secretary. "Mr. Calhoun to

honour. He's been fig

me? There is the

"Show him in." When Dyck Calhoun entered the governor gave him a wintry smile of welcom

ing motion. "I prefer

very intellectual save for the riotous mouth, and very spick and span-as though he had just stepped out of Almack's; while Calhoun was tough and virile, and with the air of a thorough outdoor man. There was in his face the firm fighting look of one who had done things and could tackle big af

but had prospered in spite of all. He had by his will, wisdom and military skill, saved the island in its hour of peril, sa

ngland great service, Mr. Calho

do for the land where I

d more than

your me

y estate, and you would have had me shot if you could. I am what I am because there was a juster man than yourself in Jamaica. Through him I got away and f

our courage would have been hung at the yard-a

"My luck was as great as my courage,

with truth. Yet in his heart of hearts he had for Calhoun a great respect. Calhoun's invincible will had conquered the worst in Mallow's nature, had, in spite of himself, created a ne

see rage in the face of Dyck Calhoun, and was nonplussed to find that it had only a stern sort of pleasure. The eyes of Calhoun met his with no trace of gloom, but with a valour worthy of a high cause-their clear blue facing his own with a constant penetration. Their intense sincerity gave him a feeling which did not belong to authority. It was not the look of a criminal, wh

ho killed Erris Boyne. But this man you accuse did not do it." The governor smiled, for t

id it

e house of the general

ry. He gasped. "The general comman

I had proofs of it; but I did not kill him, and I did not betray him, for he had alive a wife and daughter, and something was due to them. He was a traitor, and was in leagu

t a fool-always a fool,"

hing that ever happened to me, for now I can look the world in the face. It's made a man of me. It

s thunderstruck

in the house of the

ashed. "Well, I can

in the street. The world knows me as a mutineer, th

allow, but he controlled it, and said calmly: "Don't t

ed and took a piece of paper from his pocket. "Your honour, here is the name of the slayer

e's wife, eh?" he said in a strange moo

and added: "It was accident that brought us all toge

e very

not live

d she tell

s Sheil

rnor was

Llyn When did

ore I cam

man look like-th

ow; I have n

u by the paper wi

yn gave

he way would be open to Calhoun to win-to marry h

is Miss

She came back when sh

? . . . But let me see the woman that

droom of Noreen Boyne, they two and Shei

n on the haggard, dyin

se of duty

hed to say to me?"

ame the response

nor of the isla

killed him." She raised her skinny hand up, and her eyes became glaz

ruck at one who did you no harm, and you spoiled

id not spoil my life, Noreen Boyne. You have made it. Not that I should have c

father had hurt mine, had turned him out of our house for debt, and I tried to pay it all back. When they suspected you I held my peace. I was a coward; I could not say you were innocent without te

about the past. You can help a man bac

oreen with hopeless pain

en when he did not deny the

id the governor sharply. "We must take d

he woman's head had dropped forward, her chin w

ng in the nurse," said

entered with Sheila, and in

d Mallow alone he said: "She

governor, and in reply to the doctor's questi

has she bro

arrest, though s

er crime, y

illed

at

Calhoun was sent to

n was not g

oman is dead, I mean

then, yo

till

ard on

was tried and condemned. T

: 'I'm glad I'm going to die.'" Then he added

vernor