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Won-offline. Wewei-o togâ€"x. Mbhenrtromhlmfora. ~11me, Row he was In Japan; now In Java Ind now at Thursday Island. itrnems hehndnbontothisownashamedj ‘Iudofinfinen Quin, wand the and": Andi-hm. mt the an: n shrewd business min ”five?! as ~n capable sailor 1.21m no denim-tor, .mam we did not {Ive-In lunv,lwp had never a monetary mam "N6?“ was not the want of money that gnaw .nally paled my mothem’n gheek and gave her that wistful. fax-01! look; It was not to: money that she” watched the’postman comedow'n the mam‘ In and week out. . ‘ As the year; slipped on theIettex-I' me at me: Intervals. Once we did ' notwmmnimfortenmonthn nnd‘ -‘I.aes aot 1‘4:ka her soft. 'Wgetheeflint I mmmward happiness heightened fieéIegg gt the mere physical beauty. ; , “ "“ Then came theparflngand for days before a melancholy tell upon the ham while for days after' ahe would .mmabegtnkeoaemadm- ‘ ‘Atfirst mglettuseune with-earn. mafidable WW. and filth a glad face ihé na'ed to read extraeta fem she turned away with a sigh I felled to rad. Perhaps in . - Ididnottryveryhardâ€"tor boy to do with the inner mealâ€"but it all comes ih'lnd. Never once did i hear her mun an: a word against him. and whenever ot him it was always with a ‘10 satisfaction. in: alone n... ataoelightupattheresurrection eta pleasant memory. But it was a tarot memory and one charged with ineda- hie sadness. > it was mainly through my Uncle Jim. my mother’s brother. that I first learned to suspect my father 0! not be- ing the best of husbands. But when l 1 broached the subject to her she de- 'clared quite angrily that it would be- t'ome Uncle Jim better it he were to ‘ mind his own business. And yet this I know he continued to believe was his business. for he loved his sister very dearly. and so that he might be near her he had lately taken a cottage on 3h; Maidenhead road, a little the other side of Slough. : We lived between Slough and Wind- sor.ahlthacktromtheroad that branches of! to Datchett. Here father had brought my mother shortly utter their marriage, and there I was born. There I lived duriugthewhoie of my 'loungiii'ganditwasthere my father M {h ew end BM did a‘ Wile from Chin wwwu wuthe enevy and admi- Matthew boy in the neighbor- hood. Then I thought my mother’l n-ce changed, and shesboked young Ind pretw agah‘. “Not fllat she could ever have bdn anything but My ‘m he: may hows: eye's, her moths 99m Insegnfiamm some dueer . _ ”â€"60 ,, ., ‘ m lapel, I665 m‘ 319m Burma Mummmmu m.mam“m mmwmm a. a. Wmnhfimmm a m u jednlmiptammauortot Flying Dutchman, who in: forever battling filth m can. But to her, of coune, hemsmnhomntowho'm nhehad mange. Tomymtlmuonhcoean- Iston we: respected In very new â€"whenhlemeroentrencetnto 'e p piece ceased men to nudge ch other end whuper low, when an; ma down to the Torres 'itrel name was common proper- t 1". Bntth‘gtgey , longhetore 'g‘ef " “£133 . 1 mm! knowledge ormm up to y mteenth yeer was extremely fightgonwtthrerexntermhespent 'tpe whole ofthetperlodetsee. Some- timeshaweeeweytortwoorthree yeers together, end on'ee he steed ebroedtornveyearseteetretch. To fiehhebsencomeentllttleornothmg. it not top tort a: mm talk '6! 1mm have forgotten hu very .uls nen communacanon. recelred 35:: months later. informed us that he had changed’hlsnatnd and that he was about to set out on a voyage to 11'le Then it varied Intern“: came short. notes from the most ”expected plneen.‘ He seemednto have become a man with no fixed tradlnz route. but bobbed about hlther and thither. a victim to '3, most fantastical apricot“ Uncle Jlm nonled. He saw the gray-sorrow lad- idenlng‘hleslster’s tnoe.- - ‘ And lo the longmmnthn ran lnto yearnâ€"long months (or her who watch. > , ~ .-.ed.‘bnt'for me months of youth and .W upped: not quite a. contemptible I health and general ‘eontentment. 1 ' . ~ - went to a capital school. it which it 3’33““3’ 3'33 mmm‘ 1.33%? . ~- my es. ' re "a. Enumnwmnyaeee Wynn): thatlgrewiolccmtomed'tom‘“. faced women who watched the poet- ‘ , . _.V . A . : , . ‘1' ‘ ‘heh the me of Com. Bob Kin:- Etnumfiflfimgtfl-{gimfig'h . A menu I- ., â€"~ m mm mm THE 513536: km Being more or less of a dutiful son It ls with no little compunctlon that I begin thls narratl’ye. tonlt nearly con-. come my father. and I fear he will come none too well out of the ordeal. Xetwhat [have to relote lasso-remark- .«ehmmtmm ummom x, E g g E E ASTOBWE; LOVE AN]! ADVENTURE. ~ ”60“" .V' I my: father. though he 11 irrepreachable am at quite a contemptlhle not be. forgotten that I wreck 0! him; the stout battled with so many « many seas was'to me nown. Yet; tromwhatl Ird. there‘was a time I of Captain Bob Xing- acted in very strange Ihlsmere entranceiiuo caused men to nudge d whuper low, when I down to the Torres I was common proper- mm W W?" : mowledge of him up to I year was extremely rare intemla he spent It period at sea. Some- .way for two or three and mice he staid years at a stretch. To meant little or nothing. 1 test my mother's talk have forgotten his very y imagination he seem- yth. a sort of Flying was forever battling I. But to her, or course, man’OA whee-n chm hall “8...... And Io the long ~montha ran into yearsâ€"long months (or her who watch. health and general ‘eontentment. l [.ed'but for me months of youth and - went to a capital school. at which it was rumored that l succeeded famous- ly with my studies. but! regrettossa that i grew so accustomed to the sad faced woman who watched the post- man go hy morning and evening that I failed to notice these signs which an older eye would surely have observed. Honov’er. pale or not. she was Just the sweetest. dearest woman in the world. About this time we saw a lot of my Uncle Jim. and I think. I lavished on him all that love which should have beengiventomytsther. Be wasmy mother’s only brother and in his soft. kindwaywasaslikeherasitwas possible toramantobeliheawomam- He had reachedtheageotddandwas still a bachelor, a love trouble in early life having caused him to eschew the sex. lather told man about it one day. and, loving her brother as she did. mumaybesm'eshedidnotspareflie girl who had trided with hisaflectlona. it was the old. old story. The girl threw him over and married a brewer. Jim hated beer ever after and tried hard to persuade himself that he loathed the sex. i Yellow Man .... ‘ ' ‘Wt‘fi‘vef'y macer‘lip'mq.‘ i“: Wéfic‘woifla have ‘bbenkhbigg‘lr‘on. berm-e this.” A : He oeemed to doubt me somewhat. tkqnzkfiefisé R .111 8 quiet 17:: with (noticed thathchad mm“ new in some pecnllar manner. L 30- ticed that the man had acutely In; eyebedw's‘dnd no ”either.“ “f i . Thbugh the English was remarkably pure. there waajntasuapidonottoo eign intonation in his voice. » “Yes.” said I. _ . ' “And 13 the captain at home?" “No. sir; he is In China." The strange eyes peered up tron an der the strange Eda. lids of which tht skin seemed to be drawn up in the M I was 'home for the'holldaya at the time and was doing a little work in our front garden when I heard the gate click. Looms up, i saw a man alowi: push it open, carefully close it and then. with a very deterential air, ad- vance toward me. As he raised hie hat to speak I noticed that he had coal black hair. that hie-kin was very darkand foreign iooklngandthathe had strange, dark eyes. ' r “I beg your pardon." he said. “doea Captain-Kingston live lien?” For fully seven year: I had not seen my father in the flesh. and I was now a. big boy or 15. somewhat tail for my age. but giving promise or. doing well in the future. And it was in this yea! that my troublesgbegan. and I ”remem- her now. u distinctly as though it had only happened yesterday. that first meeting with the yellow man. the m mental-a him a in». mum; vista in which there was no abadow of a cloud. He 'toreeaw noth- ing but a peaceful. uneventful lite..8e thanked heaven that he had no wife to worry him. no eeineh children to dark- en hie few remaining years. That in what the professed cynic need to say. what he hoped for. no doubt. but what he was not fated to enjoy. Sundry in- cidents were about to happen which Would knock all the smiling eel! com- placency out at Mr. Jamee Davie and plunge him into a very aea of trouble. } I never exactly knew what he was hemdthetactthatlikemanythou- eandaiot hie countrymen. he wae “in the city." I tithe: imagine he had eornethingto do with promoting eomo‘ paniee, he need to talk eo'muchlbont directore, proepectueee and that eort of think, and I have eeen him laugh heartilyaa he readout the namee on‘ the mntpazeotaproepectuaandgrin‘ coueumediy at the zulh'hility of the public. All the same. I am inclined to think that he had done hie ehare of the culling and that the mart decent he dnove and the hunter he rode had‘ come out of the eapacioua pocket or the public. Bethie as it may. he had been wiee in hie'tlme and'ietii'ed before! Nemeaie overtook him. Re need proud- I 1y to proclaim that he had hidden * adieu to all worry and etriie and that Oh. Man anon-4| h'fln film a In“ . Then at varied Intervals c‘ame short notes from the most unexpected places. He seemed to have become a man with no fixed trading route. but bobbed about hither and thither. a victim to a most fantastical com-ice.“ Uncle Jim mw’led. He saw the gray sorrow and- aching his sister’s face. .Her look. and her manor 01-w- M'dmpweuedine mummy an: u was with a feeling of trepldgtion I be- ggy a. ml of the letter. It bore ,1 ‘Thialetter I.re¢e1ged5tt9m ioni- ta- th'er' this. morning'i'wpwd. “Read It and tall 039 what-yon thinkotjt. You are his enom».mw no Indu- M": wifw 3' ' 2:: ' Surprised. i questioned her. and after lame hesitation she drew a letter from her breast and favored me with :1 cu- rioua, conading fook. i as the bran came as a friend 9! her. husband. liner: by mentioning this the academy burst Ontawlth: “But he la_no friend; Davie. Be tune of that." f I had to admit that ahe had acted in a way that was strange to her. It was the first time I had ever seen any one come to our door who had been treated with such scant aerate”. Usually'tho moat hospitable of women. she seemed suddenly- to have lost that polite con- sideration for other: which I had al- way: associated with her. And the more tax-prising was it In thié instance. But she seemed plunged in thought ind did not answer. Pretend: lb. looked up at fixed "and said. “Did I be- ‘my myself?" saw that she Wu very pale and er!- dently greatly agitated. “Why. you are M8 to hint,” I said. “What Is the matte: with you?” “Nothing. nothing." she gasped. Then: “Davie, Davie, has he gone?” “01' come." I mend. “long In Why?” My mother and i immediateiyenter- ed the house and shut the'door. ' Thai done. she snran: thromh the bag 2:: the dining room and across to the win- dow. I at her heeis. The stranger had just shut the gate and was taking a 2:; Emey ot the house. Seeing as, he raised his hat once more. smiled and then disapneared down the road. ..... > CHAPTER, II. . m nan or nu ma mums-o. For a rail five minutes after the man had disappeared she stood stock still against the window peering intently through the curtain. Then she threw herself back into the nearest armchair. with a sigh. and as i looked at her I With thnt he' raised' his hilt once more. bowed very politely In n db- tlnctly foreign fashion and homered downrthe pathway. “0h. It I: immaterial.” he replied. “I um mm to meet‘hlm when he returns." “I am Ion-y." she said hastily. giving me the Impression of a woman exceed- Ingly embamued. and backing toward the door at the same time. “Who than I say called?" Ho Ipoke easily and with the same meaning smile. but his strange eye: played all over my mother. and i saw how deeply they aireeted her. my rem-(lat and with a «In survey of the garden and tug house remarked thatwehadnveryprettyphcgand he wondered why Captain Kingston pretend to m so much thread mtlmsmrlynm‘vumym ther’s business. but at that moment . mymotherappeanduthodoormd anedtom . luaueeadnucedmmrdhedhc sci-ungu- following “Yen." he aatd. a Mons]: familiar ‘nmue playing round the corner- ot' his mouth. “We were good trtenda out there. He gave me hla addrean when he knew I was coming to England. I quite understood from what he aid that he would have arrived by thin.” “This gentlemen met father In An.- mm." o ELM” .h. M ho- a... growing wider. 1 any have been mistaken. but I thought the echo was more like I. sup. She did not answer. but stared at him in a way which I failed utterly to con- prehend.‘ So I. chipped in with: “I regret It emceedlngiy." add the man. “I expected to and him here." “lammmtonyctpuhmmm ummarwemmmm voice wu cold and distant and m tllngly unlike her and tone. My mother honored him with an un- commonly sharp many. and then I thought her lips tightened and she now a elude paler. “This gentleman bu Just called to see father." I explained. polntlu to the stranger. who raised his but and bowed very low. ‘ “Ah. that’s 5 pity! Pet-hay: you: mother known!" . “Thu In scarcely M19.“ “I: III. In?” “I think not" In (not. I knew no. but the mn’t questioning wu not at :11 to my uk- tng. and I felt suspicious. I ' knew why. But he seemed to knot: “None,” I and shortly. a mu. an- noyedatthowayhelgnoredthom section that he should tell no hit “lamio d.“bnt Iwmtellm tmqhenextfl E I!” my father I: not hem." I It you will law you name my mother to mention you the mm." “You have ho Ides when your miles will return!” ,. :3. awarded nae intently. mounting mohomhndtolooghhstnnneyu seeming to take in every pnrticnhr oi mytnconnddms. And thinned" without speaking. n‘ proceeding with wflehlmmtatnuMwhk-h. moreover. wn beginning to render an extremely nncomtomble. . A '“But you are not an Australia?" 1 new wen he wabh't. but hll mun ty primed me. and I hoped that ht might rouchufe the Information. 7 '“No. but I ”mane- have’butne. 1733..an ‘ ‘u no vamp-Ill sud. “Pardon me. t no you Camus Kingstop'n son? “Yet. sir." , ‘mowmf' ;‘ “HI: holy chll' ” "You are not much ”in your ID that.” “You know him wen then?” “Very Intimate». Indeed. we we: great friends In Australia.” mucn L 90mm quarrel. M In. the munronld naturally N I "W amppougeg. It 1- poor tuna trove} o good 20 mile- to see a man Inf! alga nOt and‘hlm at Home." And ye! where could he have seen my (other and how did he know he was coming home? m with} m.‘been endeavor!“ t0 50' : _. at and mentally express- lnxthe pious wish that I had only ' taught them It the guns I stewed up , closet to III-pee: their handiwork. The gate and the m were trained no u torepreeentnllghtonk. and eethe work had only been completed some .three months: previously 1 m 98- needing!) Fund 0: m smart appear~ ence. To mural-lee. however. I toned 1W u” “‘ “9% a- menemptbuoreggehapedrln ' very eccumtethe steadmeee of» v .30"- ‘ ‘ Aalretnrnedaiongtheroadlanw his well known trap standing before our gate. the his hay stamping impa- tiently and taking the flies from hia ears. High up on the driver’a cushion sat Saunders. the hey. a diminutive rascal with a wizen face. He greeted me with a formal salute and an exten- aive.;rin and Karma me with tho au- perflnona bit of information that tho gnv’nor was up at the 'ouae. Then. after asking him sundry questions eon- eerninz his rats. his dog: and the chaaa met-any. I turned to open than“. when I was attracted by aomething which I aaw on one of the poota. ;: too am or which I write m! P!- that be Mdto my. Jlm was a man at nerve and practical common sense and n such :lwm knocked the bot- tomoutotmyully. mumenmun- clea. ' It I were lovely the: my “there, nrnlnc made me very l'rlghtened I fee: I should hardly be conflnlng my- eelttothetruth. lthlnkmymotbefl‘ eerlou ace ceased me the neuter. elem. Once ewe: m It menu-n- lnx dld not seen fraught wlth much unmanltltwemlcouldnot mu. vacuum would probablybe mum Remus! After expressing regretat his un- avold‘ahle‘ absence and telling In no on- certain language the intense longing he had to behold hls wife and child 00¢. more. he became mystic. rogue and hlntod at certeln misfortunes P mother‘to treat with auspiclonany one who aid he came from him. After warning her in words which I but ragnely “understood he concluded: “Guard yourself well untlll come. It wfllnot.helougnow.aal hare nutsh- edmylastvoyage.»8ecarefulwhom youeflertatmwithwhom you travel. Suspect your own shadow.” This we gave me remained unanswered. What could I say; what advice could a boy of 15 glrel To he are it was plain enough that my father had made ene- mleahutlhadnodonbtwhatever that he was capable of taking care of himself. Bow his quanel could per- aonally elect me or my mother I was at a loss to comprehend. Therefore I returned her inquiring look with one ' equally uncompromising. I‘Perlzaps you can understand now why the eudden appearance of this strangernpeetme. Whatflhellym father's enemy. what if he is seeking to do hlm an lnjury? Heaven knows." she continued. “what it all means. Mt your father would not wrlte in thls strain unle- the matter was one of the utmost importance." Andyetleannotseythatlwaenn- duly impreeeed. for a few ideas began to he. confusedly In my brain, and I tried to grasp them and set them In proper order. Wlth this end in View I took up my hat and went out. hoping that l mtg-ht hare another glimpse of the mannily mother-made me promlse thathouldnotuoflthe road.s promlse to which I luughlngly assent- ed. hut-l followed the road right into Slough'and'round to the railway sta- tion. yet never saw a slgn of the man with tln strange eyes. , ,pmmflmmrm m, (I: th‘mlopo M!!! It M been 'walm 'Whlcr‘lls‘i allot m w elm at, gummy" din-hum“ ' ‘lio'didnotcxpmn- And. mmmtemwmnuumn W“ mulettertrom him dandfmm mum]. at tho non-um of “30 moon would have astonished us but little. ' ‘ up! ”w" " W â€"‘1' 'ouQuu “00!... to mum 35hr, :ho Gm, WM.» w. m... -. “As he ssid. it was probably imam ieriai. I've often enough said the same thing. Trust me. you: husband will soon turn up with s glowing prospoo tns‘in his pocket describing a marvel one property which is within easy tench or Ballast. 1 know those pros pectnses. I‘ve drawn up n few of them myselt. in which I here described with wonderful fidelity s reel or s region 1 have ’never seen. Believe me. your M will presently blossom into di- rector. possibly the ehslrmenâ€"it-they esn‘t he: s lordâ€"of the Greet Balm-at Gold lining company. of which your mytteflons toreign gentlemen with the strange eyes will most likely "he the render." . “Why m 11?qu to leave hit an? ‘ “Deer child." said my uncle. “you wesre quite s pretty romsnce. Tbs: little bend of yours is full of surprises i know s mystery is dcsr to a woman. almost ss deu- ss s hit or scandal. but don’t build too much on it or you will be disappointed. The man had proba- bly done his business with Captain Bob out'lu Australia. it might nave been s serious mining speculation- Bsiisrst. you know. is n stem mining center. It such is the csse. want more altars! than (but the man. hearing Bob was coming by n certain shin. should be anxious to see him?" “Now you get beyond me." the aid. “but I believe. why I cannot tell you. am that man knew my husband wu munmwmtbumhu- maneuorthunndforlomem son of his own changed his mind.” “But why should he believe that Bob was on the ship and of flu: Im- porgnnce m It whether be m or not?” “WM!“KIM Jlta. his blue eyes look- lnc not! malt-cl than over. “Well.” cam my mother “owl: and very lmpreulrely. I thought. "what I make out of It la this: That man did not come by the mm which Int-ought 3!» letter from Australia: otlwrwloe he would hau- knuwu that Bob wan not here. But he hollowed him to be on the shlp anal. speculating on the chance! of hi: coming overland. turn him time to get home." “Rm don‘t you we I! Bub mm. III tho amp with that letter he would not he been :91 (unless he can» overland from Brintush (or lnotltm' eight or all» day; I do not lm-ltau- to «a: that (be but thing he would think of would be to me overland. but ti. on.- a ho do not know him to tron might reasonably cum otbm lu.‘ (ugh! f!“ “Wefl; no. The" man cbuld can: have cone In the umo‘shlp u the let- ter. Probably be was to meet Bob In my disappointed In not find- “sunfleidhensbesjowlybegento nu his pipe. “i consider vague. terrify- ing eerawls no excnee (or such en ab sence. and if i were yon i should try to think that they were written after- ! menu underâ€"much mental depreo “on. the result of e eystematic sonar- in: of the elbow." 1‘ She shook her bend. l “1 believe it to be nothing of the kind. Do you imagine that themmin; 1 or this stranger right on the, top of I Bob's letter was eii mmntero! chence? I So: he knew my husband-was leaving i Amalie. end he met to nee him. i For that reason? All. in me know ' that end I shall know everything. But. tell me. doee it not strike you as being very enrione that l shonia receive Bob's letter on the very day that the L stranger errlres here?‘ i “Humphf' grunt“! Jim. but new even he loved her all the bettenfor her loyalty. No doubt It was foolhh'. but it I. that foolishness which eudoan women to In. I thought she looked her best and her prettiest just then. and I! Jun hadn't been um to poke fun at me I would have given her a zoodldca. “Ah. but y'ou'dcn‘: .cndentand." Ibo mum. “You don‘t know the dune” 3nd r‘lclnltudn o! 1 ”turns; are. If he has not come. you may be sun It was for very good muons." “A man who can leave his wife end child for seven yeah I: capable of writing anything.“ be growled. inn ”shoot as. head. Ontotmpoct‘ («than he did not my what up of his tongue. 80 Ind but month. not ”litter I ndmlnmon for my (a. , “foams: can It loll) u you like: up, replied. fund I with l «man: no. but! feel sure my unsound was not Info written In this strain without pod can-e.” â€"i‘}%fihlm‘au l linew. repeating word for. f.“ «In: wan-n had' passed ho tween me and the string". .“1 have heard as much." aid ho. ho! U! nmm- “196% I90! I!!! word I can t no any cause for um un- easiness. Your :30th has got a fright. a! boy. and nothing I can“: mm; flue. Into! her telly.” "war Davie. hd." mid be. “who! u all this that he been troubling your mother?! -. Money“ at Will' I 1 don’t belleve I ever new him when hie . blue eye- had not a mem twinkle In them. Therefore the eel-lone look with it‘ltlch be sow” tieetéd ‘m’?"ne‘ Joe!" e little disconcerting. My mother’e tron- bleq tece also added I chllllnea to the V Continued noxt Ink. mum on have net éThe RIDER KITCHENEB J. J. 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