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nuruoN cm kxtkiii'Iiisk. ruin.w. imtoiiku :n nut fix? r3 O'Hearts By Louis Joseph Vance CHAPTER XLIM. Camp-fort hrfMlght "Well, gents!" the ilrWi-r observed cheerfully, Ithdra lux head and. band from long and Intimate com munion l(b the stubborn genius be neath the boo J. "1 reckon you all may's well make up yore minds to christen thl hych lubrious tpol Canip-for-ihe-Nlght. You won't be goln" no fartbrh not Jimt 't pri-scnL Bulling this old aKon through them duecrt aaiidi back yondeb bat Just naturally broke' the heart of that en gine!" "What, preclarly. la the trouble?" Alan Law Inquired, routing from anx ious preoccupation. Tlumb bu.f all to bell." the chauf-. four explained tcracly. "Nothing could bo fairer, more tx nct and comprehensive than that,": Tom Barcus commented. Law nodded a bead too weary to respond to the other's humor. lilt worried eye reviewed the scene of the breakdown. "Wbat'a to be done?" Mr. Law won dered aloud. "Take It calm," the affable chauffeur advised. "Prettln' won t get you-all Dotbln'. If it was me. I'd call It a day, make a fire, got them cuahtons out of the cyan, and get tome rest Ton can't do notbln' till I get back, anyway, and that won't be much be-, fore aunup." "Where are you going V Barcus de manded. "Walkln. friend; Just walkln' " "What forr "To fetch help least w ay t, onleea yo're got some kick cumin' and "ud ruther atop hyeh permanent'" He turned off and busied himself with preparations against bis Journey, "It's simply things liko this make, me belleive this Isn't, after oil, noth ing more nor less than a long-drawm out nightmare," Barcus observed pen Irely. But Mr. Law was no more attend ing: be had turned away and was Just then standing by the running board of the motor car and civilly explaining to Miss Judith Trine the purpose of the chauffeur's expedition. Discovery of this circumstance worked a deep wrinkle between the brows as well as Into the humor of ilr. Barcus. Here, he promised himself, was a situation to titillate the Comic Muse Itself. He pointed out In turn the sev eral component parts: the motor car derelict In the hollow of those awful and silent hills for all the world liko a mouse petrified with fright at finding ( Itself In tho midst of a herd of ele phants; In the car, that aged monoma niac, Mr. Seneca Trine, author of all their woes and misadventures, gnash ing his teeth in Impotent rage to find, himself In close juxtaposition to and helpless to Injure the man for whoso life he lusted with an insatiate pas Eton; the latter standing outride tho car, in polite conversation with Mr. Trine's mutinous Judith talking to her in the friendliest fashion imag inable, precisely as If she bad not t'.Mlant h!ir fur her nu, ami h'a In th lom.nllghl iin4 li a'.ou stt the rtlHtlua of thai u.t.n,c l.i. h ft i olj. rrd in lit ml N'toiii. . . , Hut mi wa silrnrrd. the oth.l substantial la .rm.ii.g. with another rl'. btroi high, to xt . a hand rail Alan tutrj the hrt.lgn cautiously. Jt born him. lie relumed, bi Ip. J It.we to cross, and with hr mu safely i'..m t..-.l. all lo a twinkling H'l I UnJ. J on Ih other .id... i.-k hi. life i'iu'!i!.-r tinned on bint in a flath t Imperial rage. Harcua cauwht tnalche of lh worn sua tlulf "IV .ilitu!" be heard her tay "l'. :!i i.t. do you bear! I'mt ter tpra t.i in again uulcst you want we Ui re. luce that (lit. I tay. d'ti't speak lo me! ... 1 am finished i:h y'ti once ami for all time; tiei.r again, nir.,ut, .u.,ih..r hour hall you pervert my natme to yeurj AnJ ,h,.y tlllllu, In hi. hand. and. aided by a lUrou utiaffevtrdly .rri.l.J ih qualms. onnbow (r other lurith'-r of tlu-m knew precisely bow) pmuj.l.J lha burro to rros. After that, though the wjy gr-w UnTe brvad and r and rtrn thor J ) mptum of a detlini., th-y b-ij Hut ru.uh .trvuxtb lift to uium tiriih Ilia kiiK.. aud be was lu(iid UtM.rlnu.ly nut Into the auulicht, rar II. J a CtHil.. rablo dlalaiii .., nd d Hltr4 uiu'efriiiuiiloualy w it ti I a few frrt nf tho llioulh of tlin nb.Hli.'tied iiilnti Ju.t at thn iiu'tiu nt li it be bad Mliallrd hlnn.'lf that tin purH.e i-f hi. rapiurs ws. .Imi'ly to throw bun Into the bUrk well "What's th good of IhatT We're I fat eii.nii h a It "Hlmply to niitke aaaurmire dmiblr ure by running save In . . ." j "I ..Tin to remember hearing or i reading, siiiiin pUee. that tuiinel. have I two mil. If that's tru. Ih ' fir end On Ibis ruii.Meratlcin. b lf H". lib tills I'nek to tli lailUln.il Mnli til. ) had been .uiiii fifteen lllllllll.'i lie I, If tllK I'llll.tl. a t. I'ii Icr iiiiiiiiilp.l Ihn In a. I of a allnlil tl. perlmi'S tin f..t behind them, and li.inre.l (low n III rrr ilei'l'rr ViiIiiiii. I IMiAL ESTATE"! II. .l l IlKll.l.ra (,., ,1, () r ly li'ur.lir 'lli.ii..r lll. Ill I IiiLIIiiii V'.li.li tab (I . Illllpll K IIIIIH.II. I I I , ,,t . ' U, l.l.a k t;, link llliill'. KM), 4 "l r Mil fl I al..,f iiiiii'it riniii'Mi. in N..H4 it,,, . D and , l...k liiulia, it. I.lnlr l II I.' N.il.l.. rl ,i In M.i.11,,.. k I .. I II....... of this ought to b about lb aafe.t j to ba.'k up ni(.ilnal tlm l.anl. r place when that rtplosliin hoppMia lie waMed a liM.k of wri-1 on tbe i If " ""'' lanmable purpose nerr aiialu ' al word or l3 of your dm. nie i i j lift my band against a man who ha I never does vou the I. nit hurm. thixuli ! your perecutlon of b'm would ta a.-iiulite.l him of a cbari-e of tuan lauchter In any courton ground, of self Jefenae! . . . I'n.lemtanJ lue'" .he rag'V "I'm thruuuh. JUncefurth I go my way. and you your . . ." Her voire broke. She clenched her hand Into two tlrht fiat with the rzort at srlr-control. and li.ted wrlthca face to the moonlight. CoJ help us both!" she cried. CHAPTER XLIV. j.M'd for tune, opt'ottunrly at Oil. bti.ught ihem to a clearing detted with tho buildlnga of an abandaixd reaper mini. Net a oul waa In rtUl.in-e th'-re. but the rude structure offirrd ah'lter fur beaat aa well a. man. , I'an ly bad they tna.le lt '." a. com- 1 fortablo a might b upon t!:o tvitnh plank r.HTlt.g of one of the .h.'d and tcth.-rtd the burro, out of alght, ! when Alan collapard at If drucge.1, , while l'areua. who had rl.ct.d bliu.elf ' to keep the Ural watch and purposed. doing It In sitting poltlun. wll! I bl bark agaln.t tho d.Tjamb. fell sleep overcoming bliu like a dense, dark cloud. fr'ien lnak of villainy tint wa Mar rt'plial' (who bore the bui'l' ii of l'ar rus' lnad and shoulder I and got laukh.'.l at f.T all bl palna. Th'-n he wa left to hun'!f onra tiu'ti., but only for a few iin'in.-nl ; the Interval ended when tint two ap rarrd attain, ttila time blinking Itoao In simitar fashion. Not until she had been put down b .!.! Mm did be discover that Alan was likewise a captive trussed to a "Koiuethliig In that!" I "Hot any matches'" Unreu In ; quired, a Alan hurriedly helped Koto ! to her feet j "Never one." J "Nr I. We'll have in fee our way . along Let tin lead. If I step over the brink f a pit r anything. I'll try 10 i yell and warn you In time" j Alan raiiKht hi friend' band In ! passing and pressed u warmly a ra rest rloiiient of bl gratitude, to Bar, tree at ome distance. rue for taking their peril ligntiy. or The remaining arrangement of, i pretending to. for the sake of '. their captor were swiftly and deftly A llekllsh bualnea. that-groping consummated, though their design re- I their way through blarknes so malnrd obrure to Mr. Barvu until opa.jue that It seemed a palpable a be. after Hose, waa duiiin. d like a baU i a Pool of Ink. And baste wa Indl- as in a biass. warmy. CHAPTER XLV. inouKniiunx Air. uarcut riurna a. i - . - .i . a. . t . . ui. aiiruuoq 10 me lover. Th. e..t. , ,H. r.rik If the evidence of hi senses did not , A.ikn, tefell Mr. Harcus In a mislead him. be wa. witnessing their j fa,hlo iuffldf,ly ,lurp allJ t.trUlnK first difference of opinion. It was net ' ,0 rt.Bj,.r hlm m,a,Tval t0 ,., bl.u.ti. an argument acute enouch to d-serve cU, fff,cU tlf Bumt. p ht b()Ur4 ot the name of quarrel; but undoubtedly dr,.,,mI i.j,ber. I ... . . t- . " No Doubt Which Came First In Esteem. Hia fa'"n little short of compassing bis death, not once, but half a dozen, times; Judith herself poised on the; running-board and smiling down at; her victim with a warmth patently even more than the warmth of friend ship; and at some little distance. Rose, Mr. Law's fiancee and Judith's sister, eating her heart out with Jealousy of this new-sprung intimacy between her sister and her lover! "Bad business, my friend!" Barcus mentally apostrophized the unwitting Alan Law. He Interrupted himself to nod know ingly and with profound conviction: "I knew it. Now it begins again!" For Rose bad abruptly taken a hand in the affair, a gesture of exasperation prefacing her call: "Alan!" To her Mr. Law turned instantly, with such alacrity that none who watched might doubt which of the two women came first In bis steem. Nor waa this wasted upon the under standing of Judith. Eyeing her nar rowly though furtively, Mr. Barcus saw her handsome face darken omin ously. And her father waa as quick to recognize these portents of trouble and to seek to advantage himself of them. His bead craned out horribly on his Ion wasted tck as he pitched a the two were at odJs Unn tome que tlon Rose Intl. tent, Alan reluctant. The last gave way In the end. shrugged, returned to tho car. "I'm going back up the trail." be announced, and hesitated odilly. "Feeling the need of soa;e little ex ercise, no doubt," Bareus s'tgp.-tted. "Rose thinks it's dangerous to stop here." Alan began to explain. Ignoring tho Interruption. "Miss Rose Is rlcbt h. Mis Ju dith?" Barcus Interpolated. Judith nodded darkly. "So I'm going to see If I can't bnv burros from the prospector lack there. Rose says bo has some doom t Know how many" "Three will be enough." Ju !!th Inter posed. "I mean, don't get one ftr me. I'm ttopi'ir.ff here." "But " Alan started to piot- st. She gave him pause Uh a weary gesture. "I'lease! It's no good arguing. .Mr. Law: I've n:a.!e up my mind; I can ha most helpful here, by my father's side," eh" asserted, and r.n.t.Ie.l at Trine wl'h a slgnlflciir.t smile thn'. maddened him. "He nee, is me ami no harm can come to me; I'm l r.-tn well able to take care of mys. lf!" At this the innocent bysan.KT breathed an unheard Lut fervent little prayer of thanksgivii.g, v.hos spirit he doubted not was shared by Alan. For it stuck In the memory of Bar cus that their friend, the prospector (whose shack had sheltered Rose and Earcus after their transit of the desert and prior to the man-made avalanche, which had afforded this temporary Im munity from pursuit) had mentioned In the hearing of Rose the fact that nis string or Durros was limited to three. This, then, must have been the nub of the lovers' quarrel: Rose's Insist ance that Judith be left behind, Alan's reluctance to consent to this lest ha convict himself of the charge of rank Ingratitude, remembering the great service his erstwhile antagonist had done him. If only Judith might not find causo to change her mind! He set himself sedulously to divert Judith with the magic of his conversa tional powers an offering Indifferent ly received. He was still blithely gossiping when Judith flung away to her sister's side. The ensuing quarrel seemed but tho mora portentous In view of the re straint imposed upon themselves by both parties thereto. He believed, however, that a crisis impended when the tinkle of mule beUs sounded down the canyon road; and at this he threw discretion to tha w-Inds and ran toward the two with hands upheld in mock horror and a, manner of humorous pretest. Ladies, ladies!" be pleaded. "I beg of you both, let dogs delight to bark and bite " He got no farther: Judith's ears were as quick as his own; she, too, bad caught the sound of bella behind the base of the hill. And of a sudden, without another word, she turned and flung away Into the heavy thickets of undergrowth that masked p'i the can yon, to either side of the wa-ron-trall. In a twinkling she had lost h.'jrself to view in their labyrinthine shadows. The remainder of that business was transacted rapidly enough. There were no preparations to be made; once Alan had ridden up with his three burros, nothing remained but to mount and make off wltliout delay. Before morning they were all rid ing like so many hypnotized subjects, fatigue bearing so heavily on all their senses that none spoke or cared to speak. Broad daylight surprised them in this state, still stubbornly traveling; and shortly afterward showed them one place so perilous that it shocked them temporarily awake. This was simply a spot where the trail came abruptly to an end on one side of a cleft in the hills quite thirty feet wide and several hundred In depth, and was continued on the far ther side, the chasm being spanned by a bridge of the simplest character no more than a footway of boards bouid together with rope nore loo He discovered himself lyttiaj Tat on bl face, with tom.bol'i lmvi)!dT ate, heavy band puroely grttiillng the tald face Into the aged and splintery plank of the thed flooring. At the Into a hu buck.t, and therein by mean of rope and wlndlat lowered to the bottom of the shaft a descent, he estimated shrewdly, vt something like a hundred feet A hideout screeching followed, the protest of rusty and gresselrs ma chinery. Twlatlng his neck. Barcus. saw the dim opening of the shaft slowly clo.lng. as If a curtain were being drawn down over It. Jimmy was rioting the bulkhead door, leav ing them definitely prisoner, beyond human aid. there In that everlnttlng black bole. . , . With a final tqiieal and thump the, bulkhead settled Into place. A con fntlon of remote sound thereafter In dicated that Jimmy (with, perhap, Marrophat' assistance) .n making, the bulkhead fast beyond question .' T - , '- . ' VY . -i-v- 'ee , - ; - . i :'- r- -V" " -i - I ."- ' "Nl "Xi -;-... .... ; r ' , Mm . v. Gnashing Hit Teeth in Impotent Rage. same time other hands were busy binding his own together by tha wrists and lashing the same to tho small of his back by means of a cord passed around his middle, while his natural If somewhat spasmodic efforts to kick were sadly hampered by tbo fact that nia ankles had already been secured by means of half a dozen half hitches and a square knot. His hands attended to, his head was released. Promptly he lifted it and essayed to yell; an effort rendered abortive by the gag' that was thrust, between his teeth the Instant his jaws opened. Then ho heard a laugh, a cold, mirthless chuckle. Now the blood of Thomas Barcus ran cold (or he'thought it did; which amounts to much tho same thing). For if bis senses had played fair, the. laugh he had heard was the laugh of Mr. Marrophat, head-devil la the serv ice of Seneca Trine. Ho twisted his head to ono sldo and glancing along the floor, saw noth ing but the wall. Twisted the other way, at the cost of a splinter in bis nose, the effort was repaid by tho dis covery of Rose Trine In a plight liko his own wrists and ankles bound, gagged into the bargain tho width of tho shed between them. But of Alun Law, no sign. . . . The heart of Mr. Barcus checked momentarily; he shut bis eyes and shivered in an uncontrollable seizure of dread. Then, tormented beyond endurance, by the fears he suffered for the safety. of his friend, he began to wriggle and squirm like a crippled snake, pa!n-: fully Inching his way across the floor; toward Rose with what design, heav-. e:i alone knows! Dimly his men-' tal vision comprehended the bare pos-j sibllity of his being able, with his fast-; numbing fingers, to work loose the! knots at Rose's wrists; but deep in bis heart he knew this to be nothing but forlornest hope. . . . With infinite pains be bad con trived to bridge the distance by half,; or possibly not quite so much, when'; a dark body put the sunlight of the; open doorway into temporary eclipse.1 Another followed it Boots clumped heavily on tbe flooring. The laugh, sounded again, apparently in ironlo ap-i preciatlon of Mr. Barcus' efforts. Two, pairs of bands seized him. one be BQAtb the eflO'.tI'V.'-s, f.o o."er bo- i wedging and blocking It with tlmbors. Theso ceased and the silence was brrtken by Alan's vofce. "Parens!" The latter grunted soulfully by way of answer: he could do no more. "I've worked my gag loose," Alan pursued In a hurried whisper, "but my hands are tied behind my back. Are yours? Orunt onco for 'yes'." Dutifully Bracus grunted grunt. "Then roll over on your face and give me a chance to work them free that way, given time . . .' "Time!" was the mirthless thought of Barcus. "Haven't wo got all eter nity?" For all that, ha wnsted no time whatever In obeying Alan's suggestion then lay for upward of ten minutes with his face In tha mold of tha tunnel while Alan chewed and spat and, chewed and spat and chewed again at the ropes round the wrists of bla. friend. If It were In truth no more than ten minutes It seemed upward of an hour before the bonds grew slack and Bar cus with an effort that cost hlm much of the skin on ono wrist worried a. hand free, then loosed the other, re moved and spat out his gag, and set hastily about freeing his friend. That took but a few iristantn littlo more than was needed to rid Rose of her bonds. That much accomplished, a pause of profound consternation followed, Tho darkness was absolute In the tun nel, Jimmy having taken the candle away with hlm; and lis silence was rendered uncanny by the sobs and mur murs of the loverB, that sounded some bow fearfully remote and Inhuman to Barcus who had turned Immediately to the bulkhead and was, without the slightest hope, groping about Its Joints and crevices In search of some way of forcing It. . . . "Barcus old man!" "Yes?" "Have you any Idea' "Devil a one!" A pause . . "Did you notice what' that black guard had fixed up?" "What do you mean?" , "Why at the bottom of the shaft I got only a glimpse coming in tbe door of the powder room waa open, and I saw a fuse set to the top of a keg of blasting powder , , ." rated; they stumbled on with what caution wa possible axnln.t pitfalls a gingerly trramble. Then an elbow In the tunnel tcn.ed rather than felt or teen cut them off from direct communication with the bulkhead, and at the same time opened up a I shaft or daylight, striking down j through that pitchy ilarknes like a i column of fine gold I Crle of Joy, amaiemetit. Incredulity choking In their throat, they stum bled forward, gained the .pot Immedi ately below the .haft, looked upward, dallied, to lee blue sky like a com of heaven' minting far above them, at the end of a long and almost perpendi cular tunnel, wl.ln enough to permit the passnge of a tiian't body, and lined with wooden ladder j The end of the lowermost ladder ,bung within easy reach from the floor of the tunnel. I But even is Alan lifted hi hand to grasp tho bottom rung the opening at the top of the .haft wa temporarily i obscured. I Thrilled with apprehension, he hesl- ' tnted: Marrophat wn up there, he lit tin doubted; hardly like (tint one to 'overlook tho ladder shaft in preparing, tho tunnel to be a living tomb. ! "What I It?" Rose demanded nt hi elbow, In a shaken whlfper. "Nothing," b" lJ'd Instnntly. and seizing th. bottom runjr. twung him self up "But wait f'T mo till I sr.: I. ill tho coast's clour." h" warned In-fore committing lilnim-lf finally to the as- 1 cent. ' Marrophat or no .Mnrroph.it nt tho top, tin ro was nothing for hlm to do Wt to grasp tho nettle diiiiK'T with a steady hand, unflinching F.vrn though h were shot ibad on emerging from tho shaft. It were better than to dlo down there, lll; n rat In a trap . He had climbed nut moie than tin 1 f a dozen rungs when a volco hailed from iiIkimv . "Law Oh, Mister Law. I say don't come up here's a present for you." Tanning without answer, tin looked up. A few drops of watet spluttered hlB face, like heavy rain. Almost Im mediately th blue sky was per manently eclipsed: n heavy cnsnido of water, almost a solid column, shot down tho shaft with terrific force. Ilnlf drowned and wholly dazed, ho felt himself picked up and dragged, away from tho watorfull. Then, as his senses cleared, ho com prehended tha fact that tho tunnel was already filling; that where they stood It was Already nnklo deep; whilo tho water contltiuud to fall without hint of letup. It wa waist deep, howeler, bid. to they reltealed to lliu bead ul that rlsii Half an hour tuter II wa waist deep there, on the highest .pot In the tulitlel In fifteen minute morn It bad reached their chin And they sI.hi.I with head against tha roof of thn tun nel. Holding llosn cloae to hlm. Alan kissed her lip, that were rold death. Then, fmvbllug under water, b found the hand of thn mail at bl. ld Tbe water lapped bl lip Ilk blind hand . . . In thn tunnel that blanched off from tbe main .haft, beyond the bulkhead, ma thirty minute before (hi. Junc ture, candle had guttered In It (tick. ee, IIH'I III IHIHI III ..! h ?! i, slilp 1 ..ioIIi. unit" L rst i, ,i ,iii. en r i'ii nil , ff I -. II H lol l III. I'l AU In el ill, ti liinh, II. U W. Muler lo Maude I' l l I. t of Ui it. In " J ei. "' l air met lie I llosis. Ills, i, ,im HI. nii.,lp I s.mi'I, r,, of U lll.iloelle nieil.llHIi, l ii 'I Looms IjkIs el in l.i 4 i oiihll. Intel of I. in. I III II,.. 4 il.'iinll 'll I no I i Ij.I'h . 1 1 V V. all r el in l.i lid I'. All. ti ),,,, 17 and '.', Knit mount .flu Joseph '. WlMi.ll.i l III H,,, Anna IU. Veil. Itail of land In 1 li.sni.lilp 3 soiilh, rung.. 4 u,i ,, Wllliilliclte tiieiollsn: .'. U Ileal t-stnlM tlnli-r.Ts fllid iklid i,, i- 1 1 y . ...i.ler l il.liiy are as Ml.., t'olifi.il li no ret in In Arthur lUr, i r a III sei Hons .1, I, .: 1 aiel ) 1 I 1 .w V . ' . a, av 1 j- . r -,, .f.fef "- . , -' I.''. ; , -.,-" '-' ' Vv. i -i v Alan Negotiate for the Ourrot. CHAPTER XLVI. Flood and Fire. I n reaiiiuig 10 rnnno nimseir ncaro, a solitary ; anovo tnu roar or tho deluge. Barcus , yammered In Alan's ear: 'That devil! He's found the resor voir opened tho sluicegates turned It Into that shaft! Wo'ro done fori" Alnn had no argument with which to. gainsay hlm. Silently getting on his, feet, silently ho groped for Roho In tha darkness, momentarily becoming more dense as tho fall of water shut out the light, and drew her away with him, up tho slight Incline that led back to the bulkhead. . . . Tbo hour that followed lived ever In his memory ns an hour In hell. Nq ray of hopo lightened Its Impenetrable blackness. Ho could say nothing to comfort tho girl; bravely though sho strove to keep up her heart, tlmo and again she shook In his arms like a mad! thing, when panic dread caught ber by the neck as a terrier catches a rat. To die there, In tho darkness, llko so many noxious animals trapped In a, well! . . . The water mounted rapidly. With in five minutes It drove them back to the elbow In the tunnel; within ton It) lapped their ankles as they lingered1 thero, doubting which wea the greater peril, to advance or to stand fast and let the flooding tide snuff out the fires of life. To return to tho neighbor hood of the bulkhead was to court thd death Indicated by the fuse and tbo keg of blasting powder . . . Of a sudden tho thought crossed Alan's mind that Marrophat had aN ranged the latter solely to keep them, away from the bulkhead. Now that hsi thought of It, he felt certain that the powder room bad been deliberately! disclosed to him by Jimmy. Probably, then, the keg and fuse were but stage properties or potv slbly . . . Whether or no. was death in one form preferable to tbe other? He was decidedly of the opinion that It were better to be extinguished once and for all time, in the space of a second, annihilated by an explosion, than to die t!"is Ungerlogly. left carele.sly lhrut Into the wall by Mnrrophnt't llciitrnntil, and guttering, hnd dropped a flnmlng l'k Into a lit tlo heap of l one dry .lebrls Th'.a lal llaiiie I, licked hungrily at the. timber- lui; tint liphel l th f ill.i of the tunnel. Tho timbering caught lire without d lav. Ill 0 fp.irn of tlire CI e.llbl f brief the flame, worn spreading right and left, tlm tunnel wa a vault of blistering fury. A Alnn sui t hi last inula farewell to Hone mid 1'iirciin. the lire spread out In the bottom of tho shaft ntij In vaded the I'iniiler room. Alan had gui sued aright at Murro- t hiit's ilei lgn; l!u Kc;; o( blasting pow der was less than uu rlrhth lull. Its explosion could not possibly nave ef fected the cnvo-lu A l.i n had at Drat f. iited Hut what Mnrrophnt ha I overlooked v ii8 tho proximity to the Leg of soma several sticks of dynamite, masked by n lllin of earth that had fallen from tho crumbling wnlls. ' When tho blazing fuse dropped spark Into the blunting powder this last exploded right, willingly and tho dytinmlto took Its cue without tho least delay. Tho resultant detonation wa ter rific. Tho bulkhead was crushed In like an eggL-holl barrier. I'art of tho walls fell In, but tho tunnels and abaft remained Intact. Tha released flood streamed out aud spread swiftly to tho furthest recesses of the burning tun nel. Den ho clouds of steam filled that plnco of terror us tbo fires woro extin guished, Swept with the stream as It poured out of tho tunnel. Alan contrived throughout to retain hi. hold round the waist of Iiosu. Barcus shot past hlm unseen In tho darkness. It was not until Alan had contrived to catch an unlmrncd timber and stay himself and bis almost witless burden beneath tho mouth of tho shaft that hn discov ered Barcus allvo, If almost unrecog nizable In his mask of mold and soot, battling hack toward tho shaft against tho knceiloep tltlo. Ilnlf blinded nnd stifled as he was by the reok of steam and powder fumes, Alnn struggled with himself until bis wits wore passably clear. Immediately before him dangled the hoisting bucket aud ropo. Surrendering tho enro of Roso to Barcus, Alan climbed Into tho bucket and stared upward, examining tha walls of the shaft for n way to thu top. There was none other than the most difficult; gaps too treat to bo l,r!d;;cd by climbing showed In tha wooden ladders. The one feasible route was vli the rope. And tluro waa i r.b i!y at the top to vor': tlm wla.Iiam and Alun hoped th' v.iiuld bo nobody to op pose hij .., Ho ai!:!r-jred hit - " ho task without murniurliig-l" 1 ' hhisnlf up on the rope, wouuu It round one leg, and In. in that heartbreaking climb. How be accomplished It hn never knew. That It mint b: accomplished was bis on. ail-tbsorblng thought jjnd somehow, by tome almost super buman effort it was eventually accom pliuhed. He arrived at the top of the shaft far too exhausted to show surprise when, falling In half fainting condi tion within two feet of the brink, be saw Judith Trine running like mad ic'-rss th" clearing. But without ber aid be would not ' ! i r.-n:r have been able to work vtpdinss and lift Rose and Bar- . '-ce. (To be continue ) toio.hlp I smith, rnngn 2 ral of Ui hum lie no rl. Hun . I o Huloubnii III. I. si. I I'ii. to riiil.M, , Herenls.-ii. lot M, lit. II" On lull, 1 1 ' IMwar.l r Klckeiiiei r et ui t.i Jjr I. Farley, tot s. hlm k f I, Mlnlhotn ad ill! 'oil In Cortland. ID. I W. Frniil lln i t in to J II. Ilatilir, In acre In s.stloti .11. lowiililp 4 south, rsligo I last of Wlllnmel'e tin. rl'lliiu; :'.oii Kekl eainto I r an f. rw filed with thn county r.cor.l.r Katur.lay am as r.ii ..S' Siwurlly Sating I Trust Co, In Vic tor A. .I..li nsu.ti, lot 0, hlm k 4, Carth wlck; tin N N. Mlanley to l.loxl K Itlgelow. Int in, and part of lut :. I.Im k 9, ilr. g. orv s I. Illl. ui to Molalla; f 1 0. f. V. (iay rl m. to l!i-o. llriMikuiaii, tract of land In township I s.iuih, rmiro 2 easi of Willamette meridian, IIU oo. ItriHikiniiii et u In . J. An- elnlr el in. :K,1 ..res III seitloti :.. township I Mitith, rang. i : last of W. Iilllielti' inerbllall, 110 Harriet fpulak lo II. A Wllk-rsoii. trad of land In snt,,n 31 t,., 1,1,01 3 aoinh. raiio I rust of Mlla111elte lue rlillati, $:.. Ktank II. K hull i t m. 10 llliner II. SihnlK. tnut of land In aeeiinn j, tnwiishlp south, rang" I east ut W. lam It" tnerl.tliin: II. Klleti Kutti ItolhMiK.d el l. to W.J llis'er, ..'s ;i nnd I. block IJ. A r. 0 Will. I, lM'0. Illelo i r I .in ey et in lo l K. I! Aj, II'1.' seti-i In sei lliUI I''., timllnll I' t smith, ranre I t-.i .I of S llliiliiett.. ine rl'llati: I'."" I In mi .1 m lie. s iuis it u to I'r I Mueller et n , In n' r. a In an linn lownshli 2 sooth, r un " ; ea t of il mini lt. Illeriillali; fl. Iteiil i-ntiii, irun-ili is filed (nr teiot.l wlih the i iiuniy r r.b r M .inlay nr.- us follous: Joe lllltlll ft III In lleorge V. Ileer-i, Ii) m-rea III .ectloii , toutishl,! 2 womb, rang' I eitxt of Wlll.nn tin nn 1 ,:.ir 11". tienrC" Beers el ll III J.oie,,l Jlilllll, Hist ',, "llhw.'t I,, liorl Jir ,ir Ci, section .1, township 2 sonlh, 1 ..''. fii-l of Wlllainelle tnei bllall : 1 1 . II in lie! A. i:.li;ur In II. K. .Murn'n. lo n.-reN In s ctloii in;, 10.. n-hip I south, rniigo I east of WHIametlu me rldlaii: tin. Kred K, lliirrtinsi et u. lo Thomas M.Miro et ox. lots ii, T mid S, block -I, South Oregon City; JTiSO. John D. Carson et ux. to l.uelhi Clay Carson, tract I, luulns l.lttlo Jlomes, $H). Really Iniiisfer. filed with County Recorder lleilmiiu Tuesday are 11 fo. Ions: liiiy Alui-sworlh it uv. lo Waller Long, tract of laud In seiilon 21. town ship 6 south, raiigu 1 west of Willam ette meridian; .l,iO. Oltn Meliilg to Wm. Harrison llurcu- drlch vt ux... lo:s 1. 2. Ill und 11. block 3, Otto Melnlg's addition to Huudy; II. Alma (1. Urownell et ux. to H. A. I i- vIh. lot 0, block 15, (iladstone; $2UU. John A. iuiks et ux. to John 11. UrtN'tJi', I. CO acres In tho (ieorgo Crow donation land claim; 10. Oscar I.. Clydo ot tix. to Rodger 0. Woodward, tract of laud In (hu lllriun A, Straight donation land claim; lnu. Nils O. Kiigliolm et ux. to Frederick Hill ot ux., .H acres In township 1 south, range 2 east of Wlllainelto lu rldlan; lit). Realty IniUHfers filed with Counly Itoi-urder Deilmau Wednesday ure us follows: Chrlstlnn V, httr.u lo (iusluv V. Ut- zu, tract or land In aeeiinn 17, town ship 2 south, range 4 east of Willam ette meridian; $1, James N. Davis In 0. II. Ml7.il, tract of hind In section 17, township 2 south, range I cast of Wllliimello meridian; l.'illil. W. lilrdHiill et ux. to IVrry 0. Hatiicey ot ux., 4-1.40 acres: township 3 south, ran go 2 cam of Wlllainolle mu rldlan; flu. , W. II. I.ui kn et ux. to Henry 0. Wa ger, lots 4 nnd 5, block 4, Barlow; $10. I'. H, Kenney et ux. to J. J. Kenney, lot 1.1, Multnomah Acres; $700. II. I''. Noblo et ux. to 1. S. Kenney, lot i:i, Multnomah Acres; $1200 CLACKAMA8 ABSTRACT V TRUST i COMPANY. tand Titles Examined. Abstract of Title Made. Office over Hank of Oregon City. 1 ATLOWJPIIONS PORTLAND. Ore, Oct. 22. Cali fornia Is dumping onions nn tho Port land and other northwest markets while Oregon growers still refuse to sell. Five cars of No. 1 stock which cost 75c a eenlul to land here were re ported on tho local tracks this morn ing. While local growers aro offering to sell, they aro only willing to lot go of No. Z and No. 3 stock. Very little or No. 1 slock Is nvallalilo from the home section ond this forces the trade to pur chase the bulk of Its requirements from tho south. Onions of good quality are being of fered by wholesalers down to 85c a cental out of their stores. No. 2 stock Is being offered freely at 75c but In view of the cheanness of the better quality, there is little demand for the poor stuff. There Is no oulslde demand for Ore gon onions at tbls time owing to tbe fact that California is offering sup plies fosbless money.