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MouNixn KNTKiii'insi:. kiniuy. )(Tom:i . in i n3 bravh or Boston IHIMIn. kiss , Hrt . u lt..n Ha.t ktu p'llhtlll I,. ( 11,1, ( 1 lliain 't lli leaMlia II,. i I . ful.s 1 l.i I. whll. Ih. N. ,'!' lil.l.li .! , - ' " 6 lii I 1 h lraa r...l.i i. . .. reiiiainder ..f tiH-ir .h.d,,i.a games and still retain th. (, J eiril If the lilsiits .ii '. By Louis Joseph Vance theirs. 0 Heaiirte I he CHAPTER XXIX. Jellbird, The period of ratrtnt la durance Vtle tuflered by on Tbornas Hsrcui to eonttqutnoe of conduct riotous. or Misljr, and In ftnrtl prejudiced U the publlo pc of the New Hod ford waterfront at half-patt fuur Is thi morning, proved In th Upahot faj more brief than bad be-en fond!) hoped, not only by hi Jut judge, b lnf ularly enough, by th tuladeinta- ant himself. Taking t)vtrythtng gravely Into coo (deration, Including a poreoii nor thing but prepcesctalng. the juiUt reckoned that. In default of a fine of on hundred dollars, a ten -day ttyua for repairs and rtpentsnce u Dot too much to tnrto ol to the prisoner at th bar. He wan sentenced at 10 a. m. and It 'was little abort of 10 p. m. when hta poat-prandlal repot ts disturbed by the rattle of a key In the lock of the door to hli celL 81ttlng op. Mr. Parcus rubbed his yea and combed tie hair with hli fin gen. "What did I tell your he observed retlgntdly. "It beglnt Mala already from the booth memorlitng the a 4 drn of the alleged cfficlaling clergy- man. "I don't believe It; It t Iki tud dm" tonneim ne engaged a lancan in i t ver6eultng Alan, or whether the Illusion of perspective deceived him. , At all event. II teemed a frightfully ; itear thlr.g bn the Interruption be- j fefl which alone) could bar taved ; mni htm In irri 1'1 si tun . Alan. , , . , - - , - i Conducted vltb every evidence of dltetteen on the part of bit Jailer to the office of the warden, be was ao qnalnted with the fart that bit fine bad been paid by no one leae than the Judge hlmtelf: then present In portly and solicitous person. "If only yon bad told me you were, a friend of Mr. Dlgby't." the Judge battened to eay a soon as the two were enaconted In the privacy of the Judicial limousine. "I would' have known better how to guide tnytelf la this unfortunate affair. "And If yon will be good enough to lndloate bow else 1 may serve you . . .r "DIgby dldnt offer any suggestions In bis wire, I gather?" "One moment: I have It here." "Naturally I'd like a bath and a change of clothes." Partus pursued while the Judicial breast-pocket was being explored; "and I could do with transportation to New York by the first train out of this God-foraaken hole, and" "This Is what Mr. DIgby says." the Judge Interrupted, laboriously de ciphering the message by the light of a match: "Please see to Immediate release of one Thomas Darcus, prob ably In Jail In your Jurisdiction for riot ing on waterfront this morning. Pay his fine and lnstruot blm to report to me In New Tork at earliest feasible hour. Give blm all the money ha wants and look to me for remunera tion'" "Eh?" Barcue Interrupted, sitting up smartly; "what's that last again?'' '. Patiently the Judge repeated the sentence from the message. "Thanks. Fleare don't read farther. Ton might come to something that would spoil It It's almost too beauti ful aj It stands," Darcus observed. "Law owes me five thousand or so Over thla Alan wrinkled an Inrred uloua ni'.n. The hand the hand of Room, but the phratmilriry wat not In hr spirit. He ettmlned It mure close ly and thought to delist beneath Its semblance of baste a deliberate and td f,.r .n ..nthn.nl n-eard lilt Of in very asy oroppeq a oyuro- , rsreiunj guinea pen. li o io up And when, from the fore trd deck of ",pl. cutting the water with a j the envelope to compare the bandwrll- a lernboaL he beheld a denie Volume i wng. graceful curve mat nrougni u. , mg or me a u arret witn tnti hi me en- armoti at a tttnatiui, "ireetiy o ma bead of the telmmer, and at the same Urn furred the police boat to sheer widely off In order to eertpe collltlon. Immediately th swimmer caught the pontoon of the hydroaeroplane. of smoke tdvertlalng a conflagration on the Jertt-y shore, not far frm the aterfroiit, he ahivk a nnJiiy a giclout brad. "If Alan Un't miied up In that. somehow," be declared, "be t mllng cloture and shook out a trey of hearts. This last was covered, to Its faoa, km tn a chair outtlde a rioted door j had not fallen asleep: and begun to I snore until the tuoiusut when Alan tat foot upon the toaer step of that Dual ascent. Turning the bead of tb stairs. Alan paused fur a little, speculatively I Intent on thlt man who mutt somehow i b disposed of before ha might solve th etc ret of that shut and guarded door. Aside from actual violence no olu and clambered to the teat betid th aviator. Ilefor be was fairly teated th plan a bet for one and I'm a eorry failure ! Pl'd hlmtelf np out of the water. at a prophet of voa and d:jiur!" Thrro was as much lntuit'te sppre netnlon as humor rrpiiiMe for this remark; wltneaa the fact that, on land ing, be mkod the dr. ay required to turn aalde and have a look at the Ore. It proved to be situated In the heart of a squalid slum a wretched te ment of the poorest daat, whote ro. had already fallen In and whe walls ere momentarily threatening to go by the lime Harems arrived on the scene. At a comlderabl distance from blm a small disturbance had broken out- clamor of protesting volc.-t lifting about the rumor of the mob as a number of men. cate bardened roughs one and all, began to force their way In a Y-shaped wedge through the throng, making toward It very heart. with a plainly-written nieoage. "With the compliment l of Ken tea Trine to Alan Law. V are due In Chicago at eleven tomorrow morning and Itav Immediately for the I'aclAo coatt via Panta K route tloo offered to th puiil and vlo leno was abruptly forced upon him. No sound warned blm of th dm that opened at his back as he stood watching th sleaplug guard. A pier lug shriek was the first Intimation b Comparison botween this and th . receUtd that bit prnaonoe bad bean was twinging back Into Its faeteet , metsage purporting to te from It" pace. With tb eas of a wild goote It left th water, mounted th long grade of an air Una, described a wide circle above tb bluffs of Wcehawken, and wept away southward. In that quarter It was presently lost to the sight of Mr. Iiarcut, engulfed tn i hour far too early to attempt light folds of hate that were creeping i had tn mind: In from seawards to dim and tarnish tb pvUtin brilliance of that day. dlitlllvd the conviction that the sam hand waa responsible for both. Alan thrugged. 8o be was to be lured away from New York and Ito by this transparent trick, was he? No feart He glanced at his watch, finding th hat ha CHAPTER XXX. Bird mas. About eight o'clock In th evening1 of th same day a motorcar deposited at the point on th flre-llnce nearest th I ,lo,e' Monolith a gentleman whoa , Promptly Alan burning building. ; eather-beaten and otlstalned motor-1 tlon fluids at II With plenty of time on bis bands, be gave the matter serious considera tion and concluded to take no chances: It was Just possible that Trine bad taken Rose with blm on hts weetorn trip, after all. In such cane the only possible way of overtaking the special would be by air line. Promptly Alan culled up the evla- mpstivid Plains and discovered. It served well to mova him Instantly Into action: a slngl) 1 glanc overshoulder showed him th figure of a maldtervant In rap and gown, her mouth still wide and full of ; sound and Alan fell upon the guard Ilk a thunderbolt. Th man bad ! barely lime to Jump up and recognise th alsrm: then a flat caught him on j tb point of his Jsw, and he returned promptly to deep unconsciousness. ' No time now for qualms of com I function on account of the savage : ruthloinnrrs of that blow: no Hum even to search th fellow for a key to : the closed door: already thn maid was taking the stairs In full flight and cry, four steps and a howl like a warlock's to every Jump. Hacking off, Alan took a short run. landscape Only at the third cast did they tuccoe.1 In picking up the Hue of the Haul re And It was stuns hours later, though still dstllght. when Ihsf picked up the spMclal train, flying tike a bunting across the lU. There wss scant rum fur donbl that II wss the train they sought. H pe dals ar not common. Moreover Alaa contrived with considerable difficulty to focus binoculars upon h rear plat form of the car, and caught a fuglllv gllinpe of a whltecoulad figure with a black far that waa aatchtug th W plsn In the same manner, thai Is, with glattet The man In the white coat. Alan as sured himself, was positively lUrrua. And hardly had he comforted hlin solf with Ihls susurtuc when his sar donic destiny struck the motor dumb. In rweponaa lo his took of dsshad Inquiry the aviator merely shook a weary bead and muttered the words: "Engine Irouiiln." Bwlftly the earth rote to receive the volplaning mechanism. Under Coast' admirable handling It Settled down al- LEONARD IIEID FAST PIABL CAIiy PAItll JlDCMf r ON 010 PITCHCM fd I rniU MNM. re. H i., h . Ing to no lett tii auihoni; Csey. Tlnr N.,ni,. . liM "' mi inri-i aim iiren l y . land Colls inora often than any vl', III the lilttiirv of the oritsiilisH. u. iin lr make giMd 'h ih.i riri,t Hi avi rs licit sprlliK, If he ill h 4, rol hall as he did In the Nor'l,,,,, ern li tgue. I'SaeV ililn't know he WSS l.itl. for pul'lli ailon, at an umpire ln 1 vw iMi.id in In Ik n a hiri-,1 .t lw li:iis and rail balls ami strike.. ,j that Is all. H111 What this meant, Mr. Parcus had not th slightest Idea. Hut his atten tion was first distracted by the maneu ver, then fixed by the face of a man who was following In the hollow of the V an evil white fsce that seemed somewhat vaguely familiar, somehow! reminiscent of something strange that ' had happened In the history of Mr. Darcus. At the same time, at the point where the V had paused, a wild uproar lifted up and, colncldcntally. a wilder confu sion became noticeable. A cry was audible "Firebug! Lynch him! Lynch him! Lynch the firebug!" and at this the mob turned as me man and streamed away tn pursuit of an In visible quarry, who chose to attempt his escape by a route directly oppo site to that which would have led bltn within view of Mr. Barcus. Startled, and of a sudden persuaded that there might have been more In his "hunch" than was sanely to be credited, Darcus started up and was on the point of stepping out of his cab. If with a rather aimless purpose, when be was stayed by sight of that evil white face returning the way It had come still In the hollow of the flying V, which now made faster prog ress, thanks to the disorganization of the mob by the chase of the alleged In cendiary. And now, Darcus saw, the man of the white face was not alone. There was someone with him someone whose head waa bent and face con cealed, but who seemed to be feminine. And so, Darcus argued, why might Ing-cap and duntrr covered little cloth-' got Into communication with a gentle- cleared the prostrate body of the guard log more than shirt and trousers and I man answering to the surname of . . .11 , ... I ' r ... . L - k I 1 . . . assorted oddly In the ryes of the desk clerk with the rather meticulously turned-out guot knon to him as Mr. Arthur Lawrence and to the manage ment of the hotel as Mr. Alan Law Incognito. Coast: the asm blrdman who bad como to Alan's rescue with his hydro aeroplane. Their arrangements were quickly Consummated, Coast agreeing to wait for Alan with his blplanti tn Van Cort- Eventualty persuaded, the dork ; landt park from mldnl-lit till daybrejk, yielded up the key to Mr. Lawrence's i prepared If need be to undertake a suit of rooms, together with two transcontinental flight notes superscribed with the same nom Thereafter Mr. Law proceeded to re de guerre. - , habilitate himself In decent clothing Alan's Impatience was so great that and his own esteem; after bathing, he he could hardly wait to examine these dined alone In bis ruims, from a tray; liquidated damages but I'll be rea- 11 not be Rose Trine, euffrlng new sonable. Frisk this burg for a fifth of that sum before train time and I promise to ask nothing more!" His private comment was: "I've sus pected that this was a fairy-tale all along. Now I know it Is!" And this phase of incredulity per sisted in coloring the complexion of his mind until the moment, some hours later, when the train connecting at Providence with the Midnight Ex press for New York pulled out of New Bedford bearing a transformed Barcus almost impenetrably disguised In a v siM u- zy r 1 ( ' o" i f, . ii' ', ' The hyaroaeropiane Land. Is Forced to bath, a shave and a haircut, an outfit of clothing orglnally tailored for a gen tleman of discriminating taste, but no whit less disguised In the sense of af fluence that goes with the possession of one thousand dollars in cash. Not until a sound night's sleep had topped off the beginning of bis rest in Jail did Barcus come down to earth. He demonstrated his return to com mon sense by making a round break fast In Grand Central station before looking up the residence of Digby In the telephone directory. . The Information be gathered from the voice that answered the name of Mr. DIgby over the telephone shook only momentarily Barcus' innate con viction that Intimate acquaintance with battle, murder and sudden death was the inevitable reward of associa tion with this friend of bis heart "Alan being married to Rose Trine In Jersey City at this very minute!" be breathed skeptically as he emerged persecution at the hands of her unnat ural father's creatures? He was too far away to make suro and attempt any Interference; but he pointed White Face out to his chauf feur as the V reached a touring car on the edge of the mob and the woman was lifted In (unresisting and appar ently In a dead faint), and when the touring car swung round and picked up Its heels, the taxlcab of Mr. Barcus trailed it as unostentatiously as if It was a pertinacious shadow. len minutes later, irom the rear ieck of a ferryboat In midstream a boat bearing back to New York not nly the touring car of 'White Face, but the cab of Mr. Barcus the latter jentleman formed one of a small but Jiterested audience witnessing an In cident of uncommon character. He saw a young man, hatless, coat less, almost shirtless, tear down to the edge of one of the Jersey wharves, his heels snapped at by a ravening rabble, Jump aboard a square-rigged vessel which lay moored tliero, and execute a maneuver of despair by climbing up the rigging in a hopeless attempt to escape his perbecutors. They were too many for him, and what was worse they were headed by a squad of police apparently as grimly bent on compassing the destruction of their quarry as was the mob. And they Bwarmed up the rigging after him- without a moment's hesita tion. Hotly pressed, the fugitive climbed higher and still higher, until at length he gained the topmost yard: with three policemen not half a dozen feet below him and popping away for dear life, If happily with the notoriously poor marksmanship of policemen gen erally. None the less, there was no telling when some accident might wing a bul let into the young man; and it was evident that he bo decided. For, inching out to the end of the yard, he waved his hand toward his persecutors with a gesture of light hearted derision that unmistakably Identified him as Alan Law to Mr. Bar cus, and forthwith dropped to the wa ter, feet foremost. Alan later took the water neatly, came np uninjured and clearheaded, and without an instant's hesitation struck away toward the middle of the Hudson. Aa this happened the police ran to the stern of the square-rigger, un moored a dory that was riding there, and threw themselves into it. During the (to Barcus, at least) breathless suspense of that chase, the ferryboat drew stolidly farther and still farther away from the scene. Bar cus could not tell whether, as It seemed, the pollcUden dory was real- 1 rSfcv avB 5r r -i M' -, icy ?av - 2 8hook Out a Trey of Hearts. communications until he was quit of the public eye. The first proved to be a character istic communication: "Dear Ulysses Thanks for the Jail delivery. I got In this morning Just in time to motor over to Jersey In hopes of seeing your finish as a bachelor; instead, I was favored by being made an Involuntary witness to your spec tacular ascent, following your almost equally spectacular hlgh-dlve. "But to business: my time Is lim ited; In half an hour more I am to double In black-face for the purposes of the author of this melodramatic farce which you, no doubt, call the history of your grando passion. 'I mean to say well, several things, to-wlt: When I saw you snatched out of the North river I was engaged In trailing a pale-faced villain in a motor-1 car concerning whom you probably know far more than I; ho on his part wag busy being a bold, bad kidnaper; Rose was In his power, as we say in such cases. Ills intentions, however, were nothing more blameworthy than to return her to the arms of her doting parent. I know, because I sleuthed after 'em, even to the house of Seneca Trine. Later I sleuthed somo more, following a furtive young man from the house of Trine to the office of the general manager of the New York Cen tral, where he made arrangements for a special to convey the said Trine and retinue to Chicago and points West. It leaves at throe this afternoon. I was unable to ascertain whether or not Rose Is to participate In this hegira, but I know I ehall. On the off- chance of being useful, I have bribed the train crew to let me impersonate the porter. So, should you be moved to follow and succeed In catching up with us, and observe anybody who looks rather off-color In the party don't shoot: the said party will be me. "Yours for the quiet life, "TOM BARCUS." The second note) yielded a communi cation written on notepaper of the sim plest elegance In a woman's hand a hurried scrawl: "They are taking me West by spe cial train I don't know where or why. A servant has promised to see that this reaches you- Save me!" with a leap, and flung hlmtelf full force agulnat the door, bis shoulder ' striking a point neareat the lock. With j a splintering crash It broko Inward, j Without dignity or decorum ho sprawled on all fours Into the presence of Judith Trine. I "Poor Mr. Law!" the cried, with ! mocking nod, "always dlaappolutudl I'm so sorry truly 1 am!" "Oh, spare me your sarcasm." be begged reaentfully. "It's ridiculous euough, this whole mad buslnva "But I am not sarcastic." she Insist ed with such sincerity that he opened nis eyos In wonder. "Believe mo. am sorry for once It Is I and not Itoae whom you And locked up here! For, you eeo, I am locked up, by way punlihment thanks to my having had pity on you once too often while my fathor decamps mysteriously for parts unknown " "lou don I know where be s gone, then?" "I)o you?" sho atkud tharply. "in a general way. By ipuclal train to the Wett " "Taking Rose?' "So I'm told." The woman choked upon hor anger. , but quickly mastered It "He shall pay for this!" she assever ated. i "Your futher? I wleh him nothing more nor less than your enmity," Alan assured her civilly. "But since It coins thnt he has gone, and Roso with him, If you'll forgive mo, I think I'll be going" "Alone?" That ono word, uttered with all the significance that this woman know so well how to Infimo Into her tone, checked him susplcloUHly on tho threshold. "Why-yes." "You wouldn't care for a companion du voyage?" sho suggested. "Oh really!" he protested. She held up an arresting hand. "Lis ten!" sho begged. From tho Btrcut below enmo the un mlstakuble rattle of a policeman's lo cust on the sidewalk. "That damned rnuid;" Alan divined thoughtfully. "The sumo," Judith agreed with ominous culm. "Hub It struck you that iTifn - i 1 r. after dining he slept soundly for three I hours and may be thought to have I KArnprl nl U.fiHl thnt ninth mat thrmttrh having been for four hourB a passen ger In a hydroaeroplane lost In fogs vou mav ,lnvo troublo gottlng tnat wrapped Long Island and all the ! w wuuoui my permission : adjacent territory In an Impenetrable ; "I'm not so stupid ns not to have shroud. , thought of that," ho countered. Nor had this been all. Leaving asldo ell that had led up to Alan'B rescue by Const: the forced landing of the hydro aeroplane for lack of fuel had taken place on the Bouth shore of the Great South bay; a search of hours hud fol lowed before a boat was found to con vey Alan and tho aviator to tho main land; and a motor run of eovcral houra had followed that, conveying Coast to his Hempstead hangars and Alan on to his hotel in New York. Another man would have needed twelve hours In bed at tho least to compensate for such a day: Mr. Law awakened In a lamb-like temper when called at eleven-thirty. At midnight ho committed an act ot burglary, calmly and with determina tion breaking his way into the house of Seneca Trluo through the area win dows and basemejjit. In this nefarious business nothing hindered and none opposed him. But for a single lighted window In the up per tier (but not, ho rioted, the window to Rose's bedchamber) and one or two lights which he found burning dim in the kitchen olllces and other servants' quarters on the lower floor he would have thought the house empty. The silence of an abandoned place In formed It all below the upper story. But he was not to be satisfied with such negative evidence: he explored the dwelling minutely, room by room, story by story, passing with little in terest through apartments by every sign dedicated to the tendency ot his mortal enemy, Intent on one object jand make her a party to thi wild oniy io nna Koee Trine, that one : aerial cross-countrv dnuh "Then bo advised and tnko me with you." "In what capacity, ploaso? As enemy or ally?" "As ally you'ro right: we can't be friends until we overtake that spe cial train. After that, by your leave, I'll nhlft for myself." "It's not such a bad notion," he re flected: "with you under my oyo, you can't do much to Interforo " "If I promlHo " she suggested. "I'll take your word," ho ugroed sim ply. "But you're In for a lot of hard ship, I'm nfrnld. Tho ono way to catch up with your father Is by aoroplano and I've got ono waiting." She nodded Intently. "Don't con sider me as a v;omun when It comes to hardship," Bhe hinted obliquely. "I've no rcaeon to, going on what I know of you." "Give me ono minute to find my coat and hat." In less than that time she was at his side In the hallway. The pollco entered by tho front door as the two crept out of tho area window. CHAPTER XXXI. Via Air Line. Not once In the course of the nert sixteen hours but a thousand timet Alan questioned (and. It will readily anowea, with all excuses) his san ity in permitting himself to be in- fiuenced to humor Judith's Insistence A 1 Art., ru.ta '- Etctpt of Alan and Judith. t'tai-r armed up to hit t'll.Wt and procmlcd In plus liiiard itt. ami plug It alroiit lie la of (he ,,,,,. loll that Leonard, who hat a il,tj Vcrv similar to Carl Mart, one of th heat talrleta Ihn Not I ll ral-r n l.t ever produced, will prove a loir D rlaat AA company. Leonard hung up a record 1 cn. In. I wliti Mallard during the U't-r atttet of the preaent race. t I , li 1 1: k lot innlnst without giung a hau. Iltj hells, lilt peculiar underhand aUnta which float Up to the plate, a iiiieihlna af'er the order of Jiw M Clnnltr a - nij Mil. are wry rtartl lo land on anfH, and there lan't plicher u it,,. (,,,,' Iriinue ti (he raieptlon of M.iJIn nlly. If the Coaat niamialei n!o ,im lo slay, who can show anvthltig like i, Leonard ana Judired a froat eailr III the t a"n. aa he couldn't alrike a alii. liliiK tall. Ihc fai t that the 'im ( !jii. cluli would lime had lo par Walla Walla IT'.U In order to purrhaae ti I era waa another rcnoon for hla hi lux let K one linn., toil at Tiny waa a hlch- mn.irie.i man. me vtmirru TrlHlaln i lul) h ii nil . I him hla releaax li.-n ' I'oriliitid 1. 1 htm ro. and Nl. V Wllllum I decided lo Like nnolher chance Willi hllll Mallnrd fllilatit-d In the cellar, toil had II not l.-eu for (hla an me j. 'itr.t. a r"l liintiv unim-a the cluli met :throui;h hla rfforla would hne luojtf on the other aide of the leilgea. woman whom he loved, or else make sure she was not there. He negotiated that last flight of steps which led to the topmost floor with extraordinary stealth, advised thereto by a sound, or rather a series of sustained sounds, which had there tofore been Inaudible to him. Possibly Between whiles the nlane flew fast and high, cutting a direct line, as the crow flies, athwart the eastern and western states. Chicago they raised as a smudge on th northern horizon about one o'clock In the afternoon; thereafter ome lit tle time waa lost In descents to sscer- they had not till then existed: Dosaihlv I tain the Identity of the nunr r.llrn.l the man servant whom be found nor- : Unei that criss-crossed the swimming most without a Jnr. on the outaklrts of a city w hose name Alan never learned. For the blpliuie was barely at a standstill before ha wit out and, rout ing with the (Iddlueat that affectt men after long fllghta, making hla way aa beat be might toward tho manager's office connected with a tralnyard Im mediately adjacent to tho a pot wber thuy had come to earth. Lavlah dlaburaements of money won hi in bit way agtilual official protests Unit what he demanded wat an Impot- alblllty. Within twenty mluutet. leav ing Coaat to follow on when and as best bo might. Alan and Judith were spinning through open country In th cab of an ruglne running light, with only clear track betweeu It and th W'clal. Tho several hours that ensued bv foro the rear llglite of the special wciro brought to view were inuiii too many for tho tank Impound upon Alan of overcoming the scruples of tho en gineer and fireman. Another minute, and lens than fifty feet separated tho twu the special train and tho light engine, both hur tling through the light at top speed. With a word to tho engineer Alan crept out along the side of tho holler, wlthbnly a greasy handrail and a nar row foothold between himself nnd what meant denth, or something close ly resembling It, should ho bo shukun off by tho tearing wind nnd tho sway ing of the locomotive. It seemml nn hour beforo ho worked hlmeelf up to tho cowcatcher now within four feet of the rear platform of tho special. On this I un I ho could see a woman's flguro Indistinctly silhouetted against tho light through the door, nnd uhhIcIo her a man In a white mat. cllmrluir for ear llfo to tho knob of tho door- holding It nguliiNt tho frantic efforts of some persons Insldo to tear It open. Another hour of suspense dragged out or such was tho effort whllo the light engine with Intolerable slownees bridged those four scant foot. At length It was fonslhlo to attomnt tho tiling. Hoho (ho could see her Btralned whlto faco qulto plulnly now) ns half over tho rail of the car ahoad. any to jump. 1Mb heart fulled him. It wna ton I hazardous a rlHk. He dured not lot hor I tuko It. Something very like a shot sounded 1 1 "in mo iruin nnu soinnllilng vory Ilk a bullet whlstlod past his cheek, and proved the Blgnal for aevoral moro. Strangely, that knowledge steadlod his nerves. Straining forwnrd and holding on to a bur so hot that It scorched his palm, he offered a hand to tho girl on tho rail. Her hand fell confidently Into It. She Jumped. His arm wound round her aa Bhe landed on tho platform of the cow catcher. Ho heard hor breathe bis name, thon hurrlodly passed hor be twoen himself and the boiler to the footway at the side. The fireman was waiting there to help her. Alan turned bis attention to Barcue. To his dismay be found fbat the en gine was losing ground. The space was widening rapidly as Barcus re leased the knob and threw hlmsolf over the rail. By a miraculous, flying leap, th man accomplished that Incredible feat and gained the platform. An Instant later ten feet separated the engine from the special, aa the en gineer applied the brakes. And this be did none tob soon: for at the same time Marrophat and an other appeared on the rear platform and opened a hot but, thanks to tb widening distance, Ineffectual Are. Tbe engine ground slowly to a bait the rear lights of th special train wept from tight round a band. ! I JUDGE VcCREDIE OPPOSES PLAN OF OTHER BALL MAGNATES I'DHTUM). Ore., dept. M-Judge MeCredle, owner of Ihn Portland Ki.e. Imll team, relumed toduy from fan Fruni-iaeo, where he IUte.li lo-rfaf meeting of the Connl leiiKue m.i.-'v, hlell wna culled to connidor the 1U IHialtlon of the Mlaalon (Sacrumento) fmiichlae. No ngreenient was reiicloit nnd thit meeting wut adjourned until October fi. The Judge HliiluJ that ho siiCKested that he wua willing Pt two teunu In the letiKiie nctt seaaon nod piny 21 Weeks of Imncl.n II h re, provided some California town would urruugu to bun dle lln other six wfckit. 'I'liK h mi; ue miiKiiiiln wauled to place tho MIhhIoii frauchlso In Vancouver, Wnnli., and have timet of the guinea played in Portland, hut McCredlo win not In favor of this plan. Tho annual meeting of tho leant will ho held October 26. CLACKAMAS HIGH' IN THIS COUNTY STANDS 8EC0ND, ACCORDING TO ENCJNEER BOWLBY'S FIGURES Only Multnomah county, the inon'. thickly populated In the slnto, expend ed moro for roads In tho 11 years end ing r.H I, (him did Clackamas cuunty, aceordlng lo the figures prepared hy Htnlo Highway lOnglneer II. I-. Howlliy, In his capacity as an cxecutlvo officer of tho Pacific Highway iiHsoclatlon. During the 11 yenm, Mr. Howlliy' f lK- urges show thnt Cinckiimiis county spent $ l.:it 0.ni.l 1. I' (mowing (s the exnendltnrtm In tnn Ktato for rniids and bride's by tho lend Inn counties for tho yours IKH.'I to 1013 IneliiHlvo. Bilker $ -I07.01 S.80 Benton 302.72S.77 ClimkmniiH J,.'II0,M2.I1 Clatsop .. Columbia Coob .... Crook , . . Douglas fiSO.aM.M 7M,Sil7.(i! W5ti,r.fi2.2J 37:i.'i:i.33 9Sfi,240.W 7,7's:,ti; ano.aHA Hood Ivor 21fl,rM Jackson Tituntili (tin ' .'I'. ...... BK Klamath ""iCT'-i I.nno 1.085.804.78 , I)70,0!m.fi0 Mnrlon'V.V.'.V 1.081,073.39 Multnomah 2.108.201.23 folk 418,825.4.1 Tillamook 058,375.81 Umatilla 751,501.45 Union .'154,410.114 Wnsco 300,0749.70 WoHhlnnton 612,871.97 Ynmhill 489,081.94 Total amount spent In nil counties In the ntate In- cludiiiK tnoHe not In the list above .$18,392,042.04 Hopeless Lung Trouble 'Cured Many recoveries from lMtS Troubles nre duo to Dr. Hell's Tine-Tar-Honey. It strenKthens the LunRS, checks the CoiiKh and gives relief at once. Mr. W. S. Wliklns. Gates, N. C. writes: "I used Ur. Hell's I'ine-Taf-Honey In a esse given up as hopolf and It effected a complete cure." Get a bottle of Dr. Hell's Plne-Tar-Honcy If your couKh Is dry and backing 1' It trickle down the throat, you will surely get relief. Only 25c, at your Druggist. Iauv.i