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E: can in the park femur-M. He f watched idly n young worn-n 'with '. two children who occupied I table "., My in m. thte " vision. Chit- v':,. in- than interested him, and r" It. My wan . hat-damn. little lol- P, kw. but it was the girl who hold stir Anti-’- mama. with I min-d Kg... that be has not: he: before. i In. on! late. the an dancing r' Ian " tho-(MI 5%» may Harbor. V . l "thud to III-pact than with Cs," I'll-h; eat-hun- that It. vo- ',, - In)“. tt wn a _ a: tttti,' thet th. “at: _ I“ (to hpt-rtdis. to», w. th. . d D u it had M “a. bl can that no l P1etttreqrikiiik" , Shortly after, Ibo took her have. Archie loomed from Biting, who bemght up his bra-hint. that the Gunner had left an home, Ind would hardly "turn More nix. later he than I M with are from a ruck at the front door, Inked h the Avenue and turned determin- "tr dtyv-rd. talking jauntily. 'ul "_tt'Pe.d.-vresGtaiktuiid pr window of the moot con-min his club: on of hia ”all pro-m- - unckl, and having mien“: ex- .elthsuerftotkeereCortii. world he determined to at lunch-, "rt anything should happen to him I Ihould like to know. It was under- stood between us when he called me by telephone this morning that I was not to hint in any way u to his Identity, or mine, for that mutter, Ind I shall not hrenk faith with him. I trust you completzly. I nholl be at that Address until the first of Otto-‘ ber. You can wire me in any emu-l CHAPTER V. When the Governor reappeared Julia And Archie were seemingly in the midst of a leisurely discussion of the drama. Later, when they were again alone for a few moments, she 'dipped a sealed envelope ih to his They proceed to New York to the Governor's home, where they are vis- ited by the Governor's sister. Julia explains to Archie that her brother is passin.‘ through a strange phase -eaused by a cruel shock some time before. Now read on: INTRODUCTION , \Archihuld Bennett, wealthy haehe- lor, travels constuntly in the interest of his health. He meets Isabel Per, ry, who recommends I life of crime, adventure, romance and excitement at a cure for his nerves. Archie goes to Bailey Harbor to investigm al summer house for his sister. A heavyi storm forces him to spend the night there. During the night he is lek- cued by footsteps, and in an encoun- ter with the intruder, who Bees Ar-; chie's figure reneeted in the m.irror) and shoots. Archie fVes in return,l wounding the intruder, who makes his! escape. Archie plans flight to evade! publicity. He starts cross-country afoot in the night. At dawn he is stopped on a lonely country road by “The Governor," master-mind erim- inal who mistakes him for a fellow criminal. Archie, fleeing, is afraid; to tell the truth-fails in with "The Governor." is whisked across coun- _ try in a ptoien car. Sees story in [ newspaper of killing at Bailey Harm. bor and, frightened, he decides to Bay; i nothing but stick with his strange}: friend and await developments. ltd Comford, N. H., Archie comes upon” Isabel Perry at the hotel desk but sheJ 's refuses to recognize him. The Gov-l , emor. by a clever plan, switches“ ‘ stolen money for good money. Archie. E used as decoy-making love to niece _ a of agent sent to meet eccentric Cong-i T don here next day. Archie and their Governor drive away without creat-; ing suspicion and speed across state) to deliver the $60,000 to train-robber tn Leary at Walker's farm, where Archie gets new insight into workings of the fi crime world. At the first opportunity A Wnlkcr's daughter appeals to Archie u to help her elope with a young farm, w, hand. He decides to assist, cutting .H away from the Governor and takingL m the _couple across state in a wild night,' tie ride. Seeing Sally onto the train-he. T is rewarded with a fond farewell kiss l n: -and returns to find Isabel had wit-l neared the whole Scene. label is not l Ch pleased at meeting Archie again and locum him of spying on her. She c0 tells him that if he has really shot H, Putney Congdon as he claims. he c, has rained everything. Archie re- ca turns to the hotel greatly "wstitied. ph Next morning the Governor arrives' H: -explains to Archie that he has aid-l ml ed Sallie to marry a notorious dia- ho mend thier-and that Sallie had de- an eeived him concerning the whole at-', ed fair. _ l {35] BLACKSH‘EEP! l't'th'/r0iiii " he is awak- in an encoun- who Bees Ar- in the mirror In! 1tmrr-iuriiiaie ' [HM out the In, an m ‘M'blhc‘oor. “ "Myanmar ."1 "'-tfteurriik mum; VI Nanak-”u; AM!- mm and a! 590m at In... uh This, mud mm; in". Ar- ch}. n perturb-(mt. But the "The little girl," he ventured, "Not in the slightest. My “thorn. II“: in most dimly eccentric, I but he in very fond of my children. ft in quite like him to attempt to “any " the Hm. girl, .111in I p'srtieuUraret of ta. I was shoeked of com-n, when it fumed. Bert lam m torrid. I meant to put the children qvite out of my huh-M's way. It's rather odd. "1 think of it, that my hub-M didet prion-117 ttAtt-tutr-Gi." I This, mm mall-1v, n- A- He looked at her courtly Ind they hushed with the mirth ot children pinning mischief in Ion-ct. "you In not Ipprehcnlive about hut?" hub-MW" Tn; “lug-uh! "You needen't bother shout that " all," Archie replied with n remar- ing smile. "The lune and address I - were both lulu." “Of count. I'm not going to Brooklyn. Plane tell the man to drive to the Attmore, Indiu' entrance. "I walk throng-h the main door and take another taxi. I'm only - your nun had to be brought Into it." __ V - __,. R."." ‘4"- ' "Yoa are a gentleman; I am sure of that; and I feel that I can trust you. I am in I strung! predicament. {and I'm forced to ask your help. .The mama and lddms I gave the police are fietitious. I kno.w it has I queer look; but I had to do it. I know perfectly well who carried army my little girl. The man and women you saw in the at were "wants em- ployed by my (tannin-law who cor-l dhlly dislikes me. For a few minutes she was busy comforting the child, and Archie, deep in thought. turned to meet the searching gaze of her guy eyes. “v” -_ .. - "Thank you," she said with relief. "t must get away from this; it's unbearable." He put her and the boy into a taxi, and instructed the driver, to go to Brooklyn “er. George W. Kendall, tur East Corning stteet, Brooklyn.” 1 Mrs. Congdon had recogered suf- fieierttly to tell her story. and to Archie's relief corroborated his own version in a manner to dispose of any question as to his innocence. Her composure struck Archie as re- markable and her replies to the, of-, ficer's questions were brief and eect, To Archie's surprise, she gave her! name as: l Archie redoubled his pace/passed Mrs. Coudon nud trained the car as the man with the child in his arms. jumped into it, The car was moving rapidly and a man's voice bade the driver hurry. Within the child’s screams were suddenly stifled, the door swung open for an instant. and a blow, delivered full in the face, sent Archie reeling into the road. marked thir'direetion and than I pardlel course with a View to keep- ingulhem in sight. . Then a piercing stream, the shrill cry of a child in terror. ( "Help! help'. Oh.' Edith'. Edith!" , The cries sent him at a run toward [the place in which he left the Cong- A..-, Rounding . curve in the pa saw a man rushing down the with Edith in his arms. dons Pet' ,_ - LiiiG Gai; 90"., ,a. W. -"Ve Pt.", 4W't Grir'itii"i' (at, 'meh" h “a: lumps-ind I ms name wdguhoies in the rim of twenty doll-r romptly. “gold pieces, leaving only the outer , Boston; Stag- I shell and filling 'em up with a com- nymede." position he invented that made the ~coin ring like a marriage bell. While building, Bos. he was still experimenting he ran _ {into old Eliphalet sitting with his recogered suf- famous umbrella on a bench in Bos- story, and to ton Common. Perky thought Eiiph- muted his own ale! was a stool pigeon for g con oat- . to dispose of fit, but explanations followed Ind it, his innocence. was a case of infatuation on both k Archie as re- sides. The old mun was " tiekled plies to the, of- with the scheme as a boy with A brief and exact new dog. He now assists Perky to she REVS her l, circulate the spurious medium of ex‘ )iiiiiii7. Perky say: he's a wonder.. indall, tur East ful ally, endowed with all the (lull-I lyr': )ities of a first than nook.” ur help. _The re the police has a queer it. I know , the path he Sever: busy the road "Your label’s all angled up m our "nirs!" dentin!!! the Governor with mock men-ant. she will dawn upon you: [in can wry Boon--" feel it coming. On mt move in oertlirted--we nut to to Rochester." " “You'll npprecinte that better." .lsaid Archie, "when you bear what v‘l know nbout the Congdon family. ‘Yuu'Ve been mighty dot-en: in not pressing me for thy account of my" (seit, but you've trot to hear my 'story now." We’ll pruhably both be more comfortable " I don't tell you my name. but you shall have that, 'too, if you care for it. So 'ear lthinga have hippened since I left; 1Bailey Harbor that you don't know‘ about, things that l haven't dandl In" you. that I'm going to wont it “all now and here. If you wait to I chuck me when rou're heard it, well (enough; but I don't mind saying that Ito 'part with you would hurt me ter- .ribly, I never felt yo dependent on [any man u l do on you: and I've i groin mighty fond of you. old man." f Re listened patiently. nodding oc- :uaionnlly or throwimr' in n question. ‘When Archie thtUhed he rose and cupped him on ttseorhouhier. V “By Jove, yuu've tossed my mars around like so mun, dice! I've got to consult the oracle: immediately." He darted from the room, nnd when Archie reached his study the Governor was poring over I map of the have". _ "Thane" va, 113."; Hi: Xe "60v emor. - he fell from his" huri, Aiad Ina wbnt on the road as a yegk - then entered into the 2mm; of boring neat r In spite of the Governor's frequent assertion that he wishesbetw know [numbing about him. Archie felt 'cstronirty impelled to make I clean breast of the Bailev Harbor "mir the old boy we left to the tender} mercies of Suebrook and Walters? We": 1 met today one of the most; remarkable of all the men I know who camp outside the pale. Perky is his name - a jeweler _by trade, breast of the Bailey Harbor "air, the two encounters with label, and his meeting with Mrs. Congdon. His resolution strengthened when the Governor appeared, dressed with his usual care and exhilarated "by hm dssy's adventures. Baring retired after the dinner had been served, and the Governor, in cozy accord with his cigar. remarked suddenly: While Archie waited for the Gov- ernor to dress, he carefully and the account of the kidmpping in the park. The police had not yet learned that the two most important witnesse- had given tietitiousus- a kidnapping --.most deploy-hie line of business." mumnuni fl. 9! 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