CAFE MAY COTOTY TOTES. FRIDAY. MAY 18. 1WT

OUND to NORTH 'Harold MacGrath

Illustrated by Henry Jay Lee

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Copyright hy Herold Mac Grath -

Who 1 * Who

Jeanne Beau lot-, beautiful daughter of a Virginia planter, bi* lost her father and twi feralbera In the Civil War. (Thi Ve*r 1884.) She aw earn to ..Mra. We:more, her aunt, that •be will carry out the Biblical In j fdhctlon far vengeance—'an eye ; for an eye!’ While at Hichmond

•be meet*

f i Henry Morgan, a il<tl»onalr. 1 young officer, who falls In love J .trtth her. She repels his advances. ' 6he Is engaged as a spy for th<J Confederate government and urgj cd to use all the wiles and powei ! of her sex to find one i . Parson Kennedy and bring hin: ■ Within the aoutbern lines. It Is • yianned to have her make hi ’ feeadguarters with a family of •ffelhern aympatbiiers I Jeanne learns telegraphy B d other technical branches of f new calling. And clad as a ; C3/. often In the Blue of the I Anrth. she makes her way through ? fhe lines. She learns of an organf 'tlOB of eleven "nlon sple« and their meeting place In a Hichnd loft. A* ehe overheats the dera address the masked men i ipated about a table. Jeanne Is ; discovered and dragged Into the loom. The leader unmasks as | W threatens her with death, but ; 6 dlaauaded from shooting her by lb* duggestlon from one of the C that one of their number ry her. She consents and when one of the masked men volunteer* to marry her she refuses and (Alma the right to choose. | V CHAPTER III Myxtery Visitor The speaker paused and then went on solemnly: , "But this I promise you. on the Word of Parson John Kennedy. Ihgt no man shall follow you— WO man shall topeh you." Parson John ‘Kennedy! The man for whom they had laid Bud Sprung a thousand futile trap*.. Who bad beaten them at every* turn! And this formlda!)!'- man

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was playing Into her hands! i "Now. then, thoose." said Irony, for so the girl had mentally named her tormentor. <Wouldshe ever be able to recognise hfsj voice In case be did g*t awayTlj "I can certify that we are all) unmarried, young and brave." j She did not look toward the man who had offered to sacrifice; his liberty to save her life. Sh - j

looked at Irony.

"I will marry you. sir." said, "and you shall share misery you have thrust so i

tonly upon me/*

"I see .h» I am Jnnst by toy i*" “ Id i * ,n * 0n K,n '

I pulled out the drawer and tosset i upon the table some stout twine Bind her. Benedict, and tie a "•kerchief over her mouth.

-Ided hi* bare arms arras* t. and upon the left forearm .-be saw a bit of tatooing. a blue circle with a curious It device in the center. The glance »a- sufficient to print It In-

deiibly In her mind.

fifty minutes! Dear God. why

did they not come?

brain seething with unimaginable

reprisals.

Her troopers had come to arrest a band of conspirator*: instead they loosened a tigress who reviled them and taunted them for their alownesEach and every one of those; eleven men should pay: and t than his comrad'.-. the man had named Irony. Parson Kei -ledy had had hardihood to disclose his saturnine face to her. Sb«- could watch him in Washington, move against him in direct and open warfare. None of them would recognize her again; of this she

assured.

Within three weeks’ time Jeanm- was able to pick up her natural role. She was always meeting Morgan. and h. was always sighing for some favor, always metaphorically at her feet. One day she liked him; another she disliked

petard." He ha-

o laugh. And few of tb-

realized what flm-gralned coi

He wa* saving this]

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Inhuman jest like this would <;o * u * nd hl “* WP " Picked up have swerved Paiwon Kennedy, j ln furious baste, papers stuffed

MIsa. about to become ln, ° «nd

Madam Who—1 haven’t even ask-\ manr fallln *! rockets, they leaped ed you to wipe the grime f rom I ' 1o,n . U>e rickety stairs, elose-

your face so thai 1 might reeog-' *•'"*“*

nlzc you In the future.

iHrffcd."

Half an hour! she thought. Doubt lies no stranger marriag. ceremony ever took place than that which joined Jeanne Beaumad banterer. unr either by face or It was done. Parson Kennedy offered the quill to the girl. She hesitated for a mom nt. straining her ears. Forty minutes, forty minutes—they were on the rot« ".Mary Smith" on the hastily drawn certificates. Irony adzed the pen from h*-r trembling f ngers and igned "John Jon.-, Then tepped back—ju*' In time. Her hand had flowr to the curtain of his mask. quJ»t.’* he laughed. "Mary Smith !b not your real name; ■e Is Jones mine. But you 'tile your real name there you are alone. You have i that you believe In oaths. I'll add my real name among those who w itness I hi- transaction. Find it If you can!”

pressed and loot In

"Curse you. you have wrecked three lives this night!" whispered a voice in Irony’n ear. But as he turned. th« speaker disap-

peared.

'/p In the loft the gtrl struggled and strained futily. Beaten, dishonored, humiliated! It was Intolerable It was all eome hellish nightman ; It could not possibly lie fact, realllly. And yet, that dreadeii man. Parson Kennedy—he bad been real enough. A marriage certificate, crudely done, but none the 1ms genuine! She stared at the various scrawls. God In heat on, married! To what, to wboin? She auddenly became limp, swayed, and sank face downward upon tb*- table—where her belated troopers In butternui found her. Madam Who? When Jeanne Beaufort started out on her srlf-lmpoeed mlwm that night, she had bean something of an adventurous girl! She left that loft wholly a woman —broken, bewildered, and terrified. It Is true, but a woman, her

-chaps this was accountable hi fact tbat she knew that ■ was a strong and vital man deep down under all big

foppery.

"But I do not love you. and I have no Intention of loving you."

she protested.

"Well, since you Intend not to love me, I see hope. Come.

Jeanne Beaufort, stand each other."

I understand myself perfect-

ly." she countered.

' You laugh. Joke, dance, play — and all the while tbat '-rilllant mind of yourw Is schemin' . rebemIng." . "In mercy's name for *hat?" 'The Cause!" His face grew

serious.

So did hem. "What do you can by that?" She felt vaguely

alarmed. Did he know?

"1 mean that what you arc. 1 am; that I search tor Death even as you do: that hazard Is breath to us both To stab the enemy In 1 the back, that is your work and mine. To a soldier who falls Into iV enemy's hand*—to him the hot.or - of war! But to yon and me- short shrift, as they say. We shall t« la Washington togethei shortly; and from time to time I shall be under your orders. Not a word; your aunt la approaching. I shall sec you at tb» ball tonight. I espect to join my icgiment tomorrow. Good

day!"

She M'. her aunt * arm stea around bei "Your ball-drewa half it Is r.iflght "You wi!l break hearts." aald her aunt, i- fleet!v«ty. t hope to.' replied Jeanne enigmatically, sue slipped off the gown. "You f a strange girl.' If weren'i flesh and blood, didn't kti'-w you as I do. I should say you bad no heart." "Bom. ime* 1 wonder. Perhaps I should have been a boy; they don't haw to have hearts." "There are rlmea, however, when I believe that you ai

hoy.”

"Thai / an odd remark." Jeanne declared, turning quickly,

under-’ "Auntie!"

"You have made trips to Washington Your secret la not your*. 1 under-land. Bui take care. I can surmise that you are playing with dangerous weapons. You’ll want to be alone now; no—-by-by

until supper."

Jeann. sat down on the bed. ( For a quarter of an hoar ehe remained mottonleaa. So Henry Morgan was a spy and had learned In aome manner that she was one alao.

Doubtless no stranger marriage ceremony ever took place than that which joined Jeanne Beaufort to this mad b itterer, unknown to her either by lace or name.

And the keen, logical mind of her aunt wa* no longer to be ignored. If they two had found out her secret, other* might. Henceforth she must step with the utmost caution. She was strong only because the was known. Married! She laughed; it « queer little sound. How she had poured over that d"cum>-nt! Vainly had she striven to make «enar of those broken

words.

She must go to the ball that iilgbt. dance, laugh and chatter, "kou e as beautiful--" "Now. Major. If you please "Sol thi- night Is my last." Morgan dre.ared. "You would not send me to the front happy!" "Where !« your regiment?’ He smiled but did not an*» A young man Is civilian di approached He bowed rerem iously to Morgan. Then he bowed to Jeanne—It was almost a

laam.

"Miss Beaufort, Major Morgan promised to present me. 1 beg recall the fact to bla mind." Jeanne looked ,Inquiringly at Morgan. She saw his body stiffen ever an slightly. "I beg your pardon," said Morgan. "Mia* Beaufort—' the Land ntarted up. and the rr*t of the introduction unlntrl-) legible Jean le ne ver learned the stranger * name until long after-

ward.

Morgau took himself off. The stranger Mood at her aide and ehattrd pleasantly. He was rath-: original and certainly he wat

n the middle of a sen

tenre he bowed abruptly anr walked quickly <oward the door

which Morgan at that had vanished. Jeanne

looked after the strang. r leas

chagrined than •Monished.

"Well!" she murmured. "The »t time 1 see Mr. What's bl»me I'll snub him unmercifully." At midnight while Jeanne was -upper, a man In a half misk entered the garden of her home. appeared to be familiar with bis ground, for be went directly the ladder hanging again.-: the board fence, raised It to the window, climbed up and disappeared inside her bedroom. A man who bad followed him ■ pres.ied closely against the fence k

and waited.

The man In the half-mask calm-: proceeded to open JeanneV Ui k. There were several suits of male attire, one In blue, one in butternut, and three In u nlie shrugged. Next he or*ned the Florentine box. The thing he sought, how<

He tucked It into side of the dwaMng-mlrror. blew out his candle and atol* away. The other awn followed him cautiously. Suddenly tb* nhadower ran for-; ward on bla toes. The other j heard him. but be ws« not quick enough. They fought silently, but the advantage lay with the aw valiant. With a grip of Iron he held the other** arm* again*! hi* back, reached over and snatched r. pap* from the inner pocketnea" . as If be knew tbat paper woull be there Then he flungj hi* « etim roughly against the wall of the bouse and took to hla heels. When at length be -•topped. It was under a street lamp. He straightened out the purloined sheet, read It. tore It Into little piece* and dropped them Into the

gutter.

He looked at bis wateb; be had one hour, la that time hr must find wo borne* and ridei ten miles. "Ah. my fr.*Dd, 1 was right." be aald to hlnuetf. "I don't know what you were doing in that house, nor whose house It Is; but I bad an idea that you car ried the Ufe of my comrade In your coat." (Continued Next Week)

It la war time. Seeing a kb clad figure pawing, tb.- pri

railed out:

"Hey. Buddie, gimme a light." The oiber obligingly held ou: a burning match. The doughboy looking up to thank hla "buddle." discovered to hU amsiemmt the.

star of a brigadier.

"I beg your pardnn. air." he aald. "I didn’t mean any diarmpect. I didn't notice you was

a general"

"That's all right. Buddie." said the general—who apparently wmi a regular "guy" -hut you should thank God 1 wasn’t a mcond

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