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CHAPTER XV. Married to a Roguo. KCLi: CILI.Y stoijpc'l outside the boatUuuse cauUously.
Above IJlm the gieiit, bril- llaiit Hbal't ol' light turned slowly. Aside from tlio beam all tUe world waa black—tbat iuleuse iilglit black which has the feel of oppression in it, makes you put out your liands hi- stluctlvely and grojje.
The wind blew with a tremendous hummlnj,' uol.se, like some huge dyna¬ mo, whioli indeed it was, nnd the wa¬ ter ran as liigli a.s when, live Uour.s ago, they had all beeu dragged ashore, bruised, cut, exhausted.
Occasionally some comber lenped so high that tho rovolvhig light touched It, and in thnt Instant it seemed to stand etui lu the air vividly, alter llie milliner of objects seen in lightning flashes.
Tho guide squatted on his haunches and peered out
By and by hia eyes began to absorb what light tlier(! was, aud ho saw two fnlnt gray i>atches ou the water, l)ow- iug and kotowiug to eacli othtf like quadrille dancers. The bo.its were still there. Would the cables bold till nioni lug?
Ail lie had lu worldly possessions, aside from his home, was that boat. It wns Ills bread and butter. U'ithoiu It (and at present no means of buyin;: another) ho might have to mortga,:;.' the home ne.xt year. lie got up iiaiu- fully and limped off toward the tower. There wasn't nny sense of I.ester standing watch ui) there. ICltlier the cables would hold or they wouliln't. and watching was only prolom^'ing the agony.
All this because he had let the thought of makiug a hundred duUar.-i dazzle his eyes nnd obscuri^ his usual caution nud common seuse. lie re¬ fused to admit thut the girl and the mystery surrounding her bad imlled him as strongly as the thought of gain. ¦ He paused nnd reached down to rub bis shin gently.
In helping Cranford In he htid fallen on the slippery runway and brui.-ied a Bhin against one of th» rolling pins. Well, the poor young woman was jiay- tng for her hardihood—a gash two Inches loug on the side <if her head and an arm strained so badly that her lin¬ gers sprend out crookedly. . And she lay there on the tloor of the boathouse witliout movt'iiieiit, without speech, too exhausted to moan against the i>aln of iier Injuries. Treasure? He was hi a flne mood f'>r treasure. He would have liked nothing better than to flud it und cast it into the lake, to let it remain there till the secoud deluge (which the miuLster said last Sunday was on the way) and ever after.
Treasure? What treasure? How could there be any treasure on Pidgin? The adventure iuclf did uot stir his imagination. They were all nllve on shore, but he had broken faith with himself, and there Iny tbe sting nud the bite.
Known for years as the most careful gaide on the river, and to smash that record into smlthcreena In a moment of mental aberration I
Perhaps the real backbone of bia dis- satisfaction over hia condnct was the fa<rt that he bad now given the missus the chance for which she bad been watting for years.
She wasn't a scold, bat she would not have upheld the traditions of her MX if she had refused to seize upon tlils weakness, to enlarge upon it, to fling tt In bis face from now on, all through tbe dreary, long winter to come.
Inside the boathouse Oranford sat with bis back to the llgbtkeeper's boat, asle^.        ,
A smoky if ;^tem bung from the roof beam. \|.
Between tbi which stood cri?'?L.   floor a Uttle way from Diana's heuof ^wnm a pale hnee, tainted with the odor of kerosene.
From time to time a dark tongue of water would suddenly come In under the double doors, to seep lazily out again. The bolts -rattled continuously. Diana lay between the boat and the pari^.on.
A blanket was spread over her. Un¬ der ber bandaged head were two cush¬ ions, over and down which ber loosen¬ ed ball lowed, spun bronze in tbe Ilght ¦o dos6 to It.
Her face, thrown into relief, had tbat rare mellow tone of a Velisquee por¬ trait
Wben sbe fell on tbe mnway she struck against a bolt.
Fortunately tbe blow was glancing. Still, It laid open the side of ber bead aa neatly as a knife wonld have done. How serious tbis injury was Cranford was unable to determine, but tbe po- eollar twist to tbe arm, as tbey picked ber up and carried ber Into tbe boat- honse aenseless, alarmed bim.
Bo iMUl beea oo too many • footbdl Sold not to bave learned tbat often a la tar more dangerous than a broken bone. Wild though be VU with anxiety, be went to work CD0II7. BlUy and Lester wen wone In tbla emennocr.
un went her Iieavy outing coat. Ho found It necessary to < ut uway the sleeve of hir sweater, ni^d he was glnd she had worn that, for wool even if wet, absorbs and retains heat.
Tho cut bled i)rofu.sely, and this he stopped with applications of cold wn. tur, ripping up n iiillow case for ban¬ dages. .Next he gave his attention to tho arm.    No bones were brokeu.
lie bound it tbrhtly lo keep down tho swelling, sonked It with aruicn, which happily, the lightkti'iicr was ffblo to supply, nnd slung It across her breast. All this tlnio she remained uncnnscious. He drew the stool besid(! hor aud set¬ tled down to watch. Au hour or so later sho opened l)er eyos.
"What has happened?" .she nsked faintly.
"You fell and badly strnlned yoiia arm. And tiiere's a cut on the side or your head. Now, please, don't talk; keep perfectly quiet. I'm going to pull you out of this all right. The blow will go dovni by midiiiLrht, and early tomorrow we'll make for home.    Try
to SltC[>."
"A drink."
A strong cup of coffee wns given her forthwith. She drank it greedily, but refused th(! buttered bn^ad, and lay back, clo.siiig lier eyes. She w.as so far gone in exliaustion that Cranforil knew tho coffee would have no other effect than to bold off luiiiL'er weak¬ ness.
Himself, he ato three slices of bread and drank three cups of coffee, for he was dead tired, and yet he nnnt watch. Her head throbbed so th.it it neutral¬ ized tho pain in her nrm.
Sho kept her eyes shut^ not so much to urge sleej) ns to avoid watihlnj; the roof revolve and the four sides of tli^'' boathouse expand and contract. .\nd Cranford had so many pale, cnrcwurn faces! Truth was, a bit of delirium had possession of her.
now grotesipie he looked with a halo nbove liis liead and anntlier under his chin, tho effect of the contra-lights of tho lanterns: ^^¦hnt was it she !iad forgotten? What was it sho ouglit to bo doing? Why had sho fallen? What had really haiipeiud?
But even as she tried to pierce the fog^ which .seemed to oppress her, sleep "soft footed as tlie snow" foil upon her. She slept for four hours. Wiien she awoke it was with clear recollec¬ tion.
Sho saw Cranford, sleeping with his mouth open, most unherolc, his arms dangling nt his sides. She knew now what she had to do. She must rise Without disturbing him, steal out. Oh, the pain and misery of It! She fell back, groaning.
Bravo and stoical she was, but there are some pains which wrench the cry out of us stille it how we try.
Instantly Cranford was awake. "What Is It?"
"My ankle!"
"Which one?"
"Tho right." She set her teeth In ber lips.
Off went the shoe.
"No, no!"
But he gave no heed to her protest He bound the stockinged foot aud sat¬ urated It with what arnica remained In the bottle.
He saw the tears running down her cheeks, but he did not know the real cause of them.
"Diana! Diana! What ean I do? What can I do?   I'oor girl!   I'oor girl!"
Tender and sensitive, he hated the sight of pain, nnd to see It twist the lips of the womnn he loved was doubly maddening.
"Thnt's better. I'm all right now. Thank you!"
But her thought was: She had falle<l, failed miserably, after all these weeks of careful planning—failed! She could not stand, let alone walk. There was as much misery In her body as in her mind.
Either she must tell him or let every¬ thing go. Why hnd fate brought hlra here? It was cruel. If only he had not followed!
Outside, under the light. Uncle Billy was putting questions to the light- keeper.
"Xo. NolKijly left anything with mo," said the latter, shifting his corn¬ cob. "A hydroplane stopped here for an hour or so, cooked shore dinner and got out. Sensible, I call 'em. They didn't leare anything with me. Ono o' the men limped. But I wasn't watching 'em close." Uncle Billy sighed. AU for nothing! "Why do .vou want t' know?" asked tbe llglitkeeper. His curiosity was negligent.
at rne race or tne gin.
Her lips stirred.    "iJonald!''
A knife thrust froni her hand could not have hurt Ulm more grievously.
Ue stood up straight, rnmpiing his -hair, n habit he had of doing when dt«.;ily agitated. So Iionald was his name? Ixmald. Itonaiil. rionald Han¬ chett! llc ''eiiiombeied now ff ha\iijg seen the uiiii.,' In full on the hole 1 register. Donald iiiuicbett, somo kind of lieiitonant to tliai hulking rascil Smead.
For u moment Crunfoi-d ht'rtlly wlslied ho had not made the land.'iig; that lie had gone out where thet^ wa.i nelllinr trouble nor disii|)iiointmpui.. Tli;it she was niarried he bad begun to accept as a fact for which, so far ns he was concerned, there was no reni- edy.    I''rleiidii.
lie was an honorable man. He could still love her and Ijo her friend, for he realized thaf s!ie mi-'lit need one. Iiut this new coll rather swept his feet from under him like the angry cur¬ rents flowing over tlio siioal.
To a rogue—married lo a rogue. The thought was -jHprc bitter than death. She had been fooled, deceived, by a handsome rogue.
And she still thought enough of hliu to speak his name in her dreams! His fingers continued to plow tiuough lii.s hair, whicii pr(*-ently stood on end in all directinns.
Ho saw her outing coat hanging from a uall.
Lightly he steiiped over tho sleeping girl and reached for the coat. It was still heavy with water. He ought to have turned the iiockets when he hun;; It up; the eoat would have been half dry by no:\-.
He regained lils stool and carefully drew out pocket after pocket. He lai,i tho handkerchief and the gloves on tlie gunnel of the boat. Smiling suddenly, ho took the gloves, folded them wet as they were and put them into a po(.ket of his own.
He returned to the worli. .Vs iie pulled out the in.side poc'.iet u water soaked envelope fell out. He stooped for It. .Mystery and fog were no more. Thoro was no need to see the contents of that iiei'uliar stylo of envelope. He hnd received many of them, postmark¬ ed, but stampless—official busine.ss of the United States customs!
Uncle r.illy was up and outside long before sunrise.
The water was flat, the sky cloudless save lu the low east, nnd not a breath of air was astir. Thus the great emo¬ tions of nature como nnd go. Only one boat njde the shallow waters of tlie shoal—his own.   Lester'.s was gone.
He ran down to the dock. There she wns in four feet of water, her bow split like a pistachio nut He had lefl Lester sound in hWimber, and he rather hated the task of awaking him and announcing the misfortuna
lUi lUe llgntlicep-
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He was not much Interi'sted in the i tbe other lantern, I doings of guides and folks who wasted their time flshlng.
"Oh, nut bin'. Miss Wynne was ex- pectin' sumpin. That's why we made tb' Island. Thought mebbe they'd left •It f you."
"Nope.   How's tbe young lady?"
"I dunno," wearily.
"Pack f>' fools, all ef you. You've been flshin' Pidgin thirty years, and tt was time .wu learned you can't flsh here In safety. Aren't there Juet as many bass on your side a* tbe llnef
"That you, Lester?"
"Uh-uh!"
"Think they'll holdr
"Don't know," gruflly. "Itil coet Mr. Crfluford about four hundred If anything happens to my boat. I was against making the Island."
*1 reckon Mr. Crnnford 'II do whnfs •qnare. Money don't worry bim none. We better turn in. Oood night," said lT»«if Billy to the llglitkeeper.
"Good night. There ain't anything kore 1 can do for youT"
"Notie."
Tbe two guides walked baA to tba kontbouse and entered Boliilmlr. j Wltbont ado tbey stretched tbemaetvea Mt on a dry spot by the doora aad in a minnte or two were fast asloepi
oranford was a light sleeper.   Tbe
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to wako bim.   Bo Peered down
CHAPTER XV. Into the Trap. ESTER'S boat Imd broken her ca- t'le some time <luring the night and    had   pounded   her   noso against tlie dock till she had split open.     No patching   would  ever rehabilltato the boat,  but her engin.- might be s?ived, and engines were the things that cost
All gullies on tho river were first Class boatbuilders; Lester would havo to buy nothing but material. Good old Navarre! She had ridden the stonn without a scratch.
He did not return to the boathouse, but wandered aimlessly pa.st the light. Lester's oars were gono; by this time they were far out hito the lake. He snw tho remains of a recent flre, a shore dinner tire, one he was certain neither he nor Lester had built This was a cobble range, while he nnd Les¬ ter had portable stoves.
"By Jincrs: Whut d' y' know 'iKiut tliat?" he ejaculated. Behind the pink granite bowlder lay two roils In their gray cottoii casings.
"Somebuddy's be'n flshin' 'n' got out in a hurry. Weil, well; flndin's 's keepUi's. Oood rods 'r' always handy tn these parts. Luck's with you, UneU' Billy.*'
In the e.'ist the Uoman scarfs were becoming brilliant. Uncle F.llly liid down his flnd. took off his clothes aud lK>ldly waded into the water.
He tugged In the boat. an<l the sun was up by the time he had cleaneil her bow to stern, set the cushions out to dry nnd put the new found rods In the "pantry," as he called the extra flsh box on the iwrt side.
Lester came out, rubbing his eyes. .\t a glance ho saw what had happened.
"Four feet o' wnter jes' beyond th' dock," explulm^l Uncle Billy. "En- glne'll be all right, but th' btiat'ti gone f glory. TU halT t' build this winter. Them two sleei-ln' yet?"
"Yes, theyre still sleeping," answer ed I/ester lu.irxllly. He had loved that old boat as -uiother man might have loviHl a dog I'or seven years It had been Ills falthf'il servant.
"I'll help y' when It comes t build- in', seeln' 's how I'm t' blame. But. Lester, sunipln' 1 ain't told y' .vet Bbe olTeied me i hundretl dollars f make riilirin."
"A hundred dollars? Lord's name, what for';"
"I can't tell J-' tJiat. But don't you worry none. Mr. ("lanford'U see thnt y' don't lose nuthin'. 1 know lilm. But I'm worrle<l 'bout Miss Wynne She's hurt. But when a plucky wom¬ an's hurt she don't holler, 'n' .*io y" ean't tell how had she Is hurt It ain't goln' f Ikj no fun gittin' her back t* th' farm. Th' .•sooner we start th' better. I' we start right awa.v we'll nike 111' fnrm by 9 'r so."
TU have to stay and get the engine oot and soak her in kerosene. Come back for me this afteruoon or have tlie bait boat como for lae."
"All right   I'll do th' square thing V divide that hundred." **CoSee an' eggs in half an bour if
you want 'em;" sang er from his doorway.
"Good for you!"
At  7:".0   Uncle  Billy,   Cranford Diana were homeward bound.
They had taken out the middle seat so thut H'c.v could lie at a considerable angle. Her head no longer throbbed, but hor arm and ankle caused her ex¬ cruciating misery.
So she keiJt absolutely iiuict, a.nd Cranford had tact enough n(ji tij iily her wilh (luestlons, though the tempta¬ tion was aUuo,st irresistible. In the se¬ cret service like himself and playing her worn:: ,' ' , . 1 alone aguuist as ac¬ complished  d of i-ogues as eve.-
set the Atlaiiiic ports by the ears, anrl one of them her liusb.iud!
Her (juletness was as much due to resignation as anything else. She was firm In the liifention r.or to drag Vy.ui- ford into these nuicksajjds of cross purpose and treachery uihI dLslioiior.
If it had l,(-eu an ordinary cuse. Im¬ personal, she would h.tve conflded to him ut the begini.iug. Jiut it was uot I ordinary. It was terribly personnl, and he must never, never know wliat lay back of it all.
If she had told lilm anytliing it mnst be nil, and oli, shi? did not want him to go nwuj', thankful for his escape. She wanted ai\\ays to remain the sul)- tle mystery, sometimes to enchain his thought In the dim future. Ab, why had she not died in the kindly convent, with all iK'r beautiful illusions? They readied the farm at 0.
The two men made a hand chair for her and carried her into the parlor and laid her on the sofa.
"\^liy, .Miss Wynne!" said Uncie Bil¬ ly amiably, "but you alu't uo fairy."
"She's a gotldess, Billy," said Cran¬ ford.
She smiled.
Here the Umdlady bustled the men into the hall. .Miss Wynne must be put to bed at once. Half an hour later she openetl the door.
"\'ou cau come in uow, but only tor a moment, bliby. Miss Wynne wauts you to send this telegram right uway."
She gave the guide a sealed envelope. "Xhe operator is to oix.-u it."
"Have her off "n hour," deilared Uu¬ cle Billy liai.pily.
Kverything was to turn out right WhUe t.iuiiford wa.s engaf:ed in telling the adventure to the landlady, Billy took the oi'iioriunlty to stooii and whis¬ per to Diana: "They wa'n't nuthin' ou th' iiesky i.-5land. Th' lightkeeper said they left nutlilu', 'u' I looked, loo. They ain't brung it yet" His idea of treas¬ ure was Indi.ssulubly linked with oak chests or iron boxes. . ".le.s' you dou't Worry."
"I shall U' out this evening," .said Cranford, approaching the sofa. "I'm going to send for the best sur;.'eou iu Watertown. I don't like the looks of those fingers."
"Vou've been very good to me. I'd never have mado the landing Imt for you. Vou aiust beKlead. (io back uud sleep all day. .Mr. t!ranfoiil; theu come."
".\11 my good friends call me Crau."
"Cran." shyly.
C'luiiisi\v he touched and jiressed ber uninjured liaud and went out. followed by the guide. They got Into tho boat and proceeded to the village full sliced.
"Cran!" munnured the girl, her gaze reaching beyond the pines outside the windwv. even beyond the fair, blue sky.
.V man. strong bodied, clean in the mind,   tender  ;ind   gentle  and   boyish.
PoutaJ Lrfiws n that anbscrtpttoai ko puli^ ;pt omptly. A Mao pencU (OArk Is- ci'-cle vsaoM foot »ciiptl'.>a U dne, wn will thtak jam tme a   prom.x)t   rwnlttaoes.
mast not oe ciwturneu.
He added that order* were that sho Should be kept In bed or the sleamer- chalr for three or four days. Neither the sprained ankle nor tho cut was sc- riou.s, but tho arm was in a bad wny, and unless she oiieyed his histructlon.'? to the lett.'r she might never be able to straighten /Ut her fingers ngain.
"Shall . tak,- you back to tho vll- liige?   ' dm i.-!.ii.-iiin,g."
than
said   Cranford;   "I'U
iid disappear, and
: • hat in the road
exceptionally ex-
s  usual  tho next
"No wall.'
J ad W.I } 'ave not; ds a mci; citing slrn
Lestei-  ;• I moniiiig.
I    He had borrowed the boat of an un- I emi loyed guide, and w as ready for tlic^ day's work.    Eight o'clock came, but I no flsher;i;ini.    .Vt li.nlf after S Lester went  up  to  the  hotel  office  and  in¬ quired.
Mr. Cranford had left no order fol lunch or shore dinner, nnd he hud not beon down to breakfast; had overslept, perhajis. But whei an hour went down tho clock Lester yegan to think that maybe Ms. Cranford was 111.
".Maybe he isn't woll lliLs morning," he suggested to the clerk.
"Go and wake lii'u up," advised tho clerk.
"He doesn't answer."
"Come aloifg."
Tbe 'dcrk raiiped sonnifty on the dooi and v,-aited for a moment.
Then be called Cr.inforfl by name. Ile.'irlng nolhing. he Inserted the ke> aud oiiened the door. He stood trans- flxed on the thresliold, nnd Lcsttr star¬ ed over his slioulder. eyes iipop.
The bureau drawers, the drawers of the washstand. the suit cases emjitied and flung carelessly aside! The muS- tress lay twisted over the footlioard oi" the lied, the iiiliows crushed, clothes Uttered the chairs aud the floor. A norther and a sou'wester combiry^'d could ijpt have cueated such confusiJri.
"He isn't liere. Something's hap¬ pened. Mr. Cranford was uev^jr in any such liurr.x' as this. Who occupies tha other rooms'.'"
"All the other rooms In this corridor are empty. The only other rooms oc¬ cupied are in the north wing, over the kitehens. He went out to the furin last night."
"The farm?"
"Perhaps he stayed there all night'
"But who's been iu tills room hunt¬ ing for something?"
"Hanged If 1 know. I can't figure it out There must have been a racket to do ail this damage. And yet no body heard an.\thhig last night or they'd have reported it Better run out to the farm. .Maybe it's a second story robbery. If he didn't staj- out at the farm  I'll notify the sheriff?"
"Mr. Cranford is one of tho best guests this hotel ever had. He'a been here ofif and ou for twenty yeacs. I'll hunt up Uncle Billy. Maybe he cau tell sometbing."
"Do it," said the clerk, locking the door. "I'll tell the maid not to touch anything. .Vnd if Mr. Cranford isn't out there I'll call lu the sheriff."
"He Won't do any good. Get a de¬ tective from Watertown. I'm goUig dowu to Hill's."
-Vt the house he was informed that he would tind the old guide iu tho bout- house.
There   ivester  found   him   seated  on the soap Imx, gravely inspecting a tuiU hat whieh he held in his hundv.
"Billy, wliere's Mr. Cranford?"     ~-^>
"I dunno. Lester, I found this bat o' his'n in th' middle o' th' roail "s I started out t' th' farm this nioniln'. Whnt's his hatdoin' in tli' road?   Huh?"
"IMd you go to the farm?"
"Ves:  but he wa'n't there.    IJe left .. there 'bout .>.; las' uighf.    Wily?"
"Wasn't In his room last night, Bil¬ ly; but some one else was. Every¬ thing turned upside down."
"Y' don't say so!   What'll we do?"
"I don't know what to do.    "there's something  wrong about  this.     Every- Ufi^ide (U.v\T) in  hi-: i-oom."
(Vo bo Oonttnaed)
thin'
"Thoy    wa'n't
pesky
Oh. the h.'ippy w-oman who w-ouUl some day tlnd .aial possess him and call him all her own!
"1 got I' go t' lh' telegraph offlL-e, Mr. Cranford."
"And hurry. Do au errnnd for me. I'm all in. Wire for the best surgeon In Watertown. Tell him to come by auto at once; in^er mind trains. You'll be going out after Lester? I'oor chap! But I'll see that he loses nothing."
"Go 'f It don't blow."
Cranford went to lied and stayed there till after .'..
.Vt the telegraph offlee the operator upon belug told who was sending the message look scrupulous care in trans mlttlug the correct rendition of the ten Italian words.
More than that, he made Watertown repeat back the messaire lotter for let
tor. Neither he nor Watertown under gtood Italian. But the young woman In blnck understi-Kiil, wept silently, packed her suit case and left Water- town ou the niK>n train.
Tbat night the doctor Informed Cran fbrd that Misn. Wynne was ssleeo uud
Word From Bre'r William*.
De folks what llnd fault wid de world Ond uiadu cun't map out a better one ter suv e dey Uvea.
De day's V' rl; nin't well doae onless you klu uiuUe a pillow of yo' ctmsclenco an' .-li.>i'p out de ulglit.--Atlanta Consti¬ tution.
Joyous Funerals. .Vt funerals of the military nobility iu Slnni gayety histead of sorrow reigns supnuue.    The fuueral pyre Is llghtu<l by the khig himself, and this Is fol lowed by sports and the lotus dance.
He   Did   It.
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