OIM'OON CITY ENTERPRISE. KIM HAY. SEPTEMUMIf 2 WW.
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O'Mearte
58 DROWN WHEN
COASTER SINKS
LlflOOAT WITH it INCLUOlNd
WOMEN AND CHILOHIN
WAMPgO IN ITOMM
By Louis Joseph Vance
CHAPTER XXVI.
Maka-Btllsv.
for upward! of three-quarter of aa
hour of lht golden morning blcb fol
lowed the night of bla return to New
Tori. Mr. Law waa permitted lo es
teem blmitf .he happiest of morula.
And Inasmuch aa Ibli ta not only a
Longer uninterrupted lrm of happi
ness tbao la humanly common but la
mora of Ibat emotion thin ordinarily
leavens the whole of a lifetime. Alan
was perbapa to be envied, even though
disillusionment when It came waa sud
den, sharp, and to him unspeakably
shocking a swift, unprrsaged plunge
from aunllt peaks of auprema content
to the black deptba of a bleak Aver
out of deapalr.
Tbt beginning of the period waa
synchronous with the alam of a taxi
cab door tbat abut away a superfluous
world from tba company of two who
lovad.
Tba aound apelled aafety aa well as
lucceta In Alan'a undemanding.
Tba car allpped amoothly away from
the curb, puraued only by a little g uat
of teml-lronla checra from the little
company of working men wbo bad wlt
oeaaed aa well aa measurably partici
pated In Jia putatlre elopement from
lb bouae of Trine.
Vigilant for any Indication tbat tbelr
rasloa bad bad a witness In tbat
strange borne of deathless hatred.
Alan watcbed It through the little
window In the back of the cab until a
Corner blotted out the Ylslonof It;
then with a algh of relief sank down
ty the aide of the woman to whom bla
very thought, lmpulae and emotioa
were dedicated.
"Rose!" be whispered, and tenta
tively touched one of the banda that
lay clenched In ber lap.
She responded with never a sign to
Indicate consciousness either of bis
touch or bla whisper.
And reminding himself of the strain
Imposed upon ber by the experience
through which they bad ust passed,
Alan excused her unresponsiveness on
grounds of reaction, and for the time
felt constrained to let bis sweetheart
rest and regain ber normal poise:
there waa bliss enough for him lo the
consciousness tbat he bad won her
safely away, tbat nothing now more
than a short hour's drive across town
and by ferry across the Hudson stood
between them and the marriage that
should prove the consummation of all
their trials . . . Barring accident!
Alan bad too often suffered the pen
alty of disappointment for over-indulgence
In this failing of bla for depreci
ating the unforeseen, not to make the
mental reservation, "Barring acci
dents!" with a little shiver of dread.
Had any of Trine's household been
cognizant of bia daughter's escape,
Alan argued, interference must have
been Instant.
Despite the reassuring aspect, the
preoccupation of bis companion so
vcore upon him that he was presently
do longer able to refrain from disturb
ing her.
"Rose!" be begged again, closing a
hand tenderly over hers. "Dearest
girl, don't worry another instant! Do
calm yourself: remember we are safe
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clung patslonately to blm. Tell rn
asam that you love niel" U ii.iyed.
"I'nuiiltii me you'll never let att) thing
cum betaeen ua. I'rumu uie, AUn
pruuilta ma you'll be kiud lo u, al
a)s. dear!"
Tan you doubt I will be klndT bo
murmured reproachfully.
"1 am afraid . . she whlnpored.
"How could 1 be anything else, lov
ing you as I dor
"I am afraid . . ."
"Why should I be unkind lo youT"
'It Uu't that. ... I'm Juat
afraid."
"Of wbatr
"Of losing you."
"Hut that can never be!"
"Vou can't be aun. What If yoa
ere to Ond you'd been mlttakenT"
She caught ber breath and added
hastily -That you didn't really love
me, I mean."
"Oh. thare ridiculous!"
"I can't be sure. Nothing in life la
permanent. What is love? Ulutlon of
the aenies! What la bappltifi'S? A
wlll-o'the-wisp! What la life? A
make-believe!"
Dearest!" He held ber more close
ly still. "You are nervous and over
wrought You don't know what you're
saying. You cant mean what you're
aylng. . . . But say that It's so
that life Is all make-believe. Tbcn
make-believe you lovu me"
"Oh. but I do, I do!"
"And make-believe for a little we're
caught the wlll-o'-the-wlsp only for a
little until you wake up and reullxe
that It's all real and true."
She closed her eyes again: "Yes,"
ahe breathed, "you are right. Let'e
make-believe It'a all true for a little
longer . . . and forget . . ."
He could by no means account for
this strange humor; but be did bla
best to comfort her, none the less ten-
derly because of his mystification. And
for a long time she let Illusion blind
her, resting quietly In his arms, mak
ing believe . . .
Only on approaching the Twenty
third street ferry they must needs
rouse and sit apart constrainedly for
fear some one might glance through
the window and surprise tbelr secret
As If one needed the evidence of a
caress exchanged to know that they
were lovers, who had eyes to see the
flushed loveliness of the girl shrink
ing back In her corner or wit to inter
pret the radiant happiness that shone
In Alan's face as he bent forward and
watched warily from the window.
them was momentarily growing less
noticeable.
As Marropbat's car drew abreast
Alan nodded and said quietly: 'Don't
be alarmed; I ran attend to this gen
tleman alngle handed."
And this be proceeded to demon
strate with admirable rase, even
though called upon to do so far soon
er than he bad thought to be thanks
to Marrophat's batr-bralned precipe
tancy. Kor, falling to lufluence the
taxi driver by shouted demands or
threats, or to gain the least attention
from Alan, Trine's first lleutenaut ab
ruptly and surprlsltiKly took bis life
In bis bands and In one wild bound
bridged the dlitanc between the two
flying cars and landed on the taxi's
running board.
Etop!" be screamed madly. "Stop,
I say) You don't know what you're
doing! Let me toll you"
He got that far but no farther. In
the same breath Alan bad flung wide
the door and was at the fellow's throat
There was a struggle of negligible
duration; Marropbat was In no way
bis antagonist's match; within three
aeconds he threw out both banda,
clutched hopelessly at the framework
of the cab, and fell heavily to the
street
The taxi sped on without pause. Its
driver deaf to the balls of Innocent It
Indignant bystanders. Alan pulled
himself together and looked back Just
in time to eaten a glimpse or a num.
: Inclined ("Hove (tint Marropbal
i hoped to stop the taxleab by Uenrlv
Ing It, In course of time, of He ful
' And with this In mind be was pruaent
I ly surprised, aa the cab took a corner,
! to eee Marrophat'e car stop at that
' corner and Marrophat blnuelf get
down. The brow of a hill Intervened,
ahutttng off sight of the Muckguard aa
he knelt and lit a match. It waa the
girl who gave the alarm, suddenly
withdrawing her head Iivm the win
dow to scream at Alan:
"llo'a fired the gasoline! It's Own
ing along the street, following the line
of the leak and catching up with usl"
Without pausing to put Ills band to
the latch, Alan kicked the door open.
"Jump!" be cried. "Kor your life
Jump! As soon aa that flame catches
up with the tank"
Simultaneously the chauffeur, over
hearing, abut off the power.
Tbe three gained the aldewalk bare
ly In time: the tiny trail of flumes, al
most Imperceptible In the aunllgbt,
was not a yard from the Jet that spurt
ed through the bullet hole In the tank.
In the flutter of an eyelash the explo
sion followed. Had the cab been load
ed with nitroglycerin Its destruction
could have been no moro absolute.
There waa a roar . . . and then
a heap of smoking ruins.
Without waiting to admtro the ipee
taclo, Alan caught the arm of the girl
and hurried ber up the street, at the
same time calling to the chauffeur to
Wanes to move aiMe, but setied him
o fiercely by the wrists that be lu
Uncllvely lifted to prutncl himself,
and she fairly threw blm half a doien
feet from her. Ha brought up with
a crash against the wall even aa the
door slammed behind the girl.
When Alan, tlm first to recover,
gained the aldewalk, she waa already
In the taxleab. Whatever reward she
bad promised the nian, he whlpiwd his
machine away aa If from the fear of
auddun death.
And darting from the house bard
on the minister's heels, Marrophat
leaped Into his own car and, aa If ha
had not beard ber threat or received
aubatantlal proof of ber earnestness,
tore off In pursuit
CHAPTER XXVIII.
! ber of loafers lifting Marrophat to bla ! follow. And chance brought them to
feet and helping him to the aldewalk 1 the BMt corner aa another cab. fare-
CHAPTER XXVII.
Appeared Anxious to
Without Being Seen.
now; we fooled them handily thanks
to your faith and bravery, sweetheart!
and everything is going to be well
with us from now on. Over in Jersey
the minister is waiting now to marry
us; and down at the White Star dock
the boaf is waiting that is to carry us
off to England the moment we're nar
rled. Think of that anti that I love
you. Nothing can possibly break the
Strength of that combination!"
For another minute ehe rested as
she had ever since sinking Into her
corner of the taxicat) moveless, taut,
unresponsive.
Then a long sigh shook her to her
yery heart, and of a sudden the small
fist In Alan's grasp relaxed and her
face turned to his like a flower to
the sun, a face transfigured, its lips
now soft and yielding, its eyes un
closed and smiling into bis a smile
all misty with unshed tears.
"Alan." ahe breathed gently. "It
can't e true! I'm trying eo hard to
believe but all the while I know It
can't be true!"
He converted a skeptic with the
mute eloquence of his lips . . .
Head upon his shoulder, the girl
The Ring.
Theirs was the last vehicle to swing
between the gates before these last
were closed.
And this was quite as well; for Alan.
rising for one last backward glance
through the rear window, started in-
voluntarily and choked upon an ex
clamation when he descried a power
ful touring car tearing madly toward
the ferry-house, Its one passenger half
rising from the front Beat, beside the
driver, and exhibiting a countenance
purple with congested chagrin aa be
saw his car barred out of the carriage
entrance.
Quickly sensitive to his emotion, tha
girl caught nervously at Alan's hand.
"What is it. dear?"
"Marrophat," he snapped.
She uttered a hushed cry of dismay.
"Don't be alarmed, however," ho
hastened to comfort her. "He's lost
the race: tbe gates are shut even the
passenger gates and there must bo
a company spotter somewhere near by,
for the gateman is virtuously refusing
to be bribed by a roll of money as
thick as my wrist!"
At that instant the taxleab rolled
aboard the ferry-boat; the deck pates
were closed; a hoarse whistle rent the
roaring silence of the city; winches
rattled and chains clanked; and the
boat wore ponderously out of Its slip.
"So much for Mr. Marrophat!" Alan
crowed, sitting down. "Foiled again!
He can't stop us now!"
"Perhaps . . ."
"Why that perhaps? Why that
tone?" he demanded sharply, struck
by the foreboding her accents con
fessed. "This Isn't the only ferry. There's
the Pennsylvania and the Lackawanna
and by bard driving he might even
manage to catch the boat that con
nects with this from the Christopher
street ferry of tbe Erie!"
"Impossible! I don't believe it! I
won't!"
"Let's not," she agreed. "Cut, Alan
"Yes?" (
"Promise me If he should manage
to catch up with ub you won't let him
talk to you. I mean, donl let him"
"No fear of that!" be esservated
hotly, "if he tries to exchange one
word with me I only wish he would!"
She seemed satisfied with that; but
the Incident had served appreciably to
chill their spirits. They accomplished
the remainder of that voyage in a
silence that waa no lens depressed be
cause they sat band in hand through
out. Nor was their taxleab three minutes
out of the ferry house on the Jeraey
shore though the chauffeur, sti.uu
later by Alanjs extravagant promises,
was doing his best to fracture te
speed laws and escape arrest when
the girl's fears were amply Justified;
a shout from behind drew Alan's head
out of the window on one side and the
girl's on the other and proved to both
tbat Marrophat had indeed found some
way to make the crossing without
great delay.
His touring car was within fifty
yards when they first were aware of
It; and Marrophat, standing on the
running-board, was shouting Inarticu
lately and flourishing an Imperative
hand; while the distance between
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"That Woman la Judith Trine, You Idiot Not Rossi"
of an unsavory-looking tenement, be
fore the cab took a corner on two
wheels . . ."
"Not seriously Injured, I fancy," ho
told tbe girl In response to ber eager
look. "Worse luck!" he added
gloomily.
But It seeemed that he was to have
greater cause than this to complain of
his luck, before that ride was ended.
Three blocks further on a tire blew
out with a report like a cannon-cracker,
and the taxi lurched perilously,
hesitated, slowed down, and limped
dejectedly to the curb.
Alan and the chauffeur piled out In
the same Instant, the one standing
guard with an eye out as well for
another cab while the other assessed
damages.
"Nothing for it but a new tire, sir,"
this last reported sympathetically. "It
must have been a broken bottle or
something like that It sure did rip
the usefulness clean out of that shoe."
''Go to It," Alan advised him terse
ly; "and if you make a quick Job of It,
I'll stand the cost of the new tire."
"But If another cab comes along
while you're at It you'll lose uu as
quick as a wink. Here's my card, In
case we have to desert you In a hurry;
you understand this is a matter of life
and death, and I'll nave no time to
6ettlo up with you. But you can call
at Mr. Digby's office and he'll fix
things up to your satisfaction."
The man took the card and after a
glance at the name touched his hat
with moro noticeable respect.
"All right, Mr. Law," he agreed;
"anything you say." And forthwith
got to work.
The rapidity with which he com
pleted the change of tires proved hlrn
an excellent chauffeur, an adept at his
craft; but the delay was one disas
trous for all that. It worked together
with what Alan pardonably described
as the devil's own luck to bring the
touring car in sight at the precise mo
ment when the chauffeur waa cranking
up and Alan on the point of re-entering
the cab. And though they were
off again before Alan could close the
door, the attempt was hopeless from
the start.
And yet whether or not because
Alan's distaste for interference had
been too convincingly demonstrated
the touring car for the time being
contented itself with trailing about
fifty feet in the rear, while the taxi
fled the tenement purlieus of-tho Ho
boken waterfront and found Its way
Into the broader streets of un unpre
tentious suburban quarter.
Not until they werj? well Into the
suburbs, with few dwellings near and
no pedestrians to Interfere, did Marro
phat's purpose become apparent. Then,
however and it happened while Alan
was looking back the touring car
drew In swiftly and easily and Marro
phat, rising In his seat, leveled a re
volver over the windshield and fired.
Tbe crack of his weapon was prac
tically coincident with a metallic thud
beneath the rear seat of the taxleab.
Not for some moments did Alan ap
preciate the Tlcionsness of tbe scheme.
EurmlslDg tbat the gasoline tank bad
been punctured by the bullet, he waa
less, hove Into view. Promising Its
driver anything he might ask. In or
out of reason. Alan gave him tbe ad
dress, and helped the girl In.
If Marrophat pursued Alan could see
no sign of him. The second car made
better time than tho first. Unhindered,
and as far as could be determined,
without being followed, It covered the
brief remaining distance In a grate
fully short lapse of time.
The suburb dropped behind a maze
of streets where dwellings stood shoul
der to shoulder and dooryards were
scant. The car Bwept up to a corner i sibly,
houso of modest and homely aspect
Two minutes more, and Alun was ex
changing Bulutatlons with und making
his bride-to-be known to Digby's good
friend, the Reverend Mr. Wright.
Embarrassment worked confusion
with tho young man's perceptive facul
ties. As this moment approached
when two should be iHado one who had
gone through fire and flood, literally
as well as figuratively, for each oth
er's sake, Incredulity drew a veil be
fore his vision. He viewed the world
as in a glass, darkly.
He was aware of a decently fur
nished minister's study; of two wit
nesses In tho gulHO of unassuming
womenfolk of the minister's house
hold; of tho Itev. Mr. Wright himself
as a benevolent voice rolling sono
rously forth from a black-clad pres
ence; of tho w oman of his heart stand
ing opposite him; of questions asked
and responses made; of a ring that
was magically conjured from some
storo apparently maintained agalnHt
precisely similar emergencies; of a
hand that took the hand that was to bo
his wife's and placed it in his; of ills
clumsy and witless bungling with tho
task of fitting that ring to the finger
of his sweetheart's hand . . .
And then he was aware of a door
that banged violently In tho bullway;
of the sound of a man's voice making
some Indistinguishable demand; that
Rose's hand was suddenly whipped
away, before he could fit on the ring;
that the study door was flung open and
that this animal of a Marrophat had j
precipitated himself Into the room. i
Ho opened his mouth to protest
And the Rose.
Taking the dated young man by the
hand, as though be bad been a child,
the Reverend Mr. Wright ted Alan
back to his study and established htm
In a comfortablo armchair beside bis
desk.
"Sit there and compose yourself, my
dear young friend," he Insisted lu a
aoothlng voice.
At the elbow of the Reverend Mr.
Wright a telephone shrilled Impera
t'vely. With a gesture of professional
patience he turned to tho Instrument,
lifted tho receiver to his ear, and
poke In musically modulated accents.
"Yea . . . Yes: this Is Mr.
Wright ... Ah, yes. Mr. IXgby.
. . Not coming? Hut, my dear sir,
Mr. Law la already hero. I must lull
you"
He checked with a reproving glunce
for Alan, who was twitching bis sleeve
Insistently.
"If you please." Alan begged. "let
me speuk to Dlgby at ouco. Forgive
me"
Reluctantly tbe minister surrendered
the telephone.
"That you. Dlgby?"
"Alan! Mens my soul, what are you
doing over there? Is Miss Trlno with
you? Hut bow can that be posalblo?
"Rose? No. What about ber?" Alan
demnnded, stammering with anxiety.
"Why one of my aples has Just re
ported by telephone He was going on
duty this morning when ho saw a
young woman either Roso or Judith
wearing a rough coat over boudoir
dress climb out of one of the base
ment windows of Trine's houso. She
was apparently In great dintresa of
mind and anxloua to escape without
being aeen from the bouse; but boforo
my man whoso post of observation
la In the third story of one of the
houses opposite could get to the
street, sho had been caught by several
rough-looking customers, wbo rushed
out of Trine's houso, seized tbe girl,
and mado off with her In a motor-car
bearing a New Jersey license number.
I am sending men to watch tho Jersey
ferries. Call mo up In on hour "
Without a word of response, and
without a word bf apology to the Rev
erend Mr. Wright, Alan dropped the
receiver, snntcbud up bis hut, and fled
that hounn llko a man demented.
Rose, escaping from Trine's house,
overpowered and mado the cnptlve of
Trine's lowest creatures gunmen p-
of tho stump ft that nnlinal
whom Trlno bad charged with the as
sassination of Alan liiii night before!
There wus neither a motor-car In
sight for blm to charter nor any tlmo
to waste In seeking ono. Alan could
only hope to find one on his way back
toward the ferry. It must have been
; upwards of an hour before bo came
Into a street which ho rucognlzeiL by
j Its dlnglness and squalor, as that In
which ho hnd thrown Marrophat from
the running-board of tho taxleab.
I And then, as bo paused, breathless
! and footsore, to cast about him for the
J way to the ferry, a touring car turned
a corner at top speed and slowed to a
stop before that selfsamo tenement of
tho unsavory aspect to whoso sidewalk
I he had seen Marrophat assisted by
j the loafers of tho quarter,
j And this touring cur was occupied
; by some half-a-dozen ruffians In whose
1 hands a young girl wrlihed and Btrug-
gled when, Immediately on tho Btop,
they Jumped out and wrestled her out
with brutal Inconslderatlon.
Like a shot Alan had crossed the
street but only to bring up noBo to
the panels of tho tenement door, and
U find himself seized and thrown
roughly aside by a burly denizen when
he grasped the knob and mado as If
to follow In.
"Keep back, young feller!" his n
sallant warned blm viciously. "Keep
outa this, now, If you don't want to
get Into trouble."
To tho speaker's sldo another
ranged, eyeing Alan with a formidable
scowl. At discretion he stepped back
and turned as If persuaded to mind his
own business, then swung on his heel,
surprlsa had mined lha rinsed door
bnfois thujf rueovared and sought to
atay Mm. ,
ludlfletelil lo IIikiii all, ba shook tbe
knob and shouted "Kiao! llo!"
Her cry came bark to him, a muf
fled scream: "Alan! Help! Help!"
Hacking away with a mad Idea of
throwing himself bodily against the
door and breaking It down, h waa sud
denly confronted by a hideous mask of
humanity fare of nun all misshapen,
bruised and awillen and dlsrtgumd
with smears of dried blond and a dirty
bandage round bla temple, but noue
the lets vaguely lerognliabla.
The words that aireamed from Ita
distorted Hps drove recognition boms.
"Gee, fellers, look t who's here! If
It ain't th' guy what threw inn off'n
thst girder this nioriiln'. Hi mid back
and let me kill th "
Without the hnsllatlon of a heart
beat Alan swung heavily for the thug s
Jaw. The blow went solidly hums.
Tbe man fell like a poled ox.
Pandemonium ensued. Rallying to
tbelr comrade, lha rulfiana attacked
Alan with one mind and one Intent.
Murder would hate been done then
and there bad It not been for a rotten
banister rail, which f tvti way. precipi
tating the lot to the ground floor of
the hallway.
Simultaneously the lamp on the wall
was struck from Its bracket and
craxhed to tho floor, Ita gliiM well
breaking and loon lug a flood of kero
sene lo rveelvu the burning wick. 'Ihn
explosion folUiwnd inMautly. In a
trice the hallway wus a Iskn of burn
ing oil, and hungry names wire lick
ing up the rotting wallpaper and rat
ing Into decayed banehoards and stair
treads. Htlll fighting like a madmnti, con
testing every foot of the wuy, Alan
was bonis down the ball and out of
the front door. A scream of ' Fire!"
greeted hi in aa be reeled out Into the
open. It was echoed by a dozen
throats.
Tha doorway vomited men and
women of tho tenement. Tin y choked
It for a time, blocking both egrcsa and
Ingress. Hy tho tlmo they broke out
and left Ihs way clear a solid wall of
flame stood behind It.
Thrice Alau essayed to pass that
barrier of fire, and thrice It threw him
back. Then, atrugKllug and kicking
to release himself and try again, ha
was suited by a bruro of able bodied
policemen and rushed fifty feel from
the bouse before, let go.
I.nrk of breath checked him momen
tarily. He looked up, dashing from bis
smarting eyes tears drawn by the
stifling clouds of smoke, and saw
vaguely at the second story window a
woman leaning out and shrieking for
help.
That It was hopeless to attempt the
staircase ho well knew. 'Drawing
nslde, lio endeavored to come lo his
sober senses, and cant n limit for turns
more feasible way lo c fleet tho rescue
of bis Rose.
The tenement oceuol-d one corner
of n narrow strei t. Directly opposite.
n Ktor.i;;n wari-rour- r-tnn.l u-wii tho
other corner. ! f -r-i ii;!j iuat was the
lomimm laiulin. stngu for truck de-
Iverks, protected by a shed roof.
And, suspended from a timber that
peered out over tho eaves, a hoisting
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more, p. -Mslied when the strum
rr Knincia II. Ij-kkcU sank In u
llille gnl I'D lllltes south of llin I ,i,m.
Ila mcr ainl 30 miles iiorilir,t ,.
iior'h of Yaiiilna light, off I lie (rl
roast shortly after 3 o'clock I'rl'Ur t'l.
rniooii. Mm It Is I lie Information
tallied ben l.wUjr. oilier illn,JtH
plitrn the iiiiihIht of i. c 70. ),,
women, a hoy and a girl are aiimiii
the miming.
1 wo persona are known lo have Urn
re ueil, after dinning x ul ,,,Ui,
lu wrekage IosmiI by a vicious 114
and an unconfirmed reiHirt aaa a Ihn.)
per line le u p aed up.
Tlt.i known paaaeiigi-r list, furnl.hi.l
lv the owners al Hun Krunolx-u, l.
IiiIimI 3&. llealdes t'aptulii Muro. t,
Ugiieii carried a crew of :i men.
Two llfehoala are reported to hat
been (Hied and lowered. One on
tallied 10 oersona and I tin otliir ruin
All tint Women and children wn in.
clmled. Heavy ca swamped li, iu
In. a ( Immediately upon Ihelr sink'ng
tlm water.
Tim known survivors are Aleiandrr
1'nrrell, of Haeraiiin(n, (.
tlenrgn I'ulltiiflii. or Tollman, of win.
nlpcK, Man. lUith were rescued by tlm
oil tiwikcr Km 11k II. Iliick, which u
I III! off tint nioiilll of tbe Columhla riv
er tonight aw ultiiig a unlet sea to en
Icr this hnrhor. luriell was irumfer
red tu the steamer Hearer and taken
lo Portland. Il told a thrilling storv
of his riperleiico and gave pathetic ac
counts ot lrownliiii of persons al-
loiiipttlit; lo cling lu w rt-cknice.
Tlm l.egtieli ai en route lo Halt
I'miikUcu from limy lliirlxir Ports.
Iu vlim left Cortland a few days sko for
Wunliinc.toii low m to lnuil luinher.
REV. WALTER SUMNER
IS ELECTED BISHOP
REV. C. W. ROBINSON OF ST.
PAUL'S CHURCH DESCRIOES
METHOD OF CHOICE
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and Marrofihat silenced lilm with a caught the two In the very act of open-
cry. Ing the door, and threw himself be-
"You fool! Drop that ring! Stop j tween them,
this farce! Don't you know whom I An elbow planted heavily In the pit
you're marrying? That woman Is Ju of the stomach of ono dlwposed of him
dlth Trine, you Idiot not Rose!" I for the time being. A blow from tho
Blankly Alan turned to tho girl. shoulder sent tho other reeling to tho
Her flaming face, her sullen eyes, 1 gutter. And Alan was In tho teno-
Charoed With
the Assassination
Alan.
of
her very pose, from which the man
ner of Hose had dropped like a cast
garment, confessed tho truth of Mar
rophafs assertion. And as If this were
not enough, Judith confessed It doubly
with a sudden outbreak of such rage
as never could have been brewed In
Rose's gentle nature.
"You devil!" tie cried and threw
herself In front of Marrophat with a
spring as lithe as that of a leopardess.
"Take warning now from me: keep
out of my way forever after this or
take the consequences! God knows,"
she panted, "why I don't kill you as
yon stand!"
He was In her way, between her and
tha open door. She gave him so
ments lowermost hall a foul and
evilodored place, dark as a pit the
instant the door was closed, Its murk
relieved only by tho flame of a kero
sene lamp smoking In a bracket near
the foot of tho stairs.
Sounds of scuflllng of feet were au
dible on the first landing. Alan ad
dressed hlmfielf Impetuously to tbe
staircase, gaining Its top In balf a
dozen leaps, and only In time to see a
door slammed at the forward end of
the ball and hear a key turned In Its
lock.
A cluster of men blocked the way.
He didn't pause to wait for It to be
cleared, hut threw himself headlong
Into their midst, and by dint ot tha
taeklo dragged tho ground with Its
ropes.
It was tho work of a minute to con
vlnco a thick-headed policeman that
tho attempt was feasible and should
bo permitted. It was the work of less
than another minute to rig a loop In
tho lino and fasten round his body
beneath the nrms. Volunteers did not
lack; a couple of husky longshoremen
sprang to tho ropes at his first call.
They heaved with a will. Ills foot loft
the ground, he soared, ho cnimht the
eaves of the shed-roof, and shouting to
ceaso hauling, drew himself up on this
last, backed a little ways down It. and
calculating his direction nlcoly, with
a running Jump launched himself out
over the streot.
Tbe momentum of his leap carried
him well out over the heads of tho
throng assembled In the street and
truly toward that window whero Rose
was waiting. Then Its forco slack
ened. For an awful Instant he be
lieved that he had failed. I!ut with the
last expiring ounce of Impetus, be was
brought within grasping distance ot
tbo window sill.
Hauling himself up, be gathered her
into his arms . . ,
A great tongue of tawny flame licked
angrily out of the wlndowa aa ba
swung her back to safety.
(To be continues.)
l'OltTt.ANI. Ore.. Hept. i;.wfcit.
Ing from yesterday afternoon tinu
early this morning resulted In th" cW--lion
of (he Very Itev. Wuller T. Sum
lier, of CIiIciiko. as Kplacopul lllshop
of Oregon by the clergy and luy dele
gates of this dlorcs In spi-clul convo
cation at Trinity parish bouse.
Tho eleeilon orcurn-d after tho lay
delegates hud twice, refused lo accept
Ihn selection by tho elergv of Itlshop
Kheldon M. (irlnwold of Siillnu. Kan
us, anil I'eelBlvelv rejectisl lb" lioinl
tuition of Id v. C. II. Young, of Chlcniio,
win) hud not been mentioned before.
1'nder KplKcopal rules (.!- eleeilon
of tbe bishop of Oregon must go for
confirmation first to the KtnmlliiK com
mittees of nil other dioceses of tint
fulled States, then !u nil Hie other
bishops who vote Individually. Very
rarely, however. Is confirmation re
fused (lie election by tho clergy and
hilly of a diocese.
Itev. Mr. Sumner' name was placed
In nomination yesterday afternoon by
Itev, Frank K. Howard, chaplain at (he
flood Kamiirltnti IiohiiiI. iiihI a for
mer eliisstniite of Itev. Mr. Stunner,
who has been for elirht years deiin of
the Cathedral of St. l'eter and St.
Paul In the heart of Chicago's slum
district.
As lay ib'IceatcH from St. I'mil's
MplHcopnl church to attend Hie elec
tion of 11 bliihop In I'oriliiinl, tho fol
lowing were elected: K. A. Clmrmiin,
warden: (leorge Harding nnd I'r. L.
A. Morals, and the iilterunle delegates
nro T. P. Ilamlall, Vniirn Kdwnrds and
linear I.. Wooilfln.
In (lescrlliliig tho election, Rov. C,
W. KoMiiHon, of St. Paul's church,
salil:
"According to Its canoiiH each priest
In charge of a cure has ono vote. Knch
parish, selects through Its rector ami
vestry, three lnynien, romniunlnuiH
In good standing, to h delegates-
TlieHO have ono vote between tlienl, S
majority counting one.
"On the day appointed tho clew
and lay del-gates nssemlilo for the l'l'
ot. Tho Holy lOiichurlHt Is first celo-
lirnled and prayers offered for tU
guidance of the Holy Spirit. All nomi
nations are Hindi) by tlm clergy nut t10
election of imy man iiiiihI bo concur
red In by tho laymen. Thus the clurff
H helpless lo eli'a t without tho con
sent of tho laity.
A IllllJor IV of HI" voien u. rr
dergy and parishes elects. I IJIH, How
ever, does not inako mo "
ed u bishop. Next in oni-r "Mill ¬
ing committees or im " "
the United Slates must bo notllled and
11 consent or a nmjoi ..j. ........... ... , ....
presiding bishop or 1110 i'.Mscopiii
lurch n this coumry is 111011 in
formed npd ho must olilaln tho con
sent or a majority 01 nil inn iiiHnojm
Then tit tho proper time three bishops
aro appointed to eoiiHeci-nto the deHle
nnled priest In the Kiilscopnto.
"It Is possible, of course, to elect
a missionary bishop to a diocese anl
after tho proper consent ho Is then
merely Installed."
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