end it clsdear enough
tht Margaii~l;et Clheneyha?' disappear
215 from tile revei s'"ich 'lali hsee
asrren'ghd.to10lidr ?ii;tf:ur l to the
.i-Slltl'llcto-i'?. t - -d.? g4'fYllt'l it'rii?.hlr' e "'... ..
l'nont2vians 1nstt6 ib discovered any,. .
o w might lave
ailed- al{ ittle,' light -oi?-fthis alarming,
lnyr.-'ll.',s'.; -a hes?l'ky- osel hired "
Sc~rite -ad ndih~e- remained di creetly
i . : . AP.TER' XXX.-' - :,
-W lh t " \.i5 f de'writei 0 t ha t foled ed
o?oip?f niper theicilteeer.s thiss had
?'.sdin to?", M"ars et iene's 1halid?
'Ohy -'Lfo~ ~,bcrds-.lint'.. Wvhen' she
Ifid 'rf;ad :thenislo- tirfiedl:as pale as
oi ,:n, s Qi:,tllirughl thle ora n ery to thle
011 eid o vi I:Vi':,:'i.;t to:'hliear how this
happened l acl
IS t-did n'1. :cculr to: Mggi.? ?to wonder
losw Jack-if 115 waere lcr-l Tack-knesew
1il0i1t th i'dr?a ngery ,i:h t:iliat it h ad.
d Eor , at tlie esln d ; i1? r 'dill she really
dulibt florl 5iintant· that it: i;hs he
wir? lrihsd ::it ?li:er' liat-:'pereimptory
Tlie oralngeiy.0a;: grent glnss illmed
t'tricture, vas, lillilt io0 frtfoinm:110ehind
tihe 'east wing iihere'i fit seit eed its de
ilghtfifll pur1p1pose withot? 'initerfering
with lth symmetry o f th? silansioln.as
vi wed Ifronl 'the fo.:;lrit:-:2 -
It :eItl' dfr; 1 -5ni ' scr'el;edoififl- ciff coiridrr,
fiind 1hidld beein closidl as farl as the
gtilests s?verEo concolifi~l,: iince Dolli
moilt 1hail. yieldhdll: to. th d': hid garden
oer's f.;sslnedss? ?' tlhat poln t.
;"ll?ggle ke'wilie i sly, and awaiting
a:- ?fvourii le ?'" oppottinity. slipped
diown the coirridr ; iltered tilthe orang
ery whicll:,vais fi: dalh~hess.; and 'till'1
felt alonrig fi rail hwilc l protected the
young tirees,..ii ttl :sh: reaclliedi the -end
dobo. i:; h?rIigr -was' w a, koy in tile lock,
S s'1110 lit ltlinl?tbefre sb e could
fiirlth -ill 110l0 110lie:: d1oor. openned aIlnd
tlhee d:w'51is'5r 1'-lbk;ie thle ian1 site loved,
thie i:'lia iswllo''seliled to "have been lIe
iiti v:li ? as yVer;yliody, including herself.
''- -'Witilolut w.oi:I:d lie took her into
lisirnus isoanl sli lay a'gainst ills breast
cry'?n -i'softl-l,'ittle icohelrent cries
thatol6iy,'love :coul iundlerstand.
, "D-0i?s:vliy dll :t :'youl' come hack be
feor! .:'slo 'exclsilmedl' piteously.
:.','(T be':; Continued)
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